In what is considered to be the hottest job market in decades, HR managers can now add ‘ghosting’ to their growing list of headaches during, and oftentimes, after the recruiting and hiring process. Ghosting is when a job candidate or new hire disappears with no explanation—and surprisingly, millennials aren’t the only ones guilty of this. Unemployment is at an 18-year low, and for once, there are more job openings than candidates. Job seekers of all ages have taken notice, and are taking full advantage of seemingly having the upper hand. In an interview with CBS This Morning, LinkedIn editor-in-chief, Dan Roth, offered his insight on ghosting and why it’s been so prevalent in today’s society, stating:
“It’s easier just to stop showing up than to say, ‘no,’ or, ‘Thank you for reaching out to me about this job I don’t actually want it anymore.”
In careers ranging from retail to hospitality, more recruiters and hiring managers are being forced back to the drawing board once that “gleaming new hire†fails to show up for their first day on the job, and no longer returns calls or e-mails. While the idea of doing to employers what they have likely done to you in the past may seem satisfying, Roth warns that ghosting in the workplace is never a good idea. “Recruiters and hirers are saying they will never forget the people who have ghosted them,” he concluded. “And they will take that from job to job.”
