Ghosting Goes Both Ways: Why Candidates and Employers Are Disappearing Mid-Process

BANGALORE, India - June 10, 2025 - PRLog -- In today's hyper-competitive talent market, ghosting isn't just a candidate behavior anymore—employers are doing it too. SilverPeople, a leading recruitment consultancy, is drawing attention to this growing two-way trend, where both candidates and employers vanish mid-recruitment, leaving the other party in confusion and frustration.

"Ghosting in hiring is no longer a one-sided issue. We're seeing candidates disappear post-interview, but also companies going silent after promising next steps," says Pallavi Goyal, Head of Operations at SilverPeople. "It's a clear sign of deeper problems in the hiring ecosystem—primarily poor communication, lack of transparency, and misaligned expectations."

The consequences of ghosting are significant: delayed hiring timelines, damaged employer brands, frustrated candidates, and missed opportunities. Ghosting erodes trust and disrupts the flow of talent in industries already battling high attrition and talent shortages.

SilverPeople identifies the core reasons behind this trend:

• Unclear job expectations leading to candidate disinterest
• Lack of structured follow-up from hiring managers
• Candidates juggling multiple offers without transparency
• Delayed internal decision-making at the employer's end

To address this, SilverPeople recommends proactive hiring practices:

• Setting realistic timelines and communicating them early
• Providing timely updates to candidates—even if the answer is "not yet"
• Educating candidates about professionalism during job searches
• Using structured hiring frameworks to avoid delays and miscommunication

This issue is part of a much broader challenge in recruitment. As SilverPeople explores in its recent blog, "The Hiring Disconnect: How Companies and Candidates Miss Each Other—and How to Fix It", ghosting is a clear symptom of how mismatched processes and expectations are driving a wedge between great talent and great companies.

Read the full blog here: https://www.silverpeople.in/hr-insight/the-hiring-disconn...

As companies look to build stronger teams and candidates seek roles that fit, bridging the communication gap has never been more critical. With the right strategies and a commitment to transparent hiring, ghosting can be a thing of the past.

About SilverPeople:
SilverPeople, a venture by Uberlife Consulting Pvt. Ltd., is one of India's leading recruitment consultancies specializing in talent acquisition across Quick Commerce, E-commerce, Retail, EdTech, FinTech, GCCs, and EV industries. Known for its strategic and consultative approach, SilverPeople is redefining hiring with its proprietary FAT* methodology.