American hiring managers are enraged that job seekers are ghosting them

[CitizenVectron]

The Strange New Trend That’s Enraging Hiring Managers

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My, how the tables have turned.

 

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In today's topsy-turvy job market, a strange new thing is happening. Employers are increasingly grumbling about job seekers "ghosting" them. These job candidates just don't show up for their scheduled interviews. And in some cases, new hires accept a job only to disappear.

 

Here's some of what I've heard from managers:

 

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I'm in the medical field and this is happening to us to for the past year 6–12 months. Being ghosted for interviews, people not responding. Five people scheduled to interview, but one shows up. We've even hired people who didn't show up in the first day or didn't return for the second. Nurses and front office positions. It's unreal.

 

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I'm hiring for multiple hourly entry-level manufacturing jobs, well above local minimum wage with PTO, benefits, etc. If I reach out for a brief phone interview, only 50 percent respond. If I set up the interview, it's no longer shocking when someone doesn't answer the phone. … THEN once I offer a job … nothing. No response. I don't get it.

 

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Employers, unsurprisingly, do not like this. It's rude, they say, and unprofessional. And sure, it is. But employers have been doing this to workers for years, and their hand-wringing didn't start until the tables were turned.

 

For years I've fielded questions from job seekers frustrated at being ghosted by job interviewers. They would take time off from work, maybe buy a new suit, spend time interviewing—often doing second, third, and even fourth rounds of interviews—and then never hear from the employer again. 

 

[GeneticBlueprint]

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I’m hiring for multiple hourly entry-level manufacturing jobs, well above local minimum wage with PTO, benefits, etc. If I reach out for a brief phone interview, only 50 percent respond. If I set up the interview, it’s no longer shocking when someone doesn’t answer the phone. … THEN once I offer a job … nothing. No response. I don’t get it.

 

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

14 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said:

 

"What did someone get addicted to slack labor markets??? Waaaaaa"

[Dodger]

Makes up for all that "Oh yeah we'll get back to you" after you applied or interviewed. 

[Fizzzzle]

When I've hired people, I've always made a point to at least shoot them a text saying we went with someone else or whatever. I've never bought the whole "there's no time" excuse. I would literally copy/paste the same message to like 20 people, it took all of a few minutes.

[Remarkableriots]

Of course people want to stay on unemployment as long as possible instead of working.

[Ominous]

2 minutes ago, Remarkableriots said:

Of course people want to stay on unemployment as long as possible instead of working.

Huh? Unemployment is chump change. 

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

5 minutes ago, Ominous said:

Huh? Unemployment is chump change. 

And the PUA is over

[Fizzzzle]

Unemployment only lasts so long. If you're one of the people that got laid off for lockdown last March, you're almost assuredly locked out of it unless you match certain criteria.

 

For me personally, when my job asked me to come back, I said no, so they said "alright, we never had this conversation." When they asked the second time, they weren't asking. If I said no again, I would have lost my unemployment benefits. Maybe it varies a bit by state, but in general you can't refuse work and continue to receive benefits. So the assholes saying "people aren't going back to work because they'd rather be on unemployment" are full of shit.

 

Plus, I was receiving something like $515/week which was nearly the max allowed, even with pandemic assistance.

 

[Joe]

32 minutes ago, Remarkableriots said:

Of course people want to stay on unemployment as long as possible instead of working.

I want to reply to this post in a way that would get me banned so badly rightly now lol.

[Air_Delivery]

45 minutes ago, Remarkableriots said:

Of course people want to stay on unemployment as long as possible instead of working.

Are morons still blaming this on unemployment?

[Ominous]

12 minutes ago, Air_Delivery said:

Are morons still blaming this on unemployment?

Child tax credits now. 

[DarkStar189]

A lot of businesses in my area have started adding the extra incentive of a sign on bonus. Warehouse jobs offering a few thousand, even the McDonald's by me is offering a couple hundred. I could easily see someone taking a job and then immediately ghosting when they see they can get a bigger bonus somewhere else instead. 

[Ghost_MH]

28 minutes ago, Air_Delivery said:

Are morons still blaming this on unemployment?

 

Yes, it's so silly too because we know how many people are on unemployment and it doesn't make up the difference.

[Air_Delivery]

22 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said:

 

Yes, it's so silly too because we know how many people are on unemployment and it doesn't make up the difference.

Also there is no federal boost anymore and state benefits would have ran out long ago. 

But yeah it must be the lazy slobs being lazy and not that people don't wanna work part time on call with a constantly changing schedule at garbage salaries. 

[Ghost_MH]

3 minutes ago, Air_Delivery said:

Also there is no federal boost anymore and state benefits would have ran out long ago. 

But yeah it must be the lazy slobs being lazy and not that people don't wanna work part time on call with a constantly changing schedule at garbage salaries. 

 

I'm working full time from home. Luckily, that means my wife and I can both still work. Lucky because we had a nanny pre-COVID. She took some classes during lockdown and found a new job. If I wasn't able to work from home, one of us would be out of the job market taking care of our kids. We'd just have to make due until our youngest was old enough for preschool...assuming we'd even find an opening. Unfortunately, preschools and daycares in my area all have waiting lists a mile long because the number of people working at these places are decreased, dramatically. That's also driven up the prices in my area. Childcare was already expensive as all hell before COVID, now it's nearly untenable. I'm not even going to broach the topic of my autistic daughter and the crazy prices that would be associated with her care. She was accepted to a preschool that came out to like 75% of my wife's check and was nearly an hour away. Yeah, that'll work out.

[Keyser_Soze]

Therock'd 2 days in a row

[marioandsonic]

1 hour ago, Air_Delivery said:

Are morons still blaming this on unemployment?

I think the new boogeyman to blame now is wokeism

[stepee]

lol

[chakoo]

I'm not sure why this is being portrayed as a new trend. It's been going on for the past 4/5 years and it is glorious.

 

 

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

 

 

 

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

 

 

 

[Jason]

5 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

 

 

 

 

I Bonds, which are pegged to inflation, are going to 7.12% interest for the next six months.

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

29 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

I Bonds, which are pegged to inflation, are going to 7.12% interest for the next six months.

Me, as a debtor in USD: 

[outsida]

Maybe I shouldn’t listen to Dave Ramsay and payoff my debt so fast. 

[SuperSpreader]

19 minutes ago, outsida said:

Maybe I shouldn’t listen to Dave Ramsay and payoff my debt so fast. 

Elaborate

 

[Air_Delivery]

44 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said:

Elaborate

 

Inflation reduces the value of money and therefore the value of debt

[outsida]

Ramsey preaches having no debt, I’m saying inflation is making the debt smaller as $100 debt has lower value everyday as inflation grows. 

[SuperSpreader]

*buys Aston Martin*

[outsida]

Just now, SuperSpreader said:

*buys Aston Martin*

That’s the ticket!!!

[CastlevaniaNut18]

I just like not having payments.

[MarSolo]

On 10/27/2021 at 6:58 PM, Remarkableriots said:

Of course people want to stay on unemployment as long as possible instead of working.

Between the Let‘s Go Brandon profile pic and this statement, is Remarkableriots just some kind of right wing bot?

[Air_Delivery]

5 hours ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said:

I just like not having payments.

I just auto pay everything and make sure I have money in my account. No biggie. 

[CastlevaniaNut18]

1 hour ago, Air_Delivery said:

I just auto pay everything and make sure I have money in my account. No biggie. 

So do I. I still enjoy not having endless payments. 3 more years(or less, depending on Bitcoin) and the mortgage is paid and no debt.