You know how it is when you’re applying for jobs. You send out an application, then wait. And wait. Then send off a desperate-sounding follow-up email that receives no response. And wait some more.

StartWire offers a solution to the incessant waiting, offering to step up and crush the hopes that frazzled hiring managers don’t have the time or tact to squash themselves. The free service, which has enlisted more than 5,400 companies, promises to give you a resource to obsessively check until you finally receive that “no” you need in order to move on with life.

The service organizes your job applications into various stages of inevitable failure, separating the faint hopes from the hopeless.

StartWire [StartWire via TechCrunch]

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