70% of job seekers lose interest in a job if they don't hear back just one week after an interview

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Make It - 1/25/2019 - Abigail Hess - Scenarios once associated with dating now apply to finding a job. First there were stories of job seekers "ghosting" employers by not showing up to interviews. Now, it seems that applicants are simply losing interest— after just one week. For the first time in U.S. history, the American economy has more unfilled jobs than people out of work, and this tight labor market is giving workers serious confidence in their ability to find new jobs. Staffing and search firm Addison Group recently surveyed over 1,000 job seekers and found that 70 percent of job applicants will lose interest in a role if they have not heard back from the employer a week after the first interview. Read more @ ttps://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/01/25/70pe ... week-.html