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67%

67% -- hiring managers reporting ai applications slowed hiring for US hiring managers (2025)

Name: Hiring Managers Reporting AI Applications Slowed Hiring Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-10-01

2025 · n=2,000 · Robert Half

67% of US hiring managers report that reviewing AI-written applications has slowed down their hiring process.

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Value

67%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2025

Entity

US hiring managers

Sample Size

2,000

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

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Source Trust

Citation Chain

Independence

Methodology

Freshness

Source

Robert Half Primary Tier B

https://www.aqore.com/candidate-drop-off-staffing-agency/ ↗

Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2025 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

Candidate Drop Off Staffing Agency: Why You're Losing Talent to Competitors

Original Research

Robert Half · Original study ↗

Methodology

Robert Half survey of more than 2,000 U.S. hiring managers

Methodology documented

Segmentation

Industrymarketing

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US hiring managers: 67% hiring managers reporting ai applications slowed hiring. Source: Robert Half (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/hiring-managers-ai-resumes-slowed-hiring

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