I've been tracking my job applications since 2020. I'm not having applications rejected as much as I'm having them get ghosted. My percentage of ghosted appli

I've been tracking my job applications since 2020. I'm not having applications rejected as much as I'm having them get ghosted. My percentage of ghosted applications is up 25% from 2022 and 20% from 2020, while my number of outbound applications is up 40% from 2022 and 45% from 2020. Like many folks here, I used to get a good amount of inbound recruiter activity prior to 2023, but that's all but stopped. That channel is _barely_ picking back up again. The good news is that applications following up from referrals have gotten me interviews fairly consistently. The bad news is that places with open headcount are harder to find.