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Christina Ley
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Experienced LMS Administrator
07/16/20 at 2:15AM UTC
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Recruiter Ghosting

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about recruiter ghosting lately. Well, today I had an experience of my own. I was supposed to speak with a recruiter about a Director role at a company they were partnered with. They said they would call me at 2pm. No call. No email. Nothing. Has anyone else experienced this? The role is really appealing to me. I’m wondering if it would be appropriate to try and reach out to the company directly.

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Nagma Khan
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Salesforce Administrator/QA Analyst
07/16/20 at 4:44PM UTC
You are absolutely right. There might be some reason. I always give people benefit of doubt. I called him up...sent emails too. Thanks for the advice.
Kimberly Moon
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Clinical Research Professional
07/16/20 at 4:59AM UTC
I would reach out to the recruiter directly to see what happened - there may be a valid reason for them pulling a no-show or there may be no good reason, but I'd be curious. In my experience, a lot of recruiters are inexperienced, not only with regard to recruiting in general, but with regard to the roles they seek to fill. Since so many of them take recruiting jobs right out of college, I've noticed a trend in them not being great with follow up or follow through. Of course, if they aren't good at that, how well can they represent you when pitching you to a company? Reaching out to the company directly is a great idea as well. If there is a job posting, it will usually have the email of a hiring manager or you can find an email for applications on the career page of the company's site. Good luck!
Christina Ley
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Experienced LMS Administrator
07/16/20 at 11:20AM UTC
Thanks for the advice!
Nagma Khan
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Salesforce Administrator/QA Analyst
07/16/20 at 3:21AM UTC
Happened with me too. Received salary offer then he asked for all the other info and interview dates and time...never got back....soooo disappointed....
Christina Ley
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Experienced LMS Administrator
07/16/20 at 11:19AM UTC
So unfortunate. You would think they would have the common courtesy to tell you they are no longer interested.

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