Laurie Braddy, a recruiter with 25 years of experience, calls out ghosting on both sides of hiring. Employers ghost candidates and candidates ghost employers. She wants everyone to just send an update.
Hey, guys, it's Lori with career Coaching now. And today I want to talk about something that I'm seeing almost every single day. Different posts about ghosting. Typically, it's candidates very upset that employers are ghosting them. But today I actually wanted to speak to both sides. The employers, recruiters out there, and then also the candidates. So I'll start with the employers and recruiters. So when somebody actually takes the time. When a candidate takes the time to get on the phone with you or interview on zoom, or interview face to face, they deserve the respect of at least an email, something letting them know at least what's going on or if they weren't chosen. Let. Just let them know, Please let them know. I have been a recruiter for 25 years, and while I'm sure, obviously I'm not perfect, nobody is, and I have maybe a time or two, you know, somebody fell through the cracks. But 99% of the time, I will at least let the candidates know what is going on. Hey, they didn't pick you. A lot of times recruiters don't even know why because the employers, you know, don't necessarily share that information. But if they do, I do let them know, you know, why they weren't chosen so that they can learn from the experience and move on. And then, you know, with an employer, you know, at least let the candidate know because the frustrations are growing. And again, I'm seeing this every single day. There's more post about, you know, ghosting. I was ghosted. I was ghosted. So, you know, just have the respect. If somebody gets on the phone with you or interviews with you, I don't care if you're a recruiter, hr, whatever, at least show them some sort of respect for the time that they took to actually jump on the call with you or whatever and just let them know if it's a no, it's a no. They can move on. If it's something in the process where it's taken a while, just let them know. I contact candidates all the time and say, hey, listen, I just wanted to, you know, FYI, I haven't heard back, but at least they know. Okay, I haven't heard back. I'll let you know when I do. But I at least try, usually every week, at least to let them know what the status is. So anyway, so. So that's on. That's the candidate side or the employer side. So with the candidates, you guys ghost as well. This happens every single day where an employer is really interested. They want to set up A second interview or whatever, and then you hear absolutely nothing from the candidate. Sometimes it's two weeks later the candidate finally gets back, or sometimes not at all. I've had candidates ghost employers over job offers, or here's a job offer, you know, instead of maybe you didn't like the job offer, I don't know. But, you know, candidates do ghost employers and recruiters as well. So it's both sides of the table here. So if you are a candidate and you don't like the offer, or perhaps you don't even like the job that maybe somebody called you about, just let them know, you know, if they took the time to get on the phone with your interview, you bring you in, whatever, you know, they're taking that time, you're taking that time. If you're not interested, just say you're not interested. And again, this happens every day on both sides of the aisle. So I really wanted to bring that out because I know it's, you know, it's typically candidates really upset at employers and recruiters, but know that it does happen both ways. So I think both sides of the aisle need to respect each other. I don't care what you got going on. If somebody's taking time to talk to you on the phone, zoom in person, they at least deserve some sort of update. Or if it's a no, it's a no. No is a no. It's fine. It's fine. No is fine. Just let somebody know because that's where issues come in. Where you, you know, did I do something wrong? Or the candidate doesn't like the company, or the company doesn't like the candidate. Just let people know. It's, it's. It's actually pretty simple. Anyway, again, it's Laurie with career coaching. Now. I just wanted to bring that out because I know it's a hot topic right now. So I will be back with more topics and more interview horror stories and success stories. See you guys soon.
