How do you tell an applicant that they don’t qualify?
Recruiting has a bad reputation for “ghosting candidates”. There are two primary reasons this happens:
1. Recruiting teams don’t have time to respond to all the candidates they reject.
2. Turning someone down for a role is a difficult conversation to have.
Ghosting candidates is not a good policy or practice. It’s best to tell an applicant they don’t qualify candidly, and to frame the feedback within the knowledge, skills, accomplishments, education, and abilities they lack. Providing a candidate with honest and candid feedback gives everyone the best experience.