Recruiting Trends -- One of the critical challenges for organizations today is building a deeper reservoir of successors at every level, according to Bersin & Associates report, Enterprise Learning, Recruiting and Talent. In today’s market, companies who are still hiring are “hiring up,” meaning they are trading up for talent that might otherwise have been unattainable. When attempting to attract, identify, and retain this outstanding talent, organizations must remain highly focused on the knowledge, skills, abilities, and “fit” of candidates (i.e., hire and retain capable, committed, and aligned talent).