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70% of recruitment agency leaders plan to utilise a social sourcing as their primary candidate attraction strategy for 2024 - The Future of Recruitment Industry Report, 2024.
Email marketing is making a resurgence and 40% of agencies will use email marketing as their primary candidate attraction strategy in 2024 - The Future of Recruitment Industry Report, 2024.
35% of applications were from candidates who were already in the system - Job Flow Index Annual Statistics Summary, 2023.
48% of recruitment leaders plan to increase perm activity in 2024, which represents a 7% increase from 2023 -The Future of Recruitment Industry Report, 2024.
There was a 23% decrease in the number of active job adverts in 2023 vs. 2022 - The Future of Recruitment Industry Report, 2024.
73% of consumers prefer to learn about new services through short-form video content - Influencer Marketing Hub, 2023.
The usage of job boards by job seekers declined by 13% since 2020 - CareerArc, 2022.
Only 20% of recruitment agency leaders listed job boards as a primary candidate sourcing strategy in 2024 - Annual Recruitment Report, 2024.
43% of passive candidates search for roles on social media - Career Arc, 2022.
Employee reviews and posts are 3 times more trusted than those from official company channels - Aspiration Marketing, 2023.

67% of recruitment leaders plan to re-engage their database in 2024 - The Future of Recruitment Industry Report, 2024.
75% of job seekers are passive talent - Aspiration Marketing, 2024 .
75% of recruiters have noticed an increase in salary negotiations from their candidates - LinkedIn, 2022.
The number one reason people leave jobs is career opportunity - LinkedIn, 2022.
The average cost of a bad hire is 30% of that hire’s annual salary - LinkedIn, 2022.
86% of candidates look at company’s reviews, brand, and reputation before applying for a job - Forbes, 2023.
Total placements rose by 29% in 2023 vs 2022 - Job Flow Index Annual Statistics Summary, 2023.
There was a 54% increase in the volume of Contract and Temp placements YOY in 2023 - Job Flow Index Annual Statistics Summary, 2023.
The volume of Permanent placements decreased by 17% YOY in 2023 - Job Flow Index Annual Statistics Summary, 2023.

63% ofrecruitment agency leaders intend to increase headcount in 2024 - The Future of the Recruitment Industry Report, 2024.
84% of agency leaders listed base salaries as the most important factor for candidates in 2024 - The Future of the Recruitment Industry Report, 2024.
60% of recruitment leaders are optimistic about the year ahead, however, it’s a second year in a row where that number decreased, marking a more cautious approach - The Future of the Recruitment Industry Report, 2024.
75% of industry leaders plan to prioritise DEI in their hiring strategies - Forbes, 2023.
Remote work is on the rise, with 98% of workers wanting to have an option to work from home at least some days of the week - iSmartRecruit, 2023.
There was a 23% decrease in the number of active job ads in 2023 vs 2022 - Office for National Statistics, 2023.

84% of agency owners are forecasting sales growth in 2024 - The Future of the Recruitment Industry Report, 2024.
7% more leaders are predicting a higher sales growth in 2024 than in 2023 - The Future of the Recruitment Industry Report, 2024.
Access to improved data can reduce sales cycle by 8-14% - Thrive My Way, 2023.
48% of salespeople never make a single follow-up attempt - Hubspot, 2023.
60% of customers say no four times before saying yes - Hubspot, 2023.

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