I agree. If a company has posted a job listing, they are expecting me to take time in preparing a relevant and thoughtful application to them (rather than some

I agree. If a company has posted a job listing, they are expecting me to take time in preparing a relevant and thoughtful application to them (rather than some generic recycled crap that goes to everyone). In that case please have the decency to reply to my correspondence both on receipt and later with a decision. Why should I be arsed to waste my precious time preparing my application if the company can't be arsed to write back either way. Of course for an unsolicited application it's a different matter. It would be unfair to expect them to reply to every application they didn't ask for in the first place.