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5.13%
5.13% -- reply rate for Outreach messages with recipient first name (2026)
Recruiting outreach messages that include the recipient's first name achieve a 5.13% reply rate.
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5.13%
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2026
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Pin
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https://www.datamagnet.co/post/layoff-data-recruiting-outreach-timing/ ↗
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How to Use Layoff Data to Time Outbound Recruiting Outreach
Disclosure: This article is published by Datamagnet. Vendor claims are self-reported unless otherwise noted.
How to Use Company Layoff Data to Time Outbound Recruiting Outreach
Only 31% of recruiting teams use labor market data to inform their talent acquisition strategy (Gartner HR Research, 2026).…
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Range comparison: 5.13% with first name vs 2.61% without; cited from Pin (2026)
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Outreach messages with recipient first name: 5.13% reply rate. Source: Pin (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/first-name-personalization-reply-rate-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/first-name-personalization-reply-rate-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>5.13%</strong> -- reply rate for Outreach messages with recipient first name<br><small>Source: Pin (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/first-name-personalization-reply-rate-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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