B
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10%
10% -- cost per hire increase for companies with bad employer reputation (2025)
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10%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Evidence Quality
B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Harvard Business Review
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Tier C
https://www.graylink.biz/blog/6-ways-to-reduce-your-recruitment-costs ↗
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companies with bad employer reputation: 10% cost per hire increase. Source: Harvard Business Review (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/bad-employer-reputation-cost-per-hire
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