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HARROGATE, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 12: A waitress pours tea at Bettys Tea Room, Harlow Carr on February 12, 2009 in Harrogate, England. The family owned company Taylors of Harrogate have been producing it's blends of teas and coffee since 1886 and serving it's products at the famous and traditional Bettys Tea Shops. Despite recent increases in the price of tea and the surge of coffee shops, the 'cuppa' is proving to be as popular as ever with bookings in Britain's discerning tea rooms being made weeks in advance. Consumption also increases during a recession as tea lovers take solace drinking tea. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Ghosting a Job Is A Thing Now and I Did It FIRST! – LBF

Author Lauren Beckham Falcone

“People aren’t just ghosting their dates anymore . . . now they’re ghosting jobs.  According to job recruiters, there’s a huge trend of people vanishing at different points during the hiring process . . . including doing things like not showing up to an interview or even taking a job but then never coming in.”

OMG. I did this. Back in 1993 when I was a hostess at Ruby Tuesday’s at the Holyoke Mall. I was a senior at UMass-Amherst. I LOVED those breadsticks and the honey butter at Ruby’s. I think I gained 10 pounds.

But then something happened. All the hostesses started getting pregnant. IT WAS WEIRD. And also I got pretty busy at school, I needed to quit those breadstick or else so….I JUST NEVER WENT BACK. Weird, right?

Anyway. It’s a thing now.

People are 'ghosting' at work, and it's driving companies crazy

Jo Weech, a Washington-based recruiter, found a software engineer she planned to hire, one with skills and experiences so rare she dubbed her a "purple unicorn," recruiting-speak for a perfect find. This candidate aced multiple interviews for a job supporting a federal contract.

Lauren Beckham Falcone is the co-host of Bob & LBF in the Morning. Formerly an award-winning reporter and columnist for the Boston Herald, she credits her current success as a pop culture commentator to watching too much TV as a kid and scouring the internet too much as an adult. LBF is a regular contributor to NECN and is an honorary board member at the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress. Lauren lives in Canton with her husband Dave and her daughter Lucy. Lauren writes about trending topics, New England destinations, and seasonal DIY.

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