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Of course it's NOT a free service. Travel costs, time off work on holiday, hours spent on online tests etc. etc. etc. And in return Radio Silence.

It's not exactly a 'free' service to the candidate though. It costs them time, effort, maybe holiday from work etc. to make an application. Quite often this is for a role they wouldn't have considered without pestering from an agent. It us a very minimum politeness that the agent then informs...

Fine, I guess. I still think some sort of indication from a recruitment agency that an application hasn't been sucessful is much better than giving a candidate eternal radio silence if they've spent significant time and effort. I guess we disagree, and if ever I'm in the position of using an...

I take your point, but even a template email that will take under 5 seconds to send would be better than nothing in my view.

It is refreshing, as you say, but I've always expected a little more from agents who have tried to place me in a role. Any that haven't got back to me after I've given up time to apply for one of their placements get struck off linked in, and their agency never dealt with again. Is a 60 second...