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SAP Plans to Acquire SmartRecruiters

SAP has signed an agreement to acquire SmartRecruiters, a software provider for the recruitment of top employees.
E3 Magazine
August 7, 2025
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SmartRecruiters' powerful, user-friendly interfaces and simple workflows are designed to complement SAP's robust HR suite: improving hiring decision-making, reducing time-to-hire and providing candidates with a compelling software experience. Embedded analytics and AI-powered recommendations from SAP and SmartRecruiters provide valuable insights into talent pools, avoid bottlenecks in the hiring process and improve workforce planning.

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"Hiring the right people is not just an HR priority—it’s a business priority."

Muhammad Alam,
Member of the Management Board,
SAP

"Hiring the right people is not just an HR priority—it’s a business priority. With this planned acquisition, we will help our customers attract and hire the best talent so they can advance their talent acquisition agendas with speed and agility, while lowering their total cost of ownership," said Muhammad Alam, member of the Executive Board of SAP.

Customers are to receive enhanced, AI-supported functions for the recruiting and hiring process, which will make applicant tracking and candidate selection more efficient. Data-based hiring and recruiting analyses are to flow directly into SAP's existing HCM tools, creating an integrated system with harmonized data for compliant and smooth processes. The SmartRecruiters portfolio will also remain available as a standalone solution for the foreseeable future.

SmartRecruiters' Software-as-a-Service solutions and platform enable more than 4,000 organizations worldwide to efficiently manage their hiring processes from start to finish, delivering a compelling experience for recruiters, managers, and candidates.

"SmartRecruiters’ mission has always been to make hiring easy."

Rebecca Carr,
CEO
,
SmartRecruiters

Rebecca Carr, CEO of SmartRecruiters, said: “SmartRecruiters’ mission has always been to make hiring easy. Joining forces with SAP presents a tremendous opportunity for enterprises worldwide to benefit from our industry leading approach to talent acquisition. I couldn't be more excited for the opportunity this planned acquisition presents for our customers, partners and employees as we build the future of hiring together.”

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