At Eightfold™, we often speak to CEOs and CHROs who describe intractable challenges in talent programs across hiring, retention, and diversity. We wanted to find out how widespread these challenges were, and also how their employees felt about the state of talent programs today.

This survey contains our key findings from more than 1,200 interviews We learned that companies can’t hire fast enough to grow and backfill for attrition, leading to lost growth. Diversity programs are failing, and most employees want to change roles.

With better practices, which only AI can enable, companies transform their organization and the modern brand that reflects their commitments to career development, diversity, and excellence.