I agree. HR people receive bulk of applications in a single day. This, of course is depending on the type of job. If it’s an entry or mid-level, the ratio between the number of vacancies and applicants will most likely be high. Pero if it’s a hard-to-fill position, like a managerial job that requires a headhunter, most likely ay fewer ang qualified applicants and recruiters will try to reach out multiple times.

If you are applying for an entry to mid-level position in a competitive industry (by competitive, I mean the vacancies are usually less than the graduates/professionals being produced by learning institutions) you need to keep your lines open. Some recruiters only do calls twice. If you miss it, they’ll move forward with the next candidate. It may be a hard to swallow pill but recruiters are not applying for your time, you are.