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Company dashboard·GhostRate Corp
Overview
Live summary for GhostRate Corp · 90 published reports
✓ Reliable data — clear patterns established.
Slow first responses are driving candidates away early.
Delayed first response is the strongest follow-up signal here—candidates disengage before deeper stages.
Priority action
Define and enforce a first-response SLA with clear recruiter ownership—target meaningfully fewer than 17 days to first response.
Faster first touch and owned follow-up close the largest early-pipeline leak.
Typical response time
17 days
Average time before first response.
Overall ghost rate
34%
34% of contacted or interviewed candidates never heard back.
Transparency score
48/100
Composite signal across response quality and process clarity.
Key hiring signals
Key patterns emerging from recent candidate feedback.
AI diagnostic
AI1Average first response takes 17 days — slow replies cap how many strong applicants reach deeper stages.
2Early silence reads as low priority — candidates exit before you can assess fit.
3With a 34% ghost rate, response delay is a leading driver of early-stage loss.
Peer comparison
Employers who answer within a clear window convert more qualified applicants into interviews.
Peers with accountable first-response ownership see fewer drop-offs before stage two.
Recommendation
Improving first-response discipline first usually unlocks the largest near-term pipeline gain.
Consider starting with a first-response target and routing every new application to a named owner. Measuring time-to-first-reply makes the gap visible and improvable.