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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

Lauren Beckham Falcone June 26th, 2018

“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

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