This blog was contributed by Bullhorn Marketplace partner Dice.

The AI hiring market is no longer an experiment. Firms are actively seeking candidates with practical AI implementation skills – but most recruiting teams haven’t adapted their strategies accordingly. The Dice 2025 AI Hiring Playbook found that while 36% of tech job postings now require AI skills, the fastest-growing capabilities aren’t research-based—they’re practical implementation technologies like AI agents (2,043% growth), edge intelligence (608% growth), and retrieval augmented generation (475% growth).

The data shows a clear shift in the market: companies need people who can make AI useful, safe, and scalable instead