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> about being blacklisted by the company and often even other companies in the industry I've asked many recruiters and HR professionals this exact question but

> about being blacklisted by the company and often even other companies in the industry I've asked many recruiters and HR professionals this exact question but all of them said there is no such thing as blacklisting. Its not worth their time and effort to maintain an industry wide blacklist of candidates which Sounds borderline illegal.

mateo411 4y ago
Generally, it's so difficult to hire technical talent, that it would be very difficult to maintain a blacklist anyway. Basically, some companies would just break the blacklist, because there's a good source of talent, that some companies have decided to overlook for petty reasons. The world is too busy and too chaotic to really care that you decided not to join a company or that a company decided to withdraw an offer. Life goes on.
JamesBarney 4y ago
There might not be intercompany blacklists, but there are definitely intracompany blacklists. But it also depends on the size of the industry. Smaller industries where everyone knows each other, people will talk about a candidate pulling out, and stop extending that person offers.
halfnormalform 4y ago
Blacklists absolutely exist, but they are company-by-company. SAP HR software even comes with a special table for it.
fwungy 4y ago
All those companies are made up of individuals who must make those exact same decisions for themselves. As for blacklists, if you're a douchebag you'd better be real good at something, because people never forget that, and in no time you have a rep. Anyone who has been around for a while has names on their DO NOT HIRE list, and if those resumes run across their desk it's instant reject.