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He's been in the same role for 10 years and unwilling to "lie" to get a promotion or a new role, so that is where we are. This 30% of honest employees is probably not getting the best jobs.

Exactly, and when you hear stuff like some HR people 'not accepting career gaps for any reason', it's cause for some people to make up some BS about it to get around that. I'm not very good at lying, but what recruiters want are stories, and thus I can justify "white lies", omissions, minor embellishments to give them what they want and play their game. Don't lose your integrity, but honesty is not the best policy in the job hunt until you have a contract. It took a year for me to figure that out.

Over that time though recruiters at different companies were all over the place in terms of quality, when they did reach out. Some company's processes are well-defined, transparent and their recruiters actively keep you up to date. Despite not ultimately being hired there, one company I was really impressed by their process, more than any other. Some HR teams you have to keep following up, they never give clear answers and drag you along for over more than a month without really telling you where things are at. That was more frustrating to me than no response or any rejection.