BEST WAYS TO GET HIRED WHAT RESEARCH SHOWS
BASED ON 13+ MILLION APPLICATIONS MOST JOB APPLICATIONS COME FROM CAREER SITES AND JOB BOARDS Other 17%
Career Sites 28%
Hiring Managers 3%
JOB APPLICATIONS BY SOURCE
Internal 8%
Referral 12%
Job Boards 19% Recruiter 13%
... BUT ONLY 0.96% OF APPLICANTS WHO APPLY THROUGH CAREER SITES AND JOB BOARDS ARE ACTUALLY HIRED
% OF TOTAL APPLICATIONS BY SOURCE VS % OF APPLICANTS HIRED 100
8
40
75
6
30
50
4
20
25
2
10
0 % APPS % HIRED
0 % APPS % HIRED
0 % APPS % HIRED
CAREER SITES & JOB BOARDS
% OF TOTAL APPLICATIONS
REFERRALS
HIRING MANAGER
% OF CATEGORY'S APPLICATIONS HIRED
YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO GET INTO HARVARD (5.3% ACCEPTANCE RATE) THAN TO LAND A JOB THROUGH A CAREER SITE OR JOB BOARD (0.96% APPLICANTS HIRED)! Source: Jobvite 2019 Recruiting Benchmark Report