Hiring has rebounded for the first time in two years.
After the 2023 downturn, hiring has picked up with 5.8% year-over-year growth. Smaller companies (<500 FTE) are leading the charge.
Benchmarks Report 2025
Recruiting has changed. Are you keeping up?
We analyzed over 140 million applications, 14 million candidates, and 1.3 million hires to reveal eye-opening insights into the state of recruiting today. Download the full report to learn more.
In this report, you will find
Team composition and workloads
How teams are leaner than ever with increased jobs req workloads and application volumes.
Source channel insights
Which channels – like job boards, career sites, sourcing, and talent rediscovery – are driving applications and eventual hires.
Pipeline trends and process efficiency
Candidate conversion rates across every stage of the process and how rising interview volumes impact overall time-to-hire.
Customized benchmarks for your organization
Industry, segment, location, and department level data cuts so you can compare metrics against relevant peers.
Key takeaways
Doing more with less isn’t just a tagline - it’s a reality.
Teams are leaner despite a resurgence in hiring. Recruiters are handling 56% more job reqs and 2.7x more applicants than 3 years ago.
The recruiting process has slowed down… a lot.
The number of interviews a team conducts before finally landing on a hire is up 42% compared to 3 years ago, contributing to a 24% increase in overall time-to-hire (41 vs 33 days).
Post-and-pray is popular, yet still inefficient.
Job boards and social sites, account for nearly 50% of all applications. Yet they contribute less than 25% of actual hires.
Sourcing continues to attract the best talent.
Sourced applicants are 5x more likely to be hired than inbound applicants. Sourcing is one of the most effective strategies for hiring great talent.
Talent rediscovery is the key to building pipelines.
Rediscovered candidates now account for 44% of hires. Your existing talent database is more valuable than you think.
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strategies to improve your recruiting strategy.
Benchmarks you can act on:
See how your team stacks up on job reqs per recruiter, candidate passthrough rates, time-to-hire, team size, and more—so you know where to improve.
Insights tailored to you:
View tailored data sliced by company size, industry, and department so you can make accurate comparisons.
Operational bottlenecks:
Uncover what’s slowing teams down – like rising interview volumes – and discover practical ways to hire faster.
Real-world trends:
Review insights based on over 140 million applicants, 14 million candidates and 1.3 million hires, giving you a clear picture of what’s happening and what’s next.
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