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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsapplicants are not showing for interviews, not showing for 1st day on job in strong job market
A growing number are "ghosting" their jobs: blowing off scheduled job interviews, accepting offers but not showing up the first day and even vanishing from existing positions all without giving notice.
While skipping out on appointments and work has always happened on occasion, the behavior is starting to feel like a commonplace occurrence, says Chip Cutter, editor-at-large at LinkedIn, the job and social networking site, who has studied hiring practices.
While no one formally tracks such antics, many businesses report that 20 to 50 percent of job applicants and workers are pulling no-shows in some form, forcing many firms to modify their hiring practices.
Youre seeing job candidates with more options, says Dawn Fay, district president of staffing firm Robert Half for the New York City area. Its definitely influencing their behavior.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/20/workers-skip-interviews-blow-off-work-in-a-strong-job-market-.html
Ghosting is happening across industries and occupations, Fay says. It was always somewhat of an issue for lower-paying jobs in construction, manufacturing and truck driving, says Alex Riley, president of Merit Hall, a Detroit staffing agency. Now, he says, up to 20 percent of white-collar workers in those industries are taking part in the disappearing acts.
To some extent, employees are giving employers a taste of their own medicine. During and after the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009, when unemployment reached 10 percent, many firms ignored job applicants and never followed up after interviews.
Candidates were very frustrated because they felt employers were ghosting on them, Fay says.
oasis
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oasis
(49,150 posts)They take their cue from Dear Leader. Why respect any of the old standards? Lie, cheat, swindle, betray your country. Trump's ineptness has been rewarded, again and again. His "smoke and mirrors" management has caused a serious breakdown in our instutions. A sense of entitlement has been stirred in even the most addle brained of his minions.
They now believe they can slide by in life with a minimum amount of effort. It's a "phenomenon" alright, and a goddam shame.
CountAllVotes
(20,854 posts)No one wants some minimum wage job with no benefits. Nope.
MAGA my arse
markses66
(94 posts)Gezundheit.
JI7
(89,172 posts)people may apply to a lot of places and easily get calls back so they ignore some. maybe they already have a job so if they are busy or something they don't feel a need to call back if the timing is inconvenient.
and the same goes for the opposite.
Dulcinea
(6,505 posts)People over 50, or even 40, probably wouldn't behave like that.