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How Applebee's franchisees cut cost per hire by more than half

Applebee's franchisees partnered with JobGet's platform to reduce hiring costs and improve applicant quality.

3.6x
Cheaper cost per application
$1.64 vs $5.85 (Indeed)
2.2x
Cheaper cost per hire
$80.72 vs $174.05 (Indeed)
89+
Additional hires at same spend
or ~$7,200 savings
69%
More efficient applicant funnel
85 apps → 26 apps/hire

"JobGet is driving better applications, more efficient hires, and much stronger ROI for non-management hiring."

— JobGet / Applebee's Performance Analysis · Sourcing Locations CPH vs. Indeed benchmark

The challenge

Applebee's franchisees were over-reliant on Indeed for non-management hiring, paying $5.85 per application and $174 per hire. The high volume of low-quality applicants made the process costly and inefficient.

The solution

By redirecting spend to JobGet's platform, Applebee's achieved dramatically lower CPA ($1.64) and CPH ($80.72), with a more efficient funnel delivering better-matched candidates.

Side-by-side comparison

MetricIndeedJobGetImprovement
Cost per Application (CPA)$5.85$1.643.6x cheaper
Cost per Hire (CPH)$174.05$80.722.2x cheaper
Applications per Hire85 apps26 apps69% more efficient

Redirecting spend from Indeed to JobGet saved Applebee's ~$7,200

or produced ~89 additional hires at the exact same cost.

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