Job seekers aren’t imagining things: the number of candidates ghosted by employers just reached a three-year high thanks to AI

Job seekers are up against a brutal labor market, sending thousands of applications out to no avail, and resorting to in-person stunts to get an employer’s attention. And a new report is confirming their suspicions: hiring managers are ghosting their candidates, and it’s getting worse for talent every year. 

More than half, 53%, of job seekers experienced ghosting within the last year, according to a new report from pre-employment testing company Criteria. And that number just reached a three-year peak...