I've been ghosted by 3rd-party recruiters since before we had the term. I've had 3rd-party recruiters make materially false claims about the job, the location, the pay bands. This is just bog standard industry behavior.
I've also had one 1st-party recruiter recruiter ghost me (oddly, from a world-famous law firm) that took the time to bring me in for on-site interviews.
Just as "go in person with a firm handshake to get a job" is a social norm of a bygone era, treating applicants with enough respect to at least send a generic "thanks for applying" is a dying norm. Folks feel they don't owe their fellow man any basic courtesies, be it replacing a shopping cart, or sending a rejection email.
I've been ghosted by 3rd-party recruiters since before we had the term. I've had 3rd-party recruiters make materially false claims about the job, the location, the pay bands. This is just bog standard industry behavior.
I've also had one 1st-party recruiter recruiter ghost me (oddly, from a world-famous law firm) that took the time to bring me in for on-site interviews.
Just as "go in person with a firm handshake to get a job" is a social norm of a bygone era, treating applicants with enough respect to at least send a generic "thanks for applying" is a dying norm. Folks feel they don't owe their fellow man any basic courtesies, be it replacing a shopping cart, or sending a rejection email.