Recruiters don’t ghost you. They’re just overwhelmed.

Recruiters don’t ghost you. They’re just overwhelmed.

When candidates say “I got ghosted”, they usually imagine rejection.

In reality, most recruiters are:

• handling multiple roles at once

• receiving hundreds of applications per role

• switching context constantly

Silence usually doesn’t mean no.
It means low signal.

The problem isn’t credentials.
It’s priority.

👉 Understanding how recruiters decide what to respond to changes everything.