Candidates who stop answering the phone / Recruiters who never call back

Whoever has some recruitment experience was for sure at a certain point in contact with that type of candidates that suddenly stop answering the phone. You call them, you discuss about their experience, expectations, about future projects, they are coherent and seem normal. You get excited because you found someone with high chances to match the position you are recruiting for. You exchange several e-mails, spend time scheduling interviews, presenting and promoting him to the hiring manager as a candidate with high potential, you spend energy and you do your best so that the candidate will go smoothly through the recruitment process.  When you think nothing can happen, the candidate stops answering the phone. Considering the good communication you had before, you “presume his innocence” and leave him a message hoping that he was not involved in some sort of accident.

Then you wait and wait...and you rewind all the discussions looking for a sign that could have told you what is going to happen. Nothing... So after putting the candidate on the blacklist and telling all your colleagues about him, you decide to do the best thing you can: move on.

You are a candidate who did his homework: wrote a good CV, has a profile on several recruitment websites and professional online communities and applies only to the positions that match his experience and skills.  Sooner or later you start receiving calls from recruiters who tell you how interesting your CV is and what a great job opportunity they have. You schedule a phone interview for which you prepare in advance. You find out things about the company, you spend time and energy thinking how your experience and skills could help you to perform on that position. The interview goes smoothly and judging after the number of “Great!” and “Excellent!” you have heard during the discussion, the face to face interview is knocking at the door. Before you even get to ask what will happen next, the recruiter says that he will forward your profile to the hiring manager and in the mean while he will send you the full job description and more details about the company. Inevitably you get excited and maybe try to find out even more about the company.  

During the day and all next day you check your email looking especially for that mail. After the second day you realize that you will never going to receive it. You rewind all the discussions looking for a sign that could have told you what is going to happen. Nothing... So after putting the company or the recruitment agency on your blacklist and telling all your friends about what happened you decide to do the best thing you can: move on.

Respect is social value common for any society. Respect for parents, teachers, neighbors, relatives, people we know and especially people we don’t know. Respect is both given and received. Keeping your promises and taking responsibilities for your actions is also a sign of respect not only towards others but especially towards yourself.