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Every publisher we cite, with license terms and the date we verified access. 23 sources, all retrieved 2026-07-26.

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PublisherDatasetLicenseRetrievedLink
AshbyAshby Offer Acceptance Rate benchmark — methodology landing page (230K+ applications 2021-2024)© All rights reserved (excerpt use only)2026-07-17Source ↗
CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development)Resourcing and Talent Planning 2024© All rights reserved (excerpt use only)2026-07-17Source ↗
City and County of Honolulu, Office of the City AuditorSpan of control audit (definition: direct reports per supervisor)© All rights reserved (excerpt use only)2026-07-17Source ↗
City of PortlandSpan of Control Update (memo), April 2026 version© All rights reserved (excerpt use only)2026-07-17Source ↗
Culture AmpCulture Amp Employee Engagement Benchmarks (All Industries, Retail, New Tech) — January 2026 vintage© All rights reserved (excerpt use only)2026-07-17Source ↗
Danmarks Statistik (DST)DST StatBank absence tables LSK11/LSK12/LSK13/LSK14/LSK15CC BY 4.02026-07-17Source ↗
EurostatStructural business statistics overview — sbs_ovw_act (NETTUR_EMP_TEUR / NETTUR_MEUR / EMP_NR indicators)EU reuse policy (attribution required)2026-07-17Source ↗
EurostatLFS series — lfsi_abt_q (absence from work, quarterly, LFS-based)EU reuse policy (attribution required)2026-07-17Source ↗
GallupState of the Global Workplace 2026 Report (2025 data)© All rights reserved (excerpt use only)2026-07-17Source ↗
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)Encuesta Trimestral de Coste Laboral (ETCL) — tablas 6047/6048/6064 (puestos de trabajo vacantes)CC BY 4.02026-07-19Source ↗
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)Estadística de Flujos de Población Activa (EFPA) — tablas 66257/66262 (flujos entre situaciones de actividad)CC BY 4.02026-07-19Source ↗
LinkedIn Talent Solutions (cited via HR Dive / iCIMS)LinkedIn Talent Blog, Feb 2024 — internal-mobility formulation (cited via secondary sources)© All rights reserved (excerpt use only)2026-07-17Source ↗
McKinsey & CompanyOrg design archetypes — span of control 3-5 (hierarchical) to 15+ (flat) direct reports© All rights reserved (excerpt use only)2026-07-17Source ↗
NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers)Professional Standards 2024 (PDF), p. 68: definition of Offer Acceptance Rate (OAR)© All rights reserved (excerpt use only)2026-07-17Source ↗
Office for National Statistics (UK)Sickness absence in the UK labour market: 2025Open Government Licence v3.02026-07-17Source ↗
SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management)2025 Benchmarking Survey — Cost per Hire (press release)© All rights reserved (excerpt use only)2026-07-17Source ↗
SmartRecruiters (with Lighthouse Research & Advisory)2025 Hiring Benchmark Report / country articles (e.g. United States Benchmark Recruiting Metrics)© All rights reserved (excerpt use only)2026-07-17Source ↗
Statistisk sentralbyrå (SSB)SSB StatBank sickness-absence tables 12452 (sex + occupation) and 14341 (region + sex)CC BY 4.02026-07-17Source ↗
U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJOLTS Table 20. Annual total separations rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjustedPublic domain (U.S. government work)2026-07-17Source ↗
U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJOLTS Table 22. Annual quits rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjustedPublic domain (U.S. government work)2026-07-17Source ↗
U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJOLTS Table 24. Annual layoffs and discharges rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjustedPublic domain (U.S. government work)2026-07-17Source ↗
U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCurrent Population Survey, Table 47. Absences from work of employed full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and industryPublic domain (U.S. government work)2026-07-17Source ↗
U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJOLTS series database — Job Openings, Hires, and Quits rates, seasonally adjusted, by industry and establishment size classPublic domain (U.S. government work)2026-07-19Source ↗
Public-domain and open-licensed sources (BLS, ONS, Eurostat, SSB, DST) are cited with full attribution per their terms. Copyright-excerpt sources (Gallup, Culture Amp, SHRM, CIPD, SmartRecruiters, NACE, Ashby, LinkedIn, Portland, Honolulu, McKinsey) are used only as short, attributed excerpts with an outbound link — never republished in full. See /methodology for how each figure is defined.