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.

Eightfold customers that have a live Eightfold instance from any size company or company type may enter. Customers must be open to being mentioned in a press release announcing the winners and sharing their story publicly. Entries must be submitted in English.

Review the categories and submit them between February 3, 2025 – March 14, 2025.

Submissions close March 14, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time (PST).

There are four categories for the 2025 awards program: Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Talent Intelligence, and Pathfinder of the Year (individual award) See more details in The Awards section.

Yes, you may enter up to one submission per category per company. However, we ask that you enter a different program, initiative or project if you are entering in more than one category.

The Pathfinder of the Year Award will celebrate an individual. All other awards will celebrate a company. See the full details in The Awards section.

Yes. Individuals may either enter themselves or have a representative from their company nominate them for the Pathfinder of the Year award.

The Talent Acquisition and Talent Management awards are awarded regionally at both Cultivate NA & EU. Three finalists will be announced in these two categories for each Cultivate NA & EU. One winner will be selected from the finalists in these two categories for each Cultivate NA & EU.

The Talent Intelligence and Pathfinder of the Year awards are global awards. Three finalists will be announced for each of these categories and one winner will be selected from the finalists in these two categories. Winners for these categories will be announced at both Cultivate ‘25 NA & EU.

Finalists will be announced on April 14, 2025. Winners will be announced at Eightfold’s Cultivate ‘25 conference in North America on May 14-15, 2025 and in Europe on June 10, 2025.

Each finalist will receive one complimentary conference pass to Cultivate 2025, where winners of the 2025 Pathfinder Awards will be announced and celebrated. Finalists will also receive a Pathfinder Awards plaque and publicity through a finalist announcement, story highlighted on the Eightfold website, social media promotion, and a Social Media Package containing Pathfinder Awards finalist logo, social media graphics and posts that the finalist may share on their social channels.

In addition to the prizes awarded to each finalist noted above, winners will receive a Pathfinder Awards Trophy (in lieu of a Pathfinder Award Plaque) and a $2,000 USD donation to a charity of their choice.

Each award winner will also receive promotion and media exposure via a Eightfold Customer Story Package to include customer stories, social media promotion, award recognition on the Eightfold website, Eightfold press release, and a Social Media Package containing Pathfinder Awards winner logo, social media graphics and posts that the winner may share on their social channels. The customer story package may include video and / or other media and PR opportunities.

In general, our judging panel gives preference to submissions that can demonstrate:

• Innovative approach: compelling use case, innovation, and transformation
• Impact: solved a business challenge and made a significant impact on the business and/or talent experience
• Success/value: demonstrated success with quantifiable outcome metrics

Please refer to the Eligibility and Criteria section for complete details on the judging criteria.

Each category will have a unique panel of judges made up of Eightfold stakeholders from various departments. Judges will use the judging criteria and submission strengths to make finalist and winner selections in each category without any bias given to entrants regardless of relationships.

Although we would like all of our finalists to attend Cultivate where winners will be announced, you do not need to be present to win.

If you have additional questions not answered on our website and FAQs, you can email the Pathfinder Awards team at awards@eigthfold.ai.