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Tech job hunting condemned as a data-entry nightmare

Original: Looking for a tech job is a helpless data-entry nightmare

Job seekers in tech are describing the application process as a dispiriting exercise in endless form-filling, with candidates re-entering the same résumé data into dozens of employer portals and hearing little back. The frustration echoes wider complaints about automated screening tools, ghost listings and impersonal rejections that have made the search feel mechanical and hopeless.

Why now: Frustration with repetitive, low-response job application portals is resonating with tech workers amid a tough hiring market.

tech job seekersemployer hiring portalsapplicant tracking systems

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