B
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30%
30% -- increase in qualified applicants for job adverts with salary transparency (2026)
Job adverts that include salary details receive 30% more applications from qualified individuals.
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30%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
arcticshores.com
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Tier C
https://www.arcticshores.com/insights/hiring-for-potential-aegon-uk-scrapped-cv ↗
Source Article
Hiring for Potential: How Aegon UK Scrapped the CV and Saved £2.4m
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arcticshores.com
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General statistic cited by podcast guest ('the stats would say'); original source not identified
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job adverts with salary transparency: 30% increase in qualified applicants. Source: arcticshores.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/salary-transparency-qualified-applicants
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/salary-transparency-qualified-applicants" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>30%</strong> -- increase in qualified applicants for job adverts with salary transparency<br><small>Source: arcticshores.com (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/salary-transparency-qualified-applicants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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