2025 Global Severance & Workforce Transition Research

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More than ever, workforce agility is critically important to organizational health. Even as talent leaders face a challenging economic climate, they must also consider how to align their workforces to reflect the skills their business needs as it evolves. The growing need for Al competencies, shifting business priorities and mounting pressure to do more with less are prompting companies to reassess headcount and align skills accordingly. This has led organizations around the world to right-size their workforces in the past 12 months. In fact, the 2025 Global Severance and Workforce Transition research from Randstad RiseSmart, part of Randstad Enterprise, finds that almost all employers surveyed have made reductions in force during the past 12 months, and three-quarters expect to take further layoff actions in the next 12.

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