Is it a bad sign if a recruiter ghosts after messing up the schedule? They booked me for a day I wasn't available, and now it’s been two days of silence since I asked for a fix. Requesting last-minute leave at my current job is a nightmare. Should I just bow out now?

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Give it one more follow up. Recruiters are juggling a lot and sometimes things slip through the cracks. If they don't respond after that, then yeah, move on.

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Try to make them accommodate you after the mess up if you are already considering bowing out anyway. Anything is worth a try. Does anyone feel like recruiters are messing up more lately? Can understand they have a lot to juggle, but calendars do exist.

It just seems to a lot of the market noise lately

Annoying, yes. A single polite follow up is reasonable. If there is still silence, I would take it as a signal about their organisation and keep moving rather than withdrawing emotionally.

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