Rec trends | Could the current talent crisis be down to firms 'ghosting' applicants?

• More than 300 responded to a LinkedIn post decrying the act of not responding to jobseekers.

• Recruiter’s post claims some companies would rather ‘ghost’ an applicant than provide feedback on an unsuccessful application.

• One jobseeker estimated only a quarter of their job applications received a response.

Head-hunters have decried the act of “ghosting” job applicants by not responding to their unsuccessful applications.