Since the 1990s, Italy has significantly reduced its public sector workforce, reversing the growth trend of the 1980s. Recently, as hiring has resumed, the public sector faces two major challenges: a logistical challenge driven by a surge in applications, coupled with a loss of recruitment expertise. Italian public sector organizations need to balance short-term recruitment needs with the need for long-term quality hiring, which requires strategic innovations in the recruitment cycle. This study assesses how public administrations are adopting these innovations, using a recruitment value cycle model to analyze recent survey data.