Preventing Ghosting By Candidates: Make Your Company Worth Joining

According to a study conducted by Indeed.com, almost a third of job candidates ages 18-24 (and almost a fifth of older candidates) ghosted a potential employer because "the hiring process was too slow or too long."

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If you're a hiring manager, you've probably had a promising job candidate suddenly stop answering your calls, texts and email. As early as 2019, more than four out of five companies have been ghosted by a job candidate at least once.

The behaviour stems from the world of online dating, wher...

Sites like ZipRecruiter and LinkedIn make applying to a job as easy as hooking up on Tinder.

Because the candidate didn't have to put much time and effort into applying for the job, they may not be committed enough to follow through.

If your company is a lousy place to work, disgruntled employees are going to anonymously grouse about you online.

Back in the day, a company could hide a toxic culture behind an inspirational mission statement. Today not so much.

Since a candidate might not be entirely serious at first, if that candidate looks interesting, you arrange a telephone conversation like right now, so you can "sell" the candidate on working for you.