Welp. Ghosted again.

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It's extraordinarily frustrating especially when you are the one who is contacted by the recruiter. That shit is downright sadistic.

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Feel that in my soul. My most recent ghosting was “they’re super interested, but I’m not. But now I’m starting to get interested, and now they’re not interested and not returning my calls.” YOU LIKED ME FIRST.

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I feel ya. Never used to be this bad. People need to be more human

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I honestly don’t get it. You’re in the middle of what seem to be productive conversations and next steps and then poof. Is it that hard to update someone?

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You are not alone. Fight on.

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Same. I have noticed, and apologies if this offends, it’s the young recruiters and HR people who do it pervasively. Mature professionals seem to have a better grasp on Etiquette. Either there is a lack of training, or just a lack of humanity in younger generations

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💔

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It’s a shame it’s still a thing. You’re not alone - so don’t take it personally. They’ll rue the day [shakes fist in the air]

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My career goals are mostly revenge-based at this point. 😝

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What is equally confusing, is the number of candidates ghosting interviews... seems like both agencies and candidates need to do better

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This is must be an fluke occurance I've never ever heard anybody doing this. It's career suicide to ghost an interview.

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Me too. And this one seemed really real. So defeating. Like bad dating.

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