>According to a survey from global staffing firm Robert Half, 62% of US professionals say they lose interest in a job if they don’t hear back from the employer

>According to a survey from global staffing firm Robert Half, 62% of US professionals say they lose interest in a job if they don’t hear back from the employer within two weeks – or 10 business days – after the initial interview. That number jumps to 77% if there is no status update within three weeks. Ha, that's familiar. I'm not in the US but, during my last job hunt, I'd already accepted a job offer before some of the companies I'd applied to replied to me. Companies that are paying recruiters to bombard my inbox or paying staff bonuses to refer me. Hiring is a very human, very broken process. There's little incentive for an individual to do it well short term but fatal repercussions if the group do it badly long term.