For potential employers to keep job applicants hanging is just wrong
People queue to apply for Unemployment Insurance Fund benefits. Picture: GALLO IMAGES/NARDUS ENGELBRECHT
We need to talk about the wall of silence job applicants run into every time they apply for a job in SA. I recently had an interview online and everything went swimmingly. I thought I was in for a shot at the job. At last, I thought, I would be able to get back onto my feet and support myself.But then I hit that invisible wall, the one millions of South Africans run into every time they’ve concluded a job application or even an interview — the wall of silence. No emails, no phone calls, no SMSs.
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