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Ghosted After an Interview? Here’s Why Companies Do It

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You research the company, prepare for the interview and show up looking the part. You send the thank you note and even have a few follow-up interviews, which you think went well. You send a follow-up email to check in. Why do companies ghost you after an interview? And then, you wait. Maybe another one.

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The “Stay” Interview Is Much More Effective Than the “Exit” Interview—And Could Be the Key to Employee Retention

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The truth comes out eventually—often in an exit interview, when well-meaning managers conduct surveys and ask all the tough questions now that there are no strings attached. What is a “stay” interview? Enter the “stay” interview. There’s a reason exit interviews aren’t enough to improve retention alone.

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Unlearning Silence in the Workplace: How to Speak Up at Work

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But some workplace experts are speaking up and encouraging employees to do just the same in 2024; perhaps the only “resolution” you will need this year is some real talk. What assumptions do we hold about where and when we’re allowed to speak up? What have we experienced as the costs of speaking up in the past?

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Haunted By Silence: How Job Seekers Can Avoid Being Ghosted

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According to a TopInterview survey, 57% of respondents reported that they had been left without communication after an interview. In fact, the specter of being left in the dark after an interview haunts more job seekers than rejection or making a bad impression. Being ghosted isn’t the only scary part of job seeking.

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Workplace Ageism: 4 In 10 Hiring Managers Admit To Age Bias

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ResumeBuilder published a survey of 800 hiring managers across the U.S. According to the survey, nearly 4 in 10 admit to reviewing applicants’ resumes with age bias. . ResumeBuilder published a survey of 800 hiring managers across the U.S. to get an understanding of the amount of ageism present in the hiring process. .

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Are Additional Certifications Useful in the Workplace?

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To level up and stand out from the applicant pack, you might consider obtaining an additional certification. Do online certificates make interview candidates more appealing? Coursera surveyed 5,000 students and employers about the motivations, needs and challenges they face, and released the results in February.

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Beyond Numbers: The Importance Of Human Understanding In A Data-Driven World

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Understanding Customers (and Innovation) In a recent interview with the Danish innovation agency ReD Associates, management guru Roger Martin (one of the world’s leading voices on corporate innovation) offers an interesting entry point for this conversation. The why of human behavior is where Big Data and machine learning can come up short.