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
Pay Transparency and Comp Intelligence 2026
The EU Pay Transparency Directive just flipped two hiring norms at once. A first-principles guide to the comp-intelligence stack it forces on every employer.
Skills-Based Hiring: The 2026 Operator Playbook
Roughly 70 to 85 percent of employers claim skills-based hiring, but fewer than 1 in 700 hires were actually affected. A first-principles operator guide.
AI Hiring Liability After Mobley v. Workday
Mobley v. Workday turns thousands of employer defendants into one nationwide vendor. How AI hiring liability migrated from buyer to builder, and what to do.
The Entry-Level Hiring Collapse: AI and 2026
Entry-level hiring did not collapse uniformly in 2026. It split along an AI-exposure seam. A first-principles guide to the data, mechanism, and playbook.
Hiring Fraud and the Verification Stack 2026
Hiring became a security problem in 2026. Inside the deepfake threat, the DPRK IT-worker pipeline, and the identity verification stack built in one quarter.
The State of AI in Recruiting: 2026
AI adoption in recruiting jumped about 65% in a year, with 43% of organizations now using it and 52% of talent leaders planning to add autonomous agents. This is a data-driven look at what is working, what is hype, and what talent leaders should do next.
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, nonexecutive roles
SHRM's benchmark for ordinary (nonexecutive) requisitions, the figure most hiring teams actually plan against. Executive roles run longer, at a median of 45 days.
Down from 44 days in 2025.
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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