{"id":80692,"date":"2026-02-26T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/au\/news-and-press\/press-releases\/bullhorn-grid-report-staffing-firms-using-ai-see-stronger-growth-faster-placements\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:10:31","slug":"bullhorn-grid-report-recruitment-firms-using-ai-see-stronger-growth-faster-placements","status":"publish","type":"press_release","link":"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/au\/news-and-press\/press-releases\/bullhorn-grid-report-recruitment-firms-using-ai-see-stronger-growth-faster-placements\/","title":{"rendered":"Bullhorn GRID report: Recruitment firms using AI see stronger growth, faster placements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>New data finds AI adoption strongly correlates with revenue growth, with top performers in APAC setting new benchmarks for placement speed<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>SYDNEY \u2013 February 25, 2026 <\/b>\u2013 Agencies in APAC using AI at any stage of the recruitment cycle are 3 to 5 times more likely to have grown revenue in 2025. That is according to the 16th annual <a href=\"http:\/\/bullhorn.com\/au\/grid\/2026-industry-trends?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_medium=pr&amp;utm_campaign=gridindustry2026\">Global Recruitment Insights and Data (GRID) Industry Trends Report<\/a> published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/au\/\">Bullhorn<\/a>, the global leader in software for the staffing and recruitment industry.<\/p>\n<p>The report surveyed nearly 250 recruitment professionals across APAC to understand the strategies driving performance in today&#8217;s market and the findings make one thing clear: AI is no longer an efficiency experiment. It is a competitive necessity. The revenue gap between agencies meaningfully using AI and those that aren\u2019t is widening fast, leaving late adopters at a growing operational and financial disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p><b>AI is driving measurable gains<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The correlation between AI and revenue growth is clear, and the highest-growth agencies prove it. Seventy-three percent of agencies in the APAC region that grew revenue by 25 percent or more have AI embedded in their Applicant Tracking System (ATS).<\/p>\n<p>The operational impact is substantial:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most recruitment leaders say AI has improved KPI performance by 11 to 25 percent<\/li>\n<li>31 percent of recruiters report AI has made screening 26 to 50 percent faster<\/li>\n<li>Top-performing agencies in APAC are three times more likely to have average placement times of one to three days<\/li>\n<li>Screening more candidates faster and streamlined administrative tasks are the top benefits of AI adoption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>AI transformation starts at the top<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Despite clear performance gains, company-wide AI adoption remains limited. Only 10 percent of agencies from Bullhorn\u2019s global survey have implemented agentic AI across their full workflow, with many citing concerns around data readiness, security, and unclear implementation strategies as barriers to broader adoption. Agencies that move past those barriers share a common trait: confident, prepared leadership.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With 56 percent of APAC businesses expecting the economy to improve and 38 percent expecting it to stay the same in 2026, the message is clear: agencies investing in AI are not waiting for market recovery. They are building productivity and growth on their own terms.<\/p>\n<p>To download the full <b>GRID 2026 Industry Trends Report<\/b>, click <a href=\"http:\/\/bullhorn.com\/au\/grid\/2026-industry-trends?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_medium=pr&amp;utm_campaign=gridindustry2026\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About the GRID Industry Trends Report<\/b><br \/>\nThe annual GRID Industry Trends Report is based on data collected from a multiple-choice, online survey of nearly 250 recruitment industry professionals who work across a variety of industries in APAC. The survey was conducted between November and December of 2025.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>About Bullhorn<\/b><br \/>\nFor the past 25 years, Bullhorn has dedicated itself to building industry-leading, cloud-based software for the staffing and recruitment industry. Through partnerships with 10,000 customers globally, Bullhorn has built a vast knowledge base of recruitment best practices and deep domain expertise to help firms scale their businesses. Founder-led and headquartered in Boston, Bullhorn employs 1,400 people across 14 countries focused on delivering an incredible customer experience \u2013 its core mission. To learn more, visit<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\"> www.bullhorn.com<\/a> or follow Bullhorn on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/bullhorn\/?viewAsMember=true\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Bullhorn\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Media Contact<\/b><br \/>\nHeather Youkhana<br \/>\nDirector, Global Public Relations and Content<br \/>\nBullhorn<br \/>\nmedia@bullhorn.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New data finds AI adoption strongly correlates with revenue growth, with top performers in APAC setting new benchmarks for placement speed SYDNEY \u2013 February 25, 2026 \u2013 Agencies in APAC using AI at any stage of the recruitment cycle are 3 to 5 times more likely to have grown revenue in 2025. 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