Ghosting and Social Stalking: Modern Signs of a Hot Jobs Market
- Employees have taken a page out of your Tinder date’s playbook
- Quitting by not showing up is just one sign of plentiful jobs
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Staffing firm Robert Half was recently asked to fill a financial analyst job for a reason that would’ve been unimaginable back in 2008. Its Los Angeles-based client had already made a hire, but the would-be employee failed to turn up on day one.
“Just no-showed and ghosted that employer, never to be heard from again,” said Paul McDonald, senior executive director at the Menlo Park, California-based placement company. “Did they get another job? Don’t know. Did they decide not to take a job at that company? Unknown.”