ghosting on recruitment still sucks https://recruitmentstill.sucks/tags/ghosting/ Recent content in ghosting on recruitment still sucks Hugo en-gb Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Six interviews, then nothing https://recruitmentstill.sucks/stories/six-interviews-then-nothing/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://recruitmentstill.sucks/stories/six-interviews-then-nothing/ A recruiter, a CMO, and four more executives. Then no rejection, no update, nothing a person could use to close the loop. 120 applications, 8% callback https://recruitmentstill.sucks/stories/120-applications-8-percent-callback/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://recruitmentstill.sucks/stories/120-applications-8-percent-callback/ Six months, a hundred and twenty applications, and no reply at all to nearly half of them. They rejected her, then posted her video https://recruitmentstill.sucks/stories/they-rejected-her-then-posted-her-video/ Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://recruitmentstill.sucks/stories/they-rejected-her-then-posted-her-video/ The assessment asked for an original video shot in-store. She was rejected on the first of May. Then she saw it on the company’s own account. Four rounds, five weeks, silence https://recruitmentstill.sucks/stories/four-rounds-five-weeks-silence/ Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://recruitmentstill.sucks/stories/four-rounds-five-weeks-silence/ Every stage professional, every signal positive. Then nothing. Ten hours for a four-hour task, then nothing https://recruitmentstill.sucks/stories/ten-hours-for-a-four-hour-task/ Sat, 24 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://recruitmentstill.sucks/stories/ten-hours-for-a-four-hour-task/ Told it would take about four hours. It took ten, across two days. Then two weeks of the silence they’d asked him to wait through — and more after that.