Extraordinary outcomes for companies

Our data shows that companies using skills-based hiring are experiencing dramatic improvements in performance across five key metrics:

89.8%

of organizations saw a reduction in cost-to-hire

91.4%

of organizations saw a reduction in time-to-hire

92.5%

of organizations saw a reduction in mis-hires

91.2%

of organizations saw an increase in retention

91.1%

of organizations saw an increase in diversity

What our respondents told us:

We surveyed

  • 2,736
    employers
  • 2,666
    employees
  • 40+
    industries

about skills-based hiring

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What is skills-based hiring?

Skills-based hiring is a recruitment methodology whereby job candidates are hired for open roles based on quantifiable skills, rather than using subjective methods, such as resumes.

Have you used skill tests or assignments in your hiring process in the last 12 months?

Attracting and retaining world-class talent

People who are recruited using skills-based hiring are happier in their job roles than those who are not. 72.1% of those hired using skills-based hiring were either happy or very happy in their current role, compared to 62.9% of those recruited via other methods.

People who are recruited via skills-based hiring stay longer in their roles. Only 3.2% of employees recruited using skills-based hiring plan to leave their roles in the next 12 months, compared with 7.3% of employees who were not recruited via skills-based hiring.

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Our partners

Barzaarvoice

Emma McFetridge

Talent acquisition partner
CapitalT

Eva De Mol

Co-founder
Emaho

Paul Musters

Founder
Options Executive Search

Achyut Menon

Managing director
Recruiter University

Jacco Valkenburg

Trainer employer branding and recruitment
Recruiting Brainfood

Hung Lee

Curator
Sintory Beverages and Food Nigeria

Segun Mustapha

People and culture officer
Forta

Nicole Roberts

Senior vice-president of people
The Recruiting Future Podcast

Matt Alder

Producer and host
TalentMapper

Marcel Rietveld

Chief executive and co-founder
Marketing Sumo

Adrian Tan

Chief marketing strategist
Klaviyo

Paul Abercrombie

Director of talent (EMEA)

Ellena Bartolini

Kuba Garstka

Rashid Lansah

Sara
Sremcevic-Brown