June 8, 2026

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Applicant Tracking Systems Filter Out Millions of Qualified Workers Before Human Review, Harvard Research Shows

Applicant tracking systems designed to simplify hiring are blocking millions of qualified workers from ever reaching human recruiters, according to joint research from Harvard Business School and Accenture that identified a population the study calls “Hidden Workers”, people ready to work but filter

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Stop Blaming Candidate Ghosting on Gen Z — The Real Problem Is Your Follow-Up Automation

Candidate ghosting follows a predictable mechanical pattern: a recruiter goes silent for seven or more days, the candidate takes a competing offer, and the absence gets recorded as a “ghost” in the ATS. The generational framing (Gen Z is flaky, Millennials won’t commit) misidentifies the cause.

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