Auto-apply job tools silently fail to submit applications despite reporting success
A builder discovered that a significant share of applications sent through an auto-apply job tool never actually reach employers, despite the tool reporting them as submitted. Job seekers using these fast-growing automation tools are left with false confidence and wasted time, an unaddressed reliability gap in the auto-apply tooling category.
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