The ugly truth
78% of job applicants
globally get no reply.
with you.
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How it starts
Open role
Senior Product Designer
Auckland · Full-time · $120–$145k
FigmaResearch5+ yrs
A role opens.
Candidates
Open role
Senior Product
Designer
Designer
Maya
Jo
Aisha
Tara
Lena
Ngaio
Mahe
Chris
Each one hopeful.
Into the machine
Applicants142 NEW
Maya
Applied · just now
NEW
Jo
Applied · 2 min ago
NEW
Aisha
Applied · 7 min ago
Tara
Applied · 23 min ago
Lena
Applied · 1h ago
Ben
Applied · 3h ago
Most are never read.
The shortlist
Shortlist3 of 142
Maya
Moving forward
Aisha
Moving forward
Tara
Moving forward
Three make the cut.
Interviews booked
Mon 9:00
Phone Screen — Maya
Tue 10:30
Phone Screen — Aisha
Wed 2:00
Phone Screen — Tara
Fri 11:00
1st Interview — Maya
Calendars filled. Hopes raised.
Then
Mark Chen
Hi Mark, just following up on my interview last week. Any update?
Delivered
Read 9:41 AM
···
· no reply ·
139 people.
No answer.
The reality
Hiring is complicated.
Hundreds of applications. Changing briefs. Internal candidates. Processes that stall. Most recruiters aren't being cruel — communication just falls through the cracks.
Even a simple no
would have been enough.
It's not the rejection that stings. It's the silence. The not knowing. The checking your email every morning for weeks.
Job seeker
Your time matters.
Log every application. Every silence gets recorded. The pattern becomes the story.
Employer
Your reputation follows you.
Candidates talk. Now they have data. Close the loop — it takes thirty seconds.
The shift
Ghosting ends
with you.
I'm applying
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Log the silences. Your data stays private. The record it builds doesn't.
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