{"id":4234,"date":"2019-11-04T04:54:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T04:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keblog.demoapp.xyz\/?p=4234"},"modified":"2022-10-19T04:55:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T04:55:06","slug":"ghost-catcher-how-to-deal-with-employers-whove-seemingly-vanished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/id\/ghost-catcher-how-to-deal-with-employers-whove-seemingly-vanished","title":{"rendered":"Ghost-Catcher: How to Deal with Employers Who’ve Seemingly Vanished"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019re corresponding with a recruiting or hiring manager for a promising role at a notable company, and then, *crickets*, they\u2019re no longer communicating. You\u2019ve just been ghosted.<\/em><\/p>\n

It has happened to the best of us. You find out that a highly-desirable company is hiring for a job which your skills and qualifications are the right fit for, and true to your assumption, you receive an invite for an interview after sending in your resume. You do well when you meet the recruiter\/hiring manager, with your being hired looking very promising. They tell you they\u2019ll contact you soon regarding the next steps of the hiring process, until\u2026 they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

You follow up after that first (or maybe even second, or third) interview, but still don\u2019t receive a response. You\u2019re left wondering what happened and if you could or should have done anything differently, and if there is any way you can revive their interest in having you join their team. Sad to say, you\u2019ve just been ghosted.<\/p>\n

If not familiar with the term, it actually already part of modern vernacular, but is more commonly used in a social context: someone you\u2019re dating suddenly stops seeing you or a friend suddenly stops communicating. Yes, as if the stress of looking for work isn\u2019t enough, we still have to have some recruiters not notify us despite being in an age where tech has made communicating\u00a0be at\u00a0its most convenient.<\/p>\n

First, the why<\/h2>\n

Before trying to figure out why a potential employer ghosted you, it is important to first realize that it likely had nothing to do with you. Even prior to being called \u2018ghosting\u2019, many employers were already notorious for leaving applicants hanging, ironic considering the uproar \u2018ghost employees\u2019 get these days. The point is, it\u2019s not a new trend, so never take ghosting as an outright rejection of you or your skills and qualifications.<\/p>\n