I've had several candidates completely ghost me after promising preliminary discussions before sending them to interview. Can't think of what I might be doing wrong, is this just becoming the norm?

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It happens on both sides of the coin. I hear all the time about recruiters ghosting applicants. I think right now, people are applying to so many roles that they're just dropping the ones they don't really want if and when a better offer comes along. Unprofessional and frustrating, but it happens. Only thing I can suggest to reduce this would be to make sure you're staying in close contact with your candidates. If the communication is there, they're less likely to just flake without at least letting you know.

I think it's a bit of a norm at the moment, there's lots of stuff going on with people at the moment and they seem to be super busy. I also feel like people aren't actively looking and aren't actually committed to following through - just entertaining for the sake of it

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