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Recruitment has a new abundance problem.
Employers still struggle to find critical skills. According to ManpowerGroup, 74% of employers globally report difficulty finding the talent they need. Yet recruiters are processing more applications than ever.
Greenhouse’s latest benchmark, drawn from more than 640 million applications across over 6,000 companies, found that the average number of applications per job rose from 116 in 2022 to 244 in 2025, an increase of 111%. Over the same period, applications handled per recruiter increased
