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15%
15% -- active job seeker rate for population / talent pool (2025)
At any given time, only 15% of the population or talent pool is actively conducting a job search.
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15%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
goodasgoldtraining.com
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Tier C
https://goodasgoldtraining.com/when-did-recruiters-stop-recruiting/ ↗
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WHEN DID RECRUITERS, STOP RECRUITING?
This is the question I’m constantly asked by the attendees of the corporate and talent acquisition conferences I address. According to LinkedIn, companies spend over $2.8 Billion dollars on job board ads, tools like ZipRecruiter and website postings. You can’t compete with those budgets and they don…
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goodasgoldtraining.com
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population / talent pool: 15% active job seeker rate. Source: goodasgoldtraining.com (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/active-job-seekers-15-percent
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/active-job-seekers-15-percent" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>15%</strong> -- active job seeker rate for population / talent pool<br><small>Source: goodasgoldtraining.com (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/active-job-seekers-15-percent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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