Ghost-Proof Your Hiring: Why They Vanish and How to Win Them Back

Candidates applying, interviewing, then disappearing? You're not alone and it's not (only) the job market.

Candidate ghosting usually comes down to three moments in your hiring process: the job posting, the job application and the interview process. In this session, Heidi Barnett, President of isolved Talent Acquisition, shows you where job seekers slip away and how to fix it, so more of the people you want accept the job offer and show up as new hires.

What you'll learn:

• Turn job postings into magnets. Recruiting is marketing. Rewrite your job description so it candidates actually want to answer and gets your job openings the responses they deserve.

• Remove application friction. Learn why long, non-mobile job applications quietly cost you candidates.

• Make every interview count. Prepare hiring managers to sell the role and make job candidates feel valued at every step of the interview process.

• Boost candidate engagement. Build a follow-up rhythm across the right communication channels, including text messages, to keep candidates warm and reduce time-to-hire.

• Keep momentum after the offer. Use pre-boarding and onboarding touchpoints to bridge the gap between acceptance and day one.