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50% -- increase in qualified applicants for companies with strong employer brand (2025)
Companies with a strong, proactively managed employer brand see 50% more qualified applicants compared to those without one.
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50%
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Data Vintage
2025
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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LinkedIn
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https://jobful.io/resources/post/recruitment-marketing-basics ↗
Source Article
Recruitment Marketing Basics: How to Attract Candidates Like Customers
TL;DR
Recruitment marketing applies inbound marketing principles to talent attraction — treating candidates like customers moving through a journey from awareness to hire. 90% of practitioners now use social media to attract talent. 74% of candidates research your employer brand before applying. 61%…
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Cited from LinkedIn's employer brand research
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companies with strong employer brand: 50% increase in qualified applicants. Source: LinkedIn (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/strong-employer-brand-more-qualified-applicants
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/strong-employer-brand-more-qualified-applicants" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>50%</strong> -- increase in qualified applicants for companies with strong employer brand<br><small>Source: LinkedIn (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/strong-employer-brand-more-qualified-applicants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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