Whenever I read about the job market, there's always these massive gaps in either the reporting (or my understanding): 1. Job applications disappear into a bla

Whenever I read about the job market, there's always these massive gaps in either the reporting (or my understanding): 1. Job applications disappear into a black hole once submitted. There is no clear understanding as to what happens between clicking SUBMIT and HIRED/REJECTED. 2. There is no understanding of hiring methodologies, or even generally accepted best practices. What are the qualifications of a frontline recruiter? Their chain of command? How are reqs and JDs written, edited, processed, and managed? 3. Generally speaking, how is pay determined? There's no central database of salaries and experiences – which is fine, but then how do we gauge 'who pays better' especially compared to other quantifiable factors like what comes out on a 10K I understand some of this information may be impossible to attain, but I can't think of a topic that more heavily dominates the news cycle but that also seems to be completely built upon a black hole of innuendo, mystery, and guesswork.