https://www.coblack.com/blog The job market, decoded. Research-grounded reads on the market, the tools, and the search itself. en-us Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.coblack.com/post/hirly-vs-coblack https://www.coblack.com/post/hirly-vs-coblack Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Tools Analysis hirly vs CoBlack. hirly’s free preview shows three scored matches and what it writes for them. CoBlack’s free plan sends up to 30 applications a month. https://www.coblack.com/post/applicants-per-job-same-wait https://www.coblack.com/post/applicants-per-job-same-wait Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Product Workday’s October 2026 report puts the median applicants per job filled at 69, up from 58, while time to fill held at about 60 days. CoBlack applies on fit. https://www.coblack.com/post/september-jobs-report-long-term-unemployment https://www.coblack.com/post/september-jobs-report-long-term-unemployment Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The Market The September jobs report shows layoffs and announced cuts low, while 27.1 percent of the unemployed had searched 27 weeks or more, up from 23.6 a year ago. https://www.coblack.com/post/job-rejection-reasons-never-told https://www.coblack.com/post/job-rejection-reasons-never-told Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Inside CoBlack Job rejection reasons are often logged as codes by employers. Colorado has proposed requiring them for AI-influenced decisions. Here is where CoBlack stands. https://www.coblack.com/post/hiringcafe-vs-coblack https://www.coblack.com/post/hiringcafe-vs-coblack Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Tools Analysis HiringCafe vs CoBlack. HiringCafe's free Talent Agent searches 5 million+ jobs and flags matches. CoBlack tailors a resume for each opening and submits it. https://www.coblack.com/post/applypass-vs-coblack https://www.coblack.com/post/applypass-vs-coblack Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Tools Analysis ApplyPass vs CoBlack. ApplyPass specializes in 27 technical job titles. CoBlack runs three campaigns on any role you name, on every plan including free. https://www.coblack.com/post/mass-applying-job-search https://www.coblack.com/post/mass-applying-job-search Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Career Six days apart in late September, LinkedIn’s CEO and an Indeed career coach described one problem from opposite ends of the hiring pipeline: mass applying. https://www.coblack.com/post/job-search-burnout-break https://www.coblack.com/post/job-search-burnout-break Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Product Indeed finds 68 percent of active job seekers cannot afford a break. CoBlack keeps the search running so job search burnout does not stop the pipeline. https://www.coblack.com/post/ghost-job-statistics https://www.coblack.com/post/ghost-job-statistics Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Inside CoBlack Ghost job statistics circulate with confidence, yet Congress’s own research service says no official count exists. Why CoBlack declines to guess. https://www.coblack.com/post/employee-tenure-recent-hires https://www.coblack.com/post/employee-tenure-recent-hires Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The Market Median employee tenure rose to 4.1 years as the share of workers new to their employer in the past year fell to 20.6 percent, BLS January 2026 data show. https://www.coblack.com/post/neverapply-vs-coblack https://www.coblack.com/post/neverapply-vs-coblack Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Tools Analysis NeverApply vs CoBlack. NeverApply makes a job-specific resume its top-tier feature. CoBlack builds one for every application, on every plan. https://www.coblack.com/post/ai-skills-employers-want https://www.coblack.com/post/ai-skills-employers-want Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Career New Harris Poll research finds 93 percent of job seekers claim the AI skills employers want, while hiring managers define readiness more narrowly. https://www.coblack.com/post/ai-assisted-applications-label https://www.coblack.com/post/ai-assisted-applications-label Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Inside CoBlack Workable’s documentation tags AI-assisted applications and lets employers filter them, while its robots.txt invites AI to read the posting. We read both. https://www.coblack.com/post/feeling-underqualified-entry-level-jobs https://www.coblack.com/post/feeling-underqualified-entry-level-jobs Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Product Cengage’s 2026 report finds 53 percent of recent US graduates skipped entry-level jobs in their field over feeling underqualified. Auto Match measures fit. https://www.coblack.com/post/jobscan-vs-coblack https://www.coblack.com/post/jobscan-vs-coblack Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Tools Analysis Jobscan vs CoBlack. Jobscan holds every application for your approval and meters each one in credits. CoBlack submits server side at a flat monthly price. https://www.coblack.com/post/holiday-hiring-seasonal-jobs https://www.coblack.com/post/holiday-hiring-seasonal-jobs Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The Market Challenger forecasts 450,000 seasonal retail jobs for Q4 2026, below last year's smallest holiday hiring gain since 2008. The season still has doors. https://www.coblack.com/post/how-to-start-networking https://www.coblack.com/post/how-to-start-networking Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Career More than half of Gen Z professionals do not know how to start networking. The fear of reaching out is real, and the data says it points the wrong way. https://www.coblack.com/post/where-entry-level-hiring-went https://www.coblack.com/post/where-entry-level-hiring-went Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Inside CoBlack Entry-level hiring in the most AI-exposed occupations: the entry-level share of postings fell from 29 percent to 10 percent between 2021 and 2026. https://www.coblack.com/post/before-accepting-a-job-offer https://www.coblack.com/post/before-accepting-a-job-offer Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Career Nearly one in five US workers says their job changed from the one they were hired for. What to ask, and what to get in writing, before accepting a job offer. https://www.coblack.com/post/mobile-job-search https://www.coblack.com/post/mobile-job-search Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Product Every screen of CoBlack now works on phones and tablets. Mobile job search without forms: matches, Progress Lab queue, and campaigns within 50 miles of home.