Candidates ghosting potential employers

[Anonymous]

That seems very bizarre to me on the part of a job candidate.

OP, what is the position?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've done it. It's because job seekers have to cast a very wide net, and employers often ghost candidates, so you can end up applying to positions you don't really want once you look into it further. It's understood that it works both ways. Sometimes an employer can also seem shady for whatever reason: asking too much too soon in the process, a "too good to be true" feel...There is a lack of trust and it's unfortunate.

That is super unprofessional.

I have never understood it to work both ways. Or either way. Guess I have been fortunate to have good character and have been employed by quality organizations.

Too bad there is not a rating system on Indeed and other places where you, the applicant, can rate a firm you interviewed with and been through the process, and in turn, firms and rate applicants, as a no-show ghoster. Kind of like uber.

[Anonymous]

That seems very bizarre to me on the part of a job candidate.

It was probably a well-qualified candidate who had plenty of options and didn't need this particular job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There is a lack of trust and it's unfortunate.

This. Does your company send rejection letters to all rejected applicants?

If we bring them in for an interview and don't move forward with them, yes.

But you don't otherwise. So you are ghosting most people.

DP. Nope. We've never had contact.

[Anonymous]

Must not be paying enough. Good paying, in demand jobs/employers are not having this issue.

[Anonymous]

OP has ghosted this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP has ghosted this thread.

Sorry, I was working haha.

The benefits and pay are above industry standard. That's fine if they found a better offer, just say so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've done it. It's because job seekers have to cast a very wide net, and employers often ghost candidates, so you can end up applying to positions you don't really want once you look into it further. It's understood that it works both ways. Sometimes an employer can also seem shady for whatever reason: asking too much too soon in the process, a "too good to be true" feel...There is a lack of trust and it's unfortunate.

That is super unprofessional.

I have never understood it to work both ways. Or either way. Guess I have been fortunate to have good character and have been employed by quality organizations.

Too bad there is not a rating system on Indeed and other places where you, the applicant, can rate a firm you interviewed with and been through the process, and in turn, firms and rate applicants, as a no-show ghoster. Kind of like uber.

There is such a system, through Glassdoor. And it's not about character, it's about refusing to extend courtesy to employers not extending courtesy to you. You said yourself you ghost candidates, so you do not abide by your own supposed high character standards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There is a lack of trust and it's unfortunate.

This. Does your company send rejection letters to all rejected applicants?

If we bring them in for an interview and don't move forward with them, yes.

But you don't otherwise. So you are ghosting most people.

DP. Nope. We've never had contact.

? They took the time to fill out your application. That's contact!

[Anonymous]

Employers ghost all the time. Now, candidates are doing it, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP has ghosted this thread.

Sorry, I was working haha.

The benefits and pay are above industry standard. That's fine if they found a better offer, just say so.

Your benefits are above average but someone still ghosted after hearing them? Cmon, pull your head out of your a$$. You’re in denial.

[Anonymous]

The benefits and pay are above industry standard. That's fine if they found a better offer, just say so.

Imagine the candidates who took the time to apply for your job and got neither an interview nor a rejection letter. "That's fine. If they found a better candidate for the job, they should say so."

Your company didn't, and neither did this candidate.

Both sides are wrong, but OP is effectively the pot calling the kettle black here.

[Anonymous]

I would think that this is a short sighted approach for a candidate in a small field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The benefits and pay are above industry standard. That's fine if they found a better offer, just say so.

Imagine the candidates who took the time to apply for your job and got neither an interview nor a rejection letter. "That's fine. If they found a better candidate for the job, they should say so."

Your company didn't, and neither did this candidate.

Both sides are wrong, but OP is effectively the pot calling the kettle black here.

+1. Seriously just have a shred of decency. It's bad enough companies make you upload your resume and then completely retype it and reformat it in their shitty system they can't even be bothered to send a form rejection email.

[Anonymous]

IME the standard is for employers to ghost interviewees they don't hire. I've certainly had it happen to me. If candidates are doing this they are just treating you the way potential employers have treated them.