Seventy-five percent of job candidates who submitted applications for employment over the past year failed to hear anything from prospective employers, according to a recent CareerBuilder survey conducted by Harris Interactive.

The survey, featured in CCH Daily Document Update, showed that almost half of job applicants who experienced a lack of follow-through or inconsistencies from prospective employers were likely to forego applying for any other position with the employer. Some applicants reported that they would take things a step further by encouraging others to avoid applying for positions or purchasing products from employers who failed to respond to application submissions. Read more.