The Pathfinder Awards
Celebrating the organizations and individuals driving transformational change in HR and redefining the talent experience.
What is a Pathfinder?
Visionaries in HR, Pathfinders are charting new ways forward in work to deliver extraordinary outcomes that benefit everyone: HR, the workforce, and the business.
The Awards
The Eightfold Pathfinder Awards celebrate the organizations and individuals driving transformational change in HR and redefining the talent experience through the use of talent intelligence, AI, and other innovations.
2025 finalists and winners
Pathfinder Award – Talent Acquisition
North America
Eaton Corporation
Eaton modernized talent acquisition with Eightfold — cutting time to offer by nine days, doubling their talent network, and saving $2.5 million — all while boosting recruiter satisfaction and candidate engagement.
Huntsman Corporation
Huntsman transformed its global hiring strategy with Eightfold, achieving faster time to fill, improved recruiter efficiency, and over $5 million in agency cost savings through AI-driven talent intelligence.
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley streamlined its lateral recruitment process with Eightfold, reducing time to hire by 57%, increasing candidate conversion by 6%, and expanding its talent network by 22%, all while enhancing recruiter efficiency and collaboration with hiring managers.
EMEA/APAC
FORVIA
FORVIA used the Eightfold AI-driven platform to streamline recruitment, cutting time to fill by 60%, boosting sourcing productivity by 30%, and enhancing candidate engagement, resulting in a €100,000 cost savings and improved hiring efficiency.
STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics’ integration with Oracle and Eightfold’s AI matching capabilities resulted in a 26% application-to-visit conversion rate, an 89% application completion rate, and the creation of over 3,200 employment offer proposals in 2024. Additionally, they built a strong internal talent pipeline, with over 226,000 candidates in their talent community, positioning ST for a future-proof, skills-based workforce strategy.
Vodafone
Vodafone is a leading European and African telecoms company providing mobile and fixed services to over 330 million customers in 15 countries. partners with mobile networks in 47 more, and has one of the world’s largest IoT platforms. In Africa, Vodafone’s financial technology businesses serve almost 83 million customers across seven countries managing more transactions than any other provider.
Pathfinder Award – Talent Management
North America
Amgen
Amgen’s AI-powered Talent Management program, powered by Eightfold, has driven widespread engagement: over 50% of employees have created profiles, 38% are repeat users, and 118 unique skills have been gained through project participation. With 50%+ adoption of the Career Navigator and hundreds of projects opened globally, we’ve scaled personalized development, empowered career ownership, and embedded growth into the everyday employee experience.
Bristol Myers Squibb
Bristol Myers Squibb's AI-powered Talent Marketplace, "MyGrowth," improved internal mobility, increased internal role filling by 31%, and engaged 75% of employees in career development, aligning skills with business needs for a more agile and future-ready workforce.
Salesforce
Salesforce’s talent management program, using Eightfold AI and integrated with Slack and Agentforce, has increased internal mobility by 30%, redeployment by 30%, and Career Passport completion to 30% within two months, significantly enhancing employee sentiment and career development opportunities.
EMEA/APAC
Arcadis
Arcadis has achieved 64% platform adoption across 35,000 employees, increased internal mobility, reduced time-to-hire, and facilitated over 200 project assignments and over 8,000 courses commenced, resulting in higher employee engagement and learning participation while aligning talent with business goals.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' Career Hub has empowered 23,000+ employees to take control of their career development, resulting in a 16-point increase in employee growth perception, a 11% rise in internal mobility, and a 2% reduction in voluntary attrition, with employees more likely to move internally, and a positive impact on engagement and skills development.
Mars
Mars' Talent Marketplace (TMP) Phase 1 exceeded success metrics within 10 months, focused on increasing adoption, returning users, offering more cross-segment and function development opportunities, unlocking capacity through gigs, and driving learning course completion.
Pathfinder Award – Workforce Exchange
District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
The District of Columbia Department of Employment Services has transformed workforce development by enhancing job seeker engagement (with 557 accounts created, 5,302 job views, and 1,018 apply clicks) and streamlining case management, with 49% of case managers reporting regular activity and 47% of job seekers completing profiles.
Government of Puerto Rico
The Government of Puerto Rico has modernized workforce development by reskilling employees, reducing hiring times from six to eight months to 13 business days, and achieving over 40,000 job seeker accounts, 250,000 job views, and 43,000 apply clicks within six months, strengthening both public sector capabilities and economic growth.
New York State Department of Labor
New York State Department of Labor has engaged over 2.1 million citizens, created 125,590 job seeker accounts, enabled 713 case managers to facilitate 24,864 apply clicks, and helped refine platform features to drive a more seamless and impactful workforce development experience.
Pathfinder Award – Talent Intelligence
Bayer
Bayer used the Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform to transform HR, scaling its Talent Marketplace to 93,000 employees, boosting internal hiring, staffing over 350 projects, integrating skills into its broader talent management ecosystem, and enhancing workforce agility.
Bristol Myers Squibb
Bristol Myers Squibb leveraged Eightfold’s Talent Intelligence platform to accelerate hiring by reducing time-to-fill by 19%, increase internal mobility by filling 31% of roles with internal talent, and build a dynamic, skills-based workforce that drives employee growth, future proofs our workforce and advances business objectives.
Netflix
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.
Pathfinder of the Year
Celebrating the visionaries who drive transformative initiatives and innovative talent strategies, prioritize people and skills, and demonstrate forward-thinking leadership.
Naveen Garg, Amdocs
Naveen Garg, Solution Manager at Amdocs, has driven transformative innovation by successfully integrating multiple learning platforms into the Eightfold Career Hub and enhancing the visual appeal of the user interface. This has boosted user adoption, streamlined the learning experience, and enhanced employee satisfaction.
Suzy Jearum, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Suzy Jearum, Global Digital Employee Experience Lead at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), has emerged as a standout change agent through her collaborative leadership and strategic use of technology and data, spearheading the rollout of the Eightfold Career Hub to 30,000+ employees, achieving 68% adoption, boosting talent profile completion from 2% to 80%, and significantly enhancing employee perceptions of growth and retention.
Kiran Jadav, EY
Kiran Jadav, Senior Manager at EY, has led transformative global HR technology initiatives by deploying Eightfold AI to 370,000 employees, championing a skills-first talent strategy, and driving measurable business impact through innovation, data insights, and strategic partnerships.
Submit your entry
Submit your story to be considered for the 2025 Pathfinder Awards. For questions and entry requirements, see more details below.
Recognition
Finalists and winners will be recognized at Cultivate ‘25. Winners will receive a Pathfinder Award trophy, finalists will receive a Pathfinder Awards plaque.
Brand exposure
PR, media, social, customer stories, and future thought leadership opportunities.
VIP perks
VIP seating at Cultivate '25 and other exclusive rewards.
Charitable donation
Winners will receive a $2,000 USD donation to a charity of their choice.
Timeline
February 3, 2025
Submissions open
March 21, 2025
Submissions close
April 14, 2025
Finalists announced
NA: May 14-15, 2025
EU: June 10, 2025
Winners announced and celebrated at Eightfold Talent Summit: Cultivate '25
Eligibility and criteria
Eligibility
To be eligible for a Pathfinder Award, nominees must:
- Be a current Eightfold customer with a live Eightfold instance.
- Have a compelling story with measurable outcomes.
- Agree to be mentioned in a press release announcing the winners.
- Agree to share their story publicly in a customer story.
Criteria and judging
The Talent Acquisition and Talent Management awards are awarded regionally at both Cultivate NA and EU.
- Three finalists will be announced in these two categories for each Cultivate NA and EU.
- One winner will be selected from the finalists in these two categories for each Cultivate NA and EU.
The Talent Intelligence and Pathfinder of the Year are global awards.
- Three finalists will be announced in each of these categories.
- One winner will be selected from the finalists in each of these categories.
Submissions will be judged by a panel of Eightfold stakeholders using the following criteria. See specific key criteria for each category in The Awards section.
- Innovative approach: Compelling use case, innovation, transformation.
- Impact: Solved a business challenge, made a significant impact on the business and/or talent experience.
- Success: A demonstrated success that is quantified with outcomes.
Questions
Have a question? Please refer to the FAQs or contact awards@eightfold.ai
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