I’ve been applying to many jobs on and off for about a year and I would say out of all of them, I hear back about 10% of the time. Of the 10%, about 90% is standard rejection letters that are sent en masse usually through email. The rest results in some sort of interview. During these interviews, I’m told by the hiring managers that they like my work and think I’m a good fit for the role and want to either bring me on right away or interview me for a second round. Nearly every time I get to this point, the hiring manager disappears and ghosts me. I would then reach out inquiring about the status of the position and nothing. I’ve heard this same thing happening to other people as well. Is this just people being incompetent at their jobs or are there other reasons for this? I’m beginning to think that most job listings are just ghost jobs and this whole narrative that no one wants to work is by and large not true. Is anyone else experiencing the same thing or has some insight to what’s going on with the labor market?
In: Other
IMO it’s simply effort based, in the tinder-type electronic world of job dating.
There’s no recourse that the co receives or negative review (or downvote) for moving on without informing candidates, or moving on any not providing why. It’s not a good PR move but only for one person so there’s really no issue metrics wise. It takes some effort to press a reject by writing an email or automatic reject notification button.
Latest Answers