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A common move in the internet dating world has become habitual in the job search process.
The practice of ghosting is the act of virtually disappearing, abruptly halting communication during the hiring process that is becoming more prevalent in the modern labor market.
Both prospective employees and companies are leaving each other in the dark and in the digital age, it’s easy to disappear into the ether.
“It’s happening and we are seeing it here and it’s becoming more prevalent,” said Alicia Woodard, Placement Specialist with Jean Simpson Personnel Services, Inc. in Shreveport. It’s young people that are doing the ghosting she explained.
“They are going through the full process, coming in and interviewing. Then we can’t get them on the phone,” says Woodard. “They are treating companies like companies have treated some people.”
“It’s happened to me. They’ll come in for 1-2 days of training, then tell me ‘ it isn’t what I expected,'” said Gabriel Balderas owner of El Cabo Verde and Zuzul, two popular restaurants in Shreveport.
Some do communicate about why they didn’t show up, but others do not.
Companies are ghosting potential employees too
Ghosters tend to range in age from 18 to 34 and are twice as likely as those 45 to 64 years old to pull a disappearing act according to a pre-pandemic survey by Monster.com.
Gracen Streetman 18, has ghosted someone after an unsatisfying first date. Also, she has been ghosted by a prospective employer for a job she really wanted.
Streetman who is now employed at a tanning salon in Bossier City Louisiana, tells a story of being one of the top candidates among 16 others for that job.
“You got the job” Streetman heard on the phone message, that she missed answering.
“We messaged back and forth a few times and never really heard anything, they never sent me my schedule. Going further, she arrived at the business to inquire about her start date and was falsely reassured a manager would contact her. It never happened and I started looking for other jobs, “cause I can’t be jobless,” she said of the frustrating disappointment.
Streetman admits to having “date ghosted” before. “But it wasn’t ever like something serious, I never led them on. So it wasn’t like we should go on a second date. So, I slowly back-tracked and just didn’t talk to them again,” she explained
“That’s kinda what this job interview was, ‘oh my gosh you’re perfect and then not.’
During the 2021 holiday shopping season, Shequlla London, 25, of Shreveport, completed an application on Indeed for a job at a Burlington department store.
“I did the interview and everything. Then the week after they had me in to fill out the paperwork, afterwards one day of orientation,” recalls London.
She was told, they would call to advise of her schedule, but, “they never asked me to come back. I had called and everything and they did not answer,” she said.
It left her feeling disgruntled because she needed a job and wanted to work. “I had to move out of my apartment because I didn’t have the money to pay for it,” she said.
It wasn’t until March of 2022 that she finally found a job.
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High job demand, low labor pool
The unemployment rate in the U.S. is at 3.6% according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for April of 2022. They also reported that there was a record number of job openings in the U.S. in March at 11.5 million, the highest level since December of 2000.
The topsy turvy economy and the pandemic have changed the job opportunity vibe. Some workers can pick and choose the jobs that fit their lifestyles. At this Louisiana economic moment, job-seekers have the advantage, as the state’s employment recovery appears to be on a slow roll with the pandemic still in sight in the rear view mirror.
The demands from prospective employees are greater, and because the job market is tight in Northwest Louisiana, business owners and employment recruiters have to scramble to fill positions.
“The market is already tight with qualified applicants and jobs are plentiful right now,” says Jeff Bomar, Manager of Operations at Jean Simpson “I could go out and get a night job and a weekend job and get my 40 hours,” says Bomar.
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