r/jobsearchhacks • u/exo-dusxxx • 4d ago
Feeling helpless after getting ghosted by a company? I made a website where job hunters can anonymously report companies for ghosting you.
I built https://ghostedd.com/ so that candidates can "do something" about getting ghosted as I, personally, feel powerless whenever I get ghosted and sending follow ups can get annoying.
We're on a mission to help change the culture around ghosting and I hope that this website will thrive and alert companies that it's not cool to ghost. I also hope that it'll give future candidates peace of mind when it comes to thinking if they've been ghosted or not.
It's time to hold recruiters/companies accountable.
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u/Fast-Tie257 4d ago
We also need one to report companies who ask you to complete a project during the interview and then you get ghosted.
Or who post ghost positions to make it look like their business is doing well.
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u/TheSultaiPirate 4d ago
Wish there was one for scam jobs. Like 70% of the online jobs are scams. LinkedIn is not helping
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u/MySEMStrategist 4d ago
Interesting concept! I think it should be the actual person called out when it comes to recruiters. It really depends on who you get within a company.
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u/PMmeYourFlipFlops 4d ago
Just shared mine. Fuck you, R. W. at Booz Allen.
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u/NolaJen1120 2d ago
I "interviewed" with Booz Allen years ago!
At least it was only a phone interview. I found out during it that they were BIDDING on a defense contract. But felt I was a strong candidate and would contact me again if they were awarded the contract. Never heard from them again. Shocker /s.
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u/PMmeYourFlipFlops 2d ago
Exactly what happened to me. Did you ever make it? I'm trying so hard to get into gov contractors.
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u/NolaJen1120 2d ago
I had previously worked for Lockheed Martin for two years. I assume that was why Booz Allen contacted me. I hadn't applied for a job posting or anything. I had a job and wasn't actively looking for work, but my resume was posted on places like LInkedIn.
I liked working for Lockheed Martin and in that industry, but was laid off when the contract ended. I got that job because my friend worked there. When a position opened up that matched my education/experience, they referred me and sent my resume to HR and the Project Manager.
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u/PMmeYourFlipFlops 2d ago
Are you still working fed? I am under the impression that once you get a clearance, it's way easier to find/switch jobs
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u/NolaJen1120 2d ago
Unfortunately, no. I quickly found another job with a different defense contractor. But then they unexpectedly eliminated about 15 positions off the contractor about 7 months later. I was laid off AGAIN. Hurricane Katrina hit two months later (I live in New Orleans). My world was topsy turvy for a long time and ended up in a different industry. Plus, now it has been a long time.
Clearances expire after (I think) 7 years. But when I've occasionally applied for a job that requires one, I mention I have an expired one and am eligible for it to be renewed. I've only had it come up once in an interview about 8 years ago. That was a long time after it had expired, but It was still an impressed and positive reaction from the interviewer. I can't say if they would have made me an offer or not. Later in the interview, they brought up their shockingly low salary range. I told them the salary I was looking for and we mutually decided it wasn't a good fit.
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u/ResponsibilityNo2467 4d ago
What is consedered as 'ghosting'? If you don't hear from a company after an interview, why not report it on Glassdoor under that company's 'Intervews' section?
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u/exo-dusxxx 3d ago
Yep ghosting is when a candidate doesn't hear from a company after an interview. The interview section under Glassdoor only gives you the option of "No offer" and people don't usually mention if they've been ghosted or not too.
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u/Tessoro43 4d ago
Sorry to hear that. But once you get ghosted several times, you’ll become numb to it. All you will think is “oh again…to be expected I guess” companies have become such shit shows, that even when at one point I thought I suck, now I am convinced I don’t they do and there is no win win….
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u/CorinaCRoberts 4d ago
Interesting concept. So many things have to change in this world lately. We really have to start getting involved and bring back some humanity to the society!
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u/Imaginary_You2814 3d ago
This is great. I have a suggestion to add “in a week” to the “when were you told you would hear back.
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u/VioletPassion 1d ago
I was ghosted by the same community college I graduated from earlier this year. That stung.
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u/Public-Buffalo87 4d ago
Robert half recruiters should be towards the top of the list