March 12, 2026 — 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET / 4 PM GMT

2026 Hiring Trends: What Top Talent Teams Are Doing Differently

Hiring in 2026 is being reshaped by two forces: the need to move candidates through the funnel faster and the need to trust the signal behind every “great” resume and interview.

GoodTime’s latest 2026 Hiring Insights Report shows that there is a small group of top talent teams using both of these forces to their advantage —while most organizations are still stuck in longer cycles and heavier coordination, these top teams are pulling ahead with a different operating model: tighter workflows, smarter automation, and stronger hiring discipline.

Join Lori Busch, Senior Director of Talent Operations at Toast, and Ahryun Moon, CEO and Co-founder of GoodTime, as they unpack what top talent teams are doing to improve their performance, what hiring trends we’re expecting in 2026, and how to translate it all into action.

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What top teams are doing to execute hiring consistently

Where speed gets lost—the hidden coordination costs (scheduling, reschedules, feedback, decision latency) that quietly extend time-to-hire

How AI is evolving to support hiring workflows —from task automation to workflow intelligence and decision support

How to hire with confidence — strengthening trust, interview quality, and verification without adding friction

Recommendations for better hiring in 2026—metrics that reflect real outcomes (quality, funnel health, reliability), ways to implement AI effectively, and how to create trustworthy signal

We’ll close with live Q&A so you can pressure-test these insights against what you’re seeing inside your own hiring org.

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Our Speakers

Ahryun Moon

Lori Busch

Nicole Lederman