0.5%: Hiring funnels are brutally selective: only 8% of applicants advance past initial

0.5%

Hiring funnels are brutally selective: only 8% of applicants advance past initial screening and just 0.5% receive an offer — roughly one hire per 200 applications.

Source: Gem · 2026 Recruiting Benchmarks Report (2025) [74]

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