B
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40%
40% -- recruitment consultant industry exit rate for recruitment consultants (2025)
40% of recruitment consultants have left the industry in the last 18 months.
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Value
40%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Bullhorn
Primary
Tier C
https://www.barclayjones.com/blog/2025/11/stop-losing-placements-your-3-step-plan-to-pre-empt-the-co… ↗
Source Article
Stop Losing Placements: Your 3-Step Plan to Pre-empt the Counter Offer or Drop Out by Barclay Jones
Original Research
Bullhorn
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Methodology
Claim attributed to George Whalley (Bullhorn) in vodcast discussion; no formal methodology stated
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Industryhr
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recruitment consultants: 40% recruitment consultant industry exit rate. Source: Bullhorn (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/consultants-left-industry-18-months
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/consultants-left-industry-18-months" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>40%</strong> -- recruitment consultant industry exit rate for recruitment consultants<br><small>Source: Bullhorn (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/consultants-left-industry-18-months" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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