Ghosting simply doesn't cut it

Pet peeve time here. Are you familiar with the communications concept known as ghosting? For the uninitiated, the word refers to an electronic communication during which one of the parties simply stops responding to a conversation or disappears from contact in the first place.

I guess it could also refer to any communication, such as refusing to return a call or something like that.

But for the young people out there, I have one thing to say: Don’t do it. At least if you want to get or keep a job.

Let me tell you, there are few things in business more frustrating than being ghosted – essential...