GENERATING VOLUME AT THE TOP OF THE FUNNEL NONO TION TTION T ALENT AALENT A Jobvite’s database of more than 55 million job seekers and 17 million applications SS informs their annual recruiting funnel benchmark report. This data comes from all SESSES industries and the numbers are likely to be more positive for more exciting and modern startup companies. However, the data hammers home the importance of improving quality SMENTSMENT and quantity in tandem on the top of the funnel. Overall data - conversion rates 2015 2016 2017 Visitors to applicants 11% 9% 12% Applications per 59 52 36 open requisition Applications to interviews 12% 15% 12% Interviews to offers 17% 20% 28% Offers to hires 89% 83% 91% Top-to-bottom 0.2% 0.28% 0.37% Average time-to-hire (days) 41 39 38 3535