Recruiters ghosting you too?

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I had multiple interviews with a company who said they would get back to me in two weeks.

That was 4 weeks ago.

Multiple followups and still no response.

I get why you’re doing it. You don’t want to say no to the candidate because they're good, but you want to keep looking. And you don't want to tell the candidate you're still looking because you're worried that will communicate a negative message. You also have a lot of candidates to keep track of.

But you’re making your company look bad by being non communicative and non transparent.

Im not asking for an essay or a confession. All you have to do is say, "You're awesome and we still have some candidates to interview. If we still haven't made a decision in the next week, we'll update you to let you know that we're still interviewing."

It’s that easy.

Or if they're not the right fit, just say no so everyone can move on.

Stringing candidates along is a drain on everyone and it doesnt have to be this way.

LAB · Accepted Answer

I’m the Director of Talent Acquisition at a SaaS company and situations like this drive me crazy. I totally agree that honesty and transparency are the best way to handle. It’s nerve wracking for the candidates who are left wondering what’s up and it gives Recruiters a terrible reputation when they ghost people.

Just playing devils advocate, but with all the news about companies eliminating their entire recruiting staff, are you 100% sure the Recruiter you’ve been working with is still employed by the company?

adN3ld13kdaw3z · Answer

It's a slow time but I agree it's nerve racking for everyone so just be real about it and tell your candidates whats going on. Like whats the worse thats going to happen? They accept another role? If you take long, they are going to do that anyway. Seems like companies like shooting themselves in the foot

shegobi · Answer

I had a call with a recruiter two weeks ago actually and they said "due to the holidays, things may take a while" and I figured that was good enough. I was going to reach out next week to ask if there was an update. Should I wait until they reach out to me?

Fling69 · Answer

If it was Amazon, most of the recruiters were laid off.

Cmajor1332 · Answer

Going through the same thing right now.. fold I’ll hear back but it’s been a few weeks now and after follow ups haven’t heard anything. When do you guys usually accept it’s not going to happen/how long should I keep my hopes up?

Recruiters ghosting you too?

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