85% of Applicants Never Get Evaluated. Here’s What That’s Costing You.

Cost per hire hit $5,475 in 2025, up from roughly $4,700 the year before. Applications per recruiter rose 400% over the same stretch. Staffing firms are spending more to attract candidates most of them never look at.

Only 14.98% of applicants ever reach a screening conversation. More than half of

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