Nearly half of job seekers say the search has harmed their mental health. The damage is not rejection. It is the silence after the effort.

Active job hunters fell from 42 percent to 35 percent in a year. People did not stop searching because they found work. They stopped trusting the search.

In June 2026, 2.2 million of the 7.4 million US job openings were ghost jobs. CoBlack sources only from employer ATS feeds, so every opening in your search is live and active.