SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – It’s graduation season, which means that freshly graduated students from across the U.S. will soon be scouring online job boards. However, recruiters might feel more like they are swiping on Bumble than they have in the past when hiring them.
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“Ghosting,” a term that typically refers to being ignored by a romantic interest without warning, is now a trend taking over the professional world.
KCBS Radio’s Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising spoke with management planning expert Daniel Villao, the former Deputy Administrator in the Office of Apprenticeship for the US Department of Labor, to learn more about the trend.
“The traditional way that we taught or… very likely taught our kids, the same way that we found work, is just apply to as many places and try to meet the criteria in the job posting, and you’ll get a call,” said Villao. “And then win the job in the interview, that model no longer works. You have to rely on networks now.”
Last December, employment website Indeed released a report on ghosting in hiring . It found that 75% of U.S. job seekers and 74% of employers say that ghosting has become entrenched in the hiring process. It also found that 78% of job seekers said that they had ghosted an employer prior to 2022.
“Historically, it has been common practice for employers to cease all communications after interviewing a candidate they don’t plan to hire, and the data supports that this practice continues today,” said Indeed. Now, employers seem to be doing it even more, and they’re also dealing with the same approach from candidates.
“These postings may not necessarily be nefarious in nature,” said Villao, referring to the employer side of things. He went on to explain that they might “want to make sure that they have a pool of available candidates in case positions are vacated,” due to company changes.
Villao noted that “employers also get ghosted,” adding that “the applicant pool has, has shifted. It’s a cultural change that’s happening in employment on both sides of the fence, both on the employer side and on the worker side.”
As the candidate pool changes, so has the nature of the workforce itself. Previously, workers might have expected to be employed at the same place for their entire career. Now, Villao said that isn’t the case.
“It’s just that the world of work has changed,” he said. “Just like workers are no longer expected to be employed at the same place for 25 or 30 years.”
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