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12% -- share of workforce actively job searching for workforce (active job seekers) (2025)
According to Intelligence Group, approximately 12% of the workforce is actively looking for a job.
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2025
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Intelligence Group
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https://goals.nl/en/blog/why-your-recruitment-is-stagnating/ ↗
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Why your recruitment is stagnating (and how to solve it) - Blog
You have vacancies open. You post them on LinkedIn. You put them on job boards. You run a campaign.
And yet it remains silent.
Maybe some will still come in, but not enough. Or not the right quality. And meanwhile, time ticks by. Teams are running on the tips of their toes. Hiring managers get frust…
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workforce (active job seekers): 12% share of workforce actively job searching. Source: Intelligence Group (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/active-job-seekers-workforce-12pct
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