Job interview: who are these “ghost candidates” who rebel against recruiters ?

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Not showing up for a job interview or to your job on the first day: this practice is becoming more and more widespread among young people (and also among their elders) if we are to believe a recently published study. And this behavior, which one might find unwelcome, is not, however, the result of chance. Let’s take stock.

Rudeness or feeling of injustice ?

According to a survey of 1,000 British employees by the Genius platform, 34% of Generation Z (people born between the late 1990s and the early 2010s) say they have decided to no longer respond to their employer or have not given any news.

Some say they are particularly fed up with endless recruitment phases or HR managers who take too long to respond to them, or even deliberately ignore them. In some cases, an employee who has gone through all the steps decides not to come on the day they start.

Thus, young people are tempted to accept an offer at first in a context of heightened competition on the job market. Then, taking the time to think it over, they end up giving up and disappearing into thin air.

It should also be noted that this trend also affects recruitment managers. In a survey by Resume Genius relayed by Fortune, 80% of them admitted to having stopped responding to candidates during the application process.

The boom in revenge quits

Tensions are definitely rising within some companies. We recently told you about the phenomenon of “revenge quitting” which refers to a resignation where the employee chooses to loudly express his discontent.

Edel Holliday-Quinn, a business psychologist, explained that the latter are boosted by the increase in the workload inflicted on employees and by the successive reversals linked to teleworking upon returning to the office. He added: ” The job market is starting to relax, and for those who are seething with frustration, this year could well be the year when they finally resign, not just silently, but loudly “. To go further, do not hesitate to reread our article on this subject here.

What you need to remember:

• Many candidates have gotten into the habit of not showing up for interviews or, on their first day at work
• Some change their minds along the way or decide to rebel against the recruiter's lack of attention or a process deemed too long
• HR managers also admit to deliberately ignoring certain candidates

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