Archive · 30 Dec 2025
C-suite hiring slows as AI tests become norm
Hiring for top executive jobs, like CEOs and other C-suite positions, is slowing down.
Last year, there was a big increase in these hires, but now companies are expecting much less growth.
This is because companies don't want to lose their current leaders.
It costs a lot of money when these important jobs are empty for a long time.
So, they are trying to keep the people they have instead of hiring new ones.
C-suite hiring growth expected to slow to 10% in the coming fiscal year, down from 30% to 40% previously.
Companies prefer to retain existing talent to avoid business loss during vacancies.
The cost of business loss during a six-month vacancy is a significant factor in hiring decisions.
Upasana Agarwal, partner at ABC Consultants, notes the visible slowdown in hiring data.
Psychometric trials and AI tests are becoming the new norm in the hiring process.
- Who
- C-suite hiring managers and companies
- What
- Slowdown in C-suite hiring
- When
- Coming fiscal year
- Where
- Not specified
- Why
- Companies want to retain existing talent due to high cost of business loss during vacancies
- Expected growth in C-suite hiring
- 10%
- Previous fiscal year growth
- 30% to 40%
- Reason for slowdown
- Companies want to retain existing talent