10 Recruitment Statistics All Job Hunters Should Know

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Job-hunting is a numbers game, though not in the way most people think. While many wannabe employees think shooting off a hundred applications their route to success, you’re actually better off prioritising quality over quantity. Knowing your stats, though? That’s just common sense.



Here are ten quality statistics, backed by recent studies and evidence, to improve your understanding of the application process.


250 – the number of resumes submitted per job posting online, apparently. Although this statistic is quoted all across the internet, this writer couldn’t find a genuine source study to back it up. Perhaps, then, it’s best to trust the 118 stat offered by this research from 2012. Either way, that’s a lot of applications.

What about the quality of that resume you send off? According to research from The Ladders, professionally-penned CVs rank 60% better with recruiters for ‘usability’. By contrast, non-professional resumes are granted a afghanistan phone number resource paltry average of 6 seconds to decide the candidate’s ‘fit’ for the job. Maybe forking out for that professional resume-writing service is a good idea after all.

Finally, woe betide the candidate labeled as unqualified for a role. Almost half of recruiters (47%) consider blacklisting applicants who go up for jobs they’re not right for. The lesson? Apply only for positions which suit your qualifications, at least broadly.



Interview stage

Social media is an essential part of the application process these days – for hiring managers as much as for candidates. 2016 research indicates that 56% of employers explore candidates’ online profiles as part of the hiring process. Similarly, almost a third of job seekers have had their opinion of an employer changed by what they read on social media.