When ghosting a candidate, here’s a few steps to consider;
- never speak to them again
- don’t respond to emails
- block them on linkedin
This concludes the best practices piece for ghosting people on LinkedIn as a recruiter.
Recruiters ghosting is net normal.
Jokes aside, ghosting is the net normal in tech recruiting right now.
Ghosting in 2022, has become the new best practice for recruiters.
Who’s to blame? The recruiters? The app developers?
We engineers and UX designers continue to make great products for them to utilize. However are we not considering the ones that don’t make it through the system?
A system – (wiki) a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole.
One of our rules needs to be “stop ghosting.”
Recruiting is important and currently dominated by non-technical individuals who use applications. It’s hard to know every application, so it’s hard to generalize, but it sure feels like ghosting is not only prohibited but it’s likely not error handled.
The entire recruiting process defines the vibe of the company and if you’re ghosting people early, you’re defining the algorithm of success at your business.
Ghosting people in 2022 is a normal.
Ghosting is normal, unfortunately.
However, I want to suggest you reconsider a more professional alternative.
We (job hunters) are keeping track of all of you, so are machines you’re using to contact us.
Data will never hide the fact that you’re ghosting. Whether you’re hearing about it via glassdoor or when someone asks them about the process. People talk more about negative than positive events.
Make your next event, ghost free.
Why do people ghost?
It’s them, not you. It’s always a them problem. They don’t want you to learn what you did wrong because they don’t want you to be more successful.
Logically if they gave you insights it’s because they care.
However most don’t care and thus we have a huge problem.
Each day I see at least 1 person complaining about being treated poorly in a recruiting process they poured time into.
Maybe the new generation of “swiping left and swiping right” to choose a person is finally catching up to us in how recruiters are gaming these systems?
Maybe not talking to people again is easier than being a professional?
Maybe these are the people that shouldn’t be in this industry?
By Tyler