The research library
Research on how the world hires.
Market maps, category deep dives, and benchmark reports on recruiting and HR technology. Independent, analyst-written, and grounded in data. Every figure links to a real source, so you can check our work rather than take our word.
14 reports published · 107 sourced statistics behind them
01More research
State of AI in Recruiting 2026
How AI is being adopted across sourcing, screening, interviewing, and scheduling, separating real workflow gains from hype.
Staffing and Agency Tech: 2026 Outlook
How staffing firms and recruiting agencies are adopting AI, and where contingent demand is shifting.
The Sourcing Tools Landscape: 2026 Buyer Guide
A side-by-side analysis of sourcing and candidate-discovery platforms, with selection criteria for in-house and agency teams.
Interview Intelligence: Category Deep Dive
A deep dive on the fastest-consolidating assessment category and what it means for interview quality and fairness.
Hiring Effort Benchmarks by Function
Interview load, time to fill, and applications per hire across engineering, product, data, sales, and support.
02What the research establishes
Findings you can trace, not claims you have to trust.
A few of the headline numbers behind the library, drawn from across the talent market. Each one carries an honest confidence label and links straight to its primary source.
Median time to fill across all roles
The median time to fill a role holds at about a month and a half, the broad benchmark hiring teams plan against.
Organizations using AI in HR
Nearly half of organizations now use AI for HR tasks, a sharp acceleration in mainstream adoption.
Up from 26% in 2024, a 65% year-over-year increase.
Candidates abandoning an AI interview process
38% of candidates have walked away from a hiring process because it included an AI interview, with another 12% saying they would.
03Coverage
The categories we research.
12 categories across the hiring funnel, from attracting candidates to operating the function. Every report sits inside one of them.
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