To the recruiters that have ghosted final candidates, why? I genuinely would like to know why this seems to be so common. We deserve your anonymous explanations at the least

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So sorry. A lot of recruiters are afraid to deliver bad news. If you can’t deliver bad news, you shouldn’t choose recruiting as a career path. When I interview for my team, I ask people their process for rejecting candidates. You can tell 5 seconds into their answer which camp they fall in.

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At least they aren’t doctors!

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I'm surprised that more recruiters haven't replied to this post. Is it something that many aren't aware that they do or if it even matters to the candidates? Or maybe they just don't care.

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Not one recruiter has replied. Probably because most have done this one time or another considering how many roles come across their desk over an entire career. But yes, either ashamed or dgaf

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I’m so sorry. I’m waiting on final word too. Day 2.

I’ve already moved on as well. Our time will come.

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I can’t speak for any other recruiters but I always follow up with final candidates after an offer has been accepted. Not allowed to give detail as to why they were rejected, but encourage them to apply to future roles. At the final stages it’s usually a close call anyway. Honestly, ghosting is a terrible practice and recruiters who do that regularly should be reprimanded.

Yeah I kinda figured. Should I follow up with the recruiter or hiring manager?

Any word OP?

I’m within a two week window still as well. A little over one week if you count the last contact I had with the hiring manager. Is it an agency?

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