Ok, this is a crazy one: A hiring manager just emailed me with a #ghostingatwork story. A prospect excused himself in the middle of an interview to go the bathroom — and then never returned!
Why are people "ghosting" on employers?
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I did that on a date many, many years ago...he met me at the ladies' room door... :(
And while we’re taking HR to task- how about listing salary starting point and or range.
From a freelancer's point of view, ghosting may be the safest recourse when your spidey senses go off after a couple of email exchanges with a prospect from a job board who is stingy with information about themselves or the specs of the job but expect all sorts of details about you.?
Having been on both sides of the coin and in my years as a seasoned recruiter, the one thing I could never have true control over or predict, are people in general. You could have the most fantastic person in an interview, but not show up at all on their first day (no matter the generation). I’ve also had a somewhat OK interview (first, panel and final), onboard them and was shockingly fantastic & consistent throughout their tenure. This is why I love being in this field, there’s never a dull moment & I still get a buzz when I’ve found my “hidden gem.” PS: Whoever can predict in 6 seconds if their candidate is the right fit, needs to re-evaluate their screening methods. ??????
I offered a candidate a new role, said candidate verbally accepted and then never to be seen / heard from again despite issuing an employment contract and seemingly strong engagement throughout.
Employers have long viewed their workforce as a commodity. A resource designed to be manipulated, moved, adjusted, or let go with little to no notice. A cost that can easily be reduced by reorganizations or workforce reduction strategies.? It seems disingenuous to then feign outrage when employees begin to view the companies they work in similar fashion. It is a driving force behind the ever shrinking average time that employees spend in a job, and in a tight labor market, people feel empowered to walk away from a company the second they feel the company does not provide the opportunity they are after.? Work is no longer a long term investment, but a short term consumption determination and walking out of an interview feels similar to walking away from a car salesman without purchasing a vehicle.? Companies that view their workforce not as a cost to be managed but an investment to be made will earn that same mindset in return. Companies that don't will get ghosted in interviews.? Probably not the best move from a candidate perspective, but an understandable one considering the current commodity view of labor in America.
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6 年i think what needs to happen is to call out these companies gohsting on glassdoor. shut down there ability to get candidates