Evidence
One graduate's first two weeks: 146 reached, 13 replies.
Real numbers from a paying client, a recent US graduate, in September 2026. Most people didn't reply. That's normal, and it's why volume and follow-up matter.
Each dot is one person contacted. 13 replied; 133 did not.
231target companies researched, each mapped to the people who make hiring decisions
What the replies said
Offered a 30-minute video call the following week.
Call or meeting offered · 4
Said the team was hiring and introduced a colleague to set up a call.
Hiring now, intro made
Asked for a résumé and offered a phone call early the next week.
Résumé requested, call set
Pointed the student to the team that hires for the role.
Referred to the right team
In a busy stretch, and asked to pick the conversation back up in a few weeks.
Asked to reconnect later
No reply after the full follow-up sequence. Closed.
No reply
Source: Landed campaign data for one paying client, a recent graduate's first two weeks, September 2026. Sent, contacted and reply counts come from the Landed dashboard. The cards cover the 8 replies on file, each read by hand, paraphrased and anonymized, not verbatim; they are responses to outreach, not endorsements of Landed. One client's results, not a forecast. Landed does not guarantee replies, interviews, offers or employment.