Is this happening to anyone else?

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I've been job hunting for months now and I know that it's the most competitive than it's ever been. However, I'm finding that quite a few recruiters or recruiting managers just ghost you after contacting you to arrange a call or have an initial conversation and say they'll contact you but then never speak to you again. It's starting to really annoy me as I find it quite disrespectful. Surely it's just manners to email someone to let them know they've not been successful or you're not interested. After all, they don't mind when they make you jump through hoops for them. AIBU to feel this way?

Anyone?

People don't value things like manners now. It's all about efficiency and not wasting time.

It's been like that for ages.

They're all over you to begin with but they soon lose interest. It's demoralising.

It’s very disrespectful and unkind, but it may be unintentional. I was recruiting for a role recently and answered many emails with questions from potential applicants but once they submitted an applicant the whole process was managed through a portal. I only saw applicants who had been longlisted. I selected 5 to interview and everyone else should have received an automated ‘sorry but you have been unsuccessful on this occasion’ email - but the IT failed and no one received the email. I only found out a few weeks later when one applicant emailed to ask me if a decision had been made. I felt terrible but it was beyond my control. I think this sort of thing happens quite often.

I had 2 different recruiters email me to say they'd love to speak to me about the roles they had. I replied and they never came back to me. Surely I can't have offended them from one reply so why do they just do that? I get that they have their choice of applicants but things like that are just mean and a waste of time.

Totally agree . Just tell me I didn't get the job or they didn't like my CV. Don't know why they're not frank.

In my experience , they all do it ! Would love to hear from a recruitment agent of why they do it, if there is one on here ...

@LaMainDeFatima I doubt any recruiters would tell us the truth. How long have you been on the job hunt? I feel like I've been doing this forever!

On and off for a couple of years. It's disheartening . I think now is a bad time so have stopped looking. My current job is ok just a bit meh.

You?

Not found anything else. Just when I think someone is willing to give me a chance they don't contact me again. I wouldn't mind if they gave me some feedback as to why or just that they'd changed their minds (in the case of trying to arrange an initial call but then never doing it). It's infuriating.

I dont think this is a new thing. I did a telephone interview with a company back in 2014 and was promised a response within a week. Never heard another word. have made a point of refusing to use that company ever since

I had this when last applying for jobs a few years ago. It pissed me off so much I started sending emails stating my disappointment in their lack of basic courtesy Most were ignored, unsurprisingly, but I did get a couple of embarrassed apologies!
Good luck with the search OP.