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How commonly do candidates actually get ghosted? Clearly it happens, but this doesn't seem like a serious problem.
by Alex3917 6y ago
How commonly do candidates actually get ghosted? Clearly it happens, but this doesn't seem like a serious problem.
- Grazester 6y agoThis has happened to me in the past. It is especially annoying when it is a technical assignment given and you take the time to do it then you don't hear back from them. I should have know better because the recruiter was not very responsive from the get go(this was not some tiny start-up either). I am now of the opinion that recruiters should pay people for their time now. I will no longer be doing such recruitment exercises.
- edoceo 6y agoI've collected metrics from a few 1000 openings, analysis of recruiter data. MOST (~70%) candidates "fall off" - that is the relationship concludes with no follow-up and also no notification of "declined". Ghosting also happens from the applicants too (but much less common) ~10%