10/06/2026
Hiring in 2026 is evolving faster than most playbooks can keep up with.
and brought together some of the sharpest HR and talent leaders in Bengaluru to have an honest conversation about where hiring is really headed, and what came out of that room was worth paying attention to.
The consensus was clear. Speed without quality is noise. Roles without skills are just titles. And the way talent discovers opportunities is shifting in ways most organisations are not fully prepared for yet.
These are not predictions. These are things leaders in that room are already wrestling with, solving for, and in some cases, getting ahead of.
Grateful to everyone who contributed so openly to the conversation and to SHRM India for making the evening possible.
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