Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “ghosting”
There’s been a lot written recently on “ghosting” from both the employer side and the candidate side. I’ve heard a bunch of noise that sounds like this, “Well it’s the employer’s fault! They started it! If they hadn’t started ghosting candidates from the start, candidates wouldn’t be ghosting them now!” Ugh. The blame game! We love blaming other people for …
Who says there’s no such thing as “fake” news? This goes through my head whenever I read about how the “ghosting” trend (people skipping job interviews, failing to show up when they get hired, or bailing from a new job with no warning) is disrupting recruiting and hiring, because the more I hear about it, the more I’m convinced that ghosting is …
Here’s a hiring trend we could live without – job candidates who are “ghosting” (aka, blowing off ) scheduled job interviews, or, failing to show up to work for new positions they had accepted. Last week, USA Today published a story that indicated that this new phenomenon was due to the strength of the job market and our near-record low unemployment. …
Be Kind. That’s it, that’s all. What’s kindness in recruiting? Be responsive. With candidates, with the unknown. Since I’ve changed jobs, I’ve acquired a few pen-pals. Some of them are unknown, some of them I’ve encountered briefly in my professional career, and a few in my personal life. It takes a minute to respond to an inmail or email. And …
