Candidate challenge | 95% of recruiters 'ghosted' during recruitment process

New research conducted by professional social network LinkedIn has discovered that the infamous trend of ‘ghosting’ recruiters is on the rise, with 95% of those polled claiming to have experienced it in some form.  

The ‘ghosting’ practice - which found its roots in dating platforms such as Tinder - is becoming vastly more prevalent within the recruitment industry with 48% of the 600 polled recruiters claiming to have witnessed a steep uptake of candidates simply refusing to maintain contact or complete the recruitment process in 2018.