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The Staffing Agency Ghost Index
Staffing agencies are the highest-volume gatekeepers in hiring — and the most common source of “the recruiter just disappeared” stories. This index tracks 26 major agencies by what applicants actually report: who replies, who ghosts, and how long it takes. It currently reflects 90 applicant-reported outcomes, all shared publicly in discussion threads or on review sites — none submitted to Seen yet, and grows with every new one.
Ranked by reported ghost rate
Agencies with enough evidence for a grade: at least one real applicant account and 5 pieces in total. Applicant accounts shared publicly in discussion threads and on review sites count (labeled and down-weighted), online mentions count half. Worst ghost rate first; rows with fewer than 10 accounts are marked low confidence.
Building a record — not graded yet
These agencies have applicant accounts you can read on their page, but fewer than 5 in all (an online mention counts half) — too few for a fair grade or ghost rate. Every new report gets them closer.
Not enough reports yet (11)
No applicant accounts on these agencies yet, so no grade or rate — we won't invent a number.
Applied through one? Report what happened → Your report is its first data point.
What is a staffing agency ghost rate?
What is a staffing agency ghost rate?
The share of applicants who reported never hearing back from an agency after applying or interviewing — no rejection, no update, just silence. Seen computes it from applicant-reported outcomes — submitted to Seen, or shared publicly in discussion threads and on review sites (labeled, linked to their source where available, and down-weighted) — not agency marketing, and never from web-research estimates.
Do staffing agencies ghost candidates more than direct employers?
Staffing agencies run high-volume pipelines, where candidates commonly report going silent after an initial screen. This index exists so those patterns are visible per agency instead of anecdotal — each agency’s row shows exactly how much reported data sits behind it.
Are these ghost rates verified facts?
No. They are aggregated community signals from applicant accounts and public hiring data, with confidence labels where data is thin. Agencies with no reports show no numbers at all — Seen never fabricates a rate.
Seen Grades aggregate applicant accounts and public hiring signals into a 0–100 score. They are community signals, not verified facts, and update as new reports arrive. Grades and percentages appear only once at least 5 applicants have reported outcomes. Report counts include outcomes shared publicly in discussion threads and on review sites (labeled and counted at reduced weight); web-research estimates are never counted as reports.