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A common complaint among many federal job seekers has long been that they often feel their application goes into a black hole, in part because they never hear back from the government on the status of their application or why they lost out on a position. This is one area the government is trying to fix in its federal hiring overhaul.

But apparently, that complaint extends beyond government jobs, at least in the information technology field. This month's issue of the Dice Report notes that 52 percent of technology professionals attempt to receive feedback on a job but never get a reply. Only 18 percent of IT professionals either speak with HR professionals or managers in charge of recruiting to ask why they weren't chosen for a job, while 30 percent of IT pros never bother to ask, Dice found.

"This is troubling," the report states. "There needs to be a mutual give and take of information between hiring managers and candidates. The benefits of returned calls are an improved company reputation, as well as an improved hiring manager reputation."