The concept of ghosting is also in the job market. It is the inverted “ghost”.
Getting a job is a headache for many people, but there are those who can and stop wanting it as soon as the new boss says, “When can you start?”
The phenomenon was reported by, which the nickname of “career catfish“: The person applies to a job, goes through all stages of the selection process, even accepts the offer but… does not appear on the first day.
The term “catfishing” comes from love relationships: it happens when a person pretends to be another to deceive someone online. But now there is also apparently at work.
Behavior, also known as “ professional”Has been particularly associated with Generation Z, with 34% young people in this age group to admit to disappearing after securing a new position, according to CVGenius – but still 24% of millennials, 11% of generation X and 7% of baby boomers Also already did.
Some companies and their “chaos” CEOs and blame generation Z for the lack of seriousness and to turn the job market into a meme. On the other hand, Catfishers candidates blame companies and their time consuming recruitment methods that lead them to rethink their options.
In addition, the demand for employment is difficult for the existence of so -called “ghost jobs” (“) vacancies that do not exist, but are announced to create the impression of growth in companies or simply to keep current employees attentive to competition. Deep down, the spell turns-and against the sorcerer: it is professional ghosting, from the point of view of the companies themselves.
