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Most hiring managers will recognise it instantly: a candidate vanishes halfway through the process; an interview goes well.. then silence or an offer is made, chased, and eventually ignored. The instinctive reaction is frustration. Unprofessional. Disrespectful. A waste of time. But here’s the uncomfortable truth most businesses don’t want to hear: Candidates rarely ghost out of nowhere. More often than not, they feel ghosted first.

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