Original research · 1,200 teams

The 2026 Hiring Velocity Report.

We surveyed 1,200 hiring teams across hourly, salaried, and frontline roles to find out what actually moves time-to-fill. Spoiler: it's not job board spend, it's not headcount, and it's not a fancier ATS.

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Three findings worth your attention

What we learned from 1,200 teams.

01

Speed beats spend

Teams that responded within 24 hours filled roles 41% faster than teams spending 2× more on job boards.

02

The video gap

71% of teams using async video screens reported lower no-show rates. Yet 58% of teams still use phone screens.

03

The 18-day cliff

Time-to-hire over 18 days drops offer-accept rate by 43%. The clock is ticking from day one.

From the report

"The ROI of hiring speed isn't linear — it's exponential."

The compounding cost of slow hiring

A vacancy is the gift that keeps on taking. The longer a role sits open, the more expensive every other hire becomes — recruiter time fragments, hiring managers disengage, and the candidate pool gets diluted by stale leads.

Our data shows that each additional week a role stays open increases its eventual cost-to-fill by 23%. Past day 30, the line bends sharply upward…

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