PARTNER SALES ACCELERATION PORTAL ROI STATS

Data that drives decisions: stats to sell by

At HiringThing, we strive to empower our trusted partners with the best tools and resources possible. As part of our commitment to Partner Perfection™, we’ve curated this collection of powerful, up-to-date statistics to help you articulate the ROI, effectiveness, and competitive advantages of our three core products: Applicant Tracking, Employee Onboarding, and Workflow Management.

Use this page to fuel your sales conversations, enhance marketing collateral, and back up your product demos with industry-proven insights.

Applicant Tracking System

Better hires, faster fills, bigger impact.

- 94% of ATS users say the system improved their hiring. [2025]
- 78.5% of ATS users say it helped improve the quality of hires. [2025]
- Companies using ATS software see 40% lower turnover among new hires, this is crucial when replacing an employee can cost 50% to 200% of their annual salary. [2024]
- 86% of ATS users report faster time-to-hire overall. [2025]
- LinkedIn reports ATS usage can shorten the hiring cycle by 60%, helping teams avoid losing top talent to slow processes. [2022]
- ATS usage doesn’t just improve hiring times, it’s also cost-efficient. Using AI within an ATS yields 30% savings per hire, and small businesses can save up to $10,000 annually. [2024]
- Companies that leverage analytics within their ATS on average see 56% higher revenue. [2024]
- ATS usage helps companies hire higher-quality candidates and avoid bad hires. This can be critical to your bottom line since bad hires cost 30%–100%+ of first-year earnings. [2024]

Employee Onboarding

First impressions matter.

Great onboarding boosts retention by 82%, yet 88% of companies admit they don’t do it well. [2024 & 2025]
Strong onboarding leads to 33% higher employee engagement, 70% more productivity, and 50% faster ramp-up. [2023 & 2024]
Companies with structured onboarding programs help employees reach full proficiency 34% faster. [2025]
Structured onboarding works. 77% of new hires meet early performance goals faster, and they ramp up 62% more efficiently than those without a formal process. [2023]
Onboarding has emotional stakes: 23% of new hires cry in their first week, and 44% regret joining after week one. [2023]
90% of new employees decide to stay or leave within 6 months. [2025]
Automating onboarding boosts retention by 16%. [2025]
Onboarding inefficiencies cost time and money: a majority of managers spend at least 8 hours/week on tasks that could be automated. [2024]
Organizations can reduce significant costs by automating their document management. Companies spend an average of $20 per paper on filing, $120 on looking for lost documents, and $220 on recreating lost documents. [2023]

Workflow Management

Optimize your operations.

Maximize your momentum.

- 68% of employees feel daily workloads are overwhelming—leading to a 61% drop in productivity. [2025]
- Using workflow automation, companies speed up hiring and onboarding by 67%. [2023]
- Automated workflows boost data accuracy up to 88% by minimizing costly errors. [2023]
- 86% of employees prefer digital forms—less paper, fewer bottlenecks. [2023]
- Inefficient tasks = wasted dollars. With the US average of $53K annual salary, 2 hours lost/day = $13K/year per employee.

Through-Lines

Big picture and key insights.

Following the pandemic, economic changes, and tech advancements, the labor market has been fluctuating and shifting. The average time to fill a position tends to vary by industry, but the overall average helps us see the big picture:
- - - In 2022, SHRM reported the average time to fill was 54 days and cost an average of $4683 per hire.
    - In 2023, Josh Bersin found the average time to fill had shortened to 44 days.
    - Select Sofware reported the 2025 average time to fill is 42 days.
The first 3 months with a new employee are crucial. 17% of new hires leave within the first month; 30% within 90 days. [2022 & 2023]
77% of organizations struggle with retaining top talent. [2023]
Poor onboarding doubles the chance a new hire will job hunt again, highlighting the synergy between ATS and Onboarding. [2024]
Workflow automation supports both ATS and Onboarding by speeding processes and eliminating manual strain. [2023]

How to Use This Resource

Use these stats:

In product demos to prove ROI.
In internal training to back up messaging.
In sales decks, one-pagers, and email campaigns.
To overcome objections and emphasize urgency.

Bookmark this page and check back regularly—we update these stats frequently so you can stay ahead of the curve.

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