Appreciate knowing for sure but ...

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1. AnonymousAugust 17,2024 at 1:07AM UTC

   I had this exact thing happened to me.A couple of years ago, when I was a 100% certain.I was going to get the position... I had hit it off with the recruiter.And also with the head medical specialist of the team... We had many mutual professional acquaintances.And he felt that I would be a perfect fit. I honestly believe the recruiter felt terrible.Notifying me that they were choosing someone else because I got an email at five thirty on friday afternoon.. A couple of weeks After two gruelling interviews. I sensed from the tone of the email that the recruiter felt awful... I later found out that the person they hired instead of me had not even attained medical licensure yet, Was many years my inferior professionally... But she was already working in the organization in a lower capacity... It really hurt and I knew that the email came on Friday evening.Because the recruiter dreaded to give me this sad information. There is nothing you can do about it... And I commiserate with you. My feelings were so hurt that I didn't even tell my husband for 3 days.I couldn't bring myself to talk about it

2. AnonymousAugust 17,2024 at 1:30AM UTC

   I also called on Fridays or as soon as I knew. I did this as I didn’t want my candidate to brood over the weekend. Trust me it was the worst part of my job. But I helped them find other jobs. So it worked out. Hopefully your recruiter will help you find another opportunity.

3. Joan Williams, Senior Talent Acquisition SpecialistAugust 17,2024 at 2:46AM UTC

   We're damned if we do and we're damned if we don't. Many candidates say they want to know as soon as possible. Many candidates say they don't want to be left hanging over the weekend. Every candidate doesn't want to be ghosted. How is the recruiter supposed to mind read which one you want to be.

4. KimberleyAugust 17,2024 at 12:26PM UTC

   Why take it personally? She's just venting in a safe space.

5. AnonymousAugust 18,2024 at 8:34PM UTC

   It’s simple. Have the courtesy and decency to call or email all candidates and don’t ghost them! It takes less than a minute to write a message in Word saying “We have filled the position. Thank you for your interest in our company.” Copy and paste into emails to candidates. Done.

6. Joan Williams, Senior Talent Acquisition SpecialistAugust 19,2024 at 1:22AM UTC

   Which is exactly what this recruiter did. She actually went to the next level and picked up the phone and called the candidate.

   Which is how I release all the candidates I've spoken with. I don't ghost my candidates.

7. AnonymousAugust 17,2024 at 4:49AM UTC

   It was professional courtesy.

8. AnonymousAugust 17,2024 at 12:37PM UTC

   I understand, I've always followed - "tell good news on Friday, bad news on Monday"

9. Susan RoblesAugust 17,2024 at 5:42PM UTC

   Love this! For layoffs and firings I learned long ago to try for Tue to Thu. To avoid Mondays due to this day having such a bad rep. Fridays no because there is less that can be done but brood or spiral down over the weekend. I guess now with 24/7 ways to apply for unemployment or for jobs online, this matters less. For the recruiter who was silent for over two weeks, that is a long time. When I work with a recruiter, the fees are well over $50k - I want service for that amount of money.

   Recruiters? If your prospective candidate called after two weeks, what would you say?

10. Joan Williams, Senior Talent Acquisition SpecialistAugust 17,2024 at 11:19PM UTC

    In my opinion, layoffs are a bit different - in my experience, most people aren't waiting on the edge of their seat to find out if they're getting laid off, while people who are expecting to hear whether or not the got the job are. Even though, in this particular instance the OP seemed to know she did not get the job.

    Personally, I'd much rather find out this info on Friday than be wondering all weekend and start the new week finding out that bad news. Find out on Friday, process it over the weekend and start Monday fresh again.

    You wrote: "Recruiters? If your prospective candidate called after two weeks, what would you say?"

    About what?

11. Lisa MarieAugust 17,2024 at 2:15PM UTC

    Thank you for this perspective, I find it interesting that you would have rather waited to hear the news.

12. AnonymousAugust 17,2024 at 3:04PM UTC

    Why not….it’s not like you, as you mentioned, didn’t sense it was coming anyway.

    And honestly you’re lucky she called at all…so many people interview and then are completely ghosted without even getting an email rejection.

13. AnonymousAugust 19,2024 at 2:10PM UTC

    Are you being serious? You aren't happy because of "when" she told you? Wow. Recruiters cant win.

14. AnonymousAugust 19,2024 at 3:59PM UTC

    All this board does is complain and whine about recruiters ghosting candidates and not closing the loop. You have someone that reached out to you, said they went another direction, and you're still complaining? Say you're disappointed in not getting an offer...but this one is on you. This is totally unreasonable.