Workers are ‘ghosting’ interviews, blowing off work in a strong job market [VIDEO]

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By Paul Davidson | USA TODAY

Many businesses report 20% to 50% of job applicants and workers are no-shows. What’s spurring this bizarre trend?

At Carports & More, based in El Dorado Hills, California, nearly half of the 65 job candidates scheduled for interviews the past month didn’t show up.

At VoiceNation, an Atlanta area call center, a similar share of the 10 hires the company was making each month never came in to work.

In the hottest job market in decades, workers are holding all the cards. And they’re starting to play dirty.

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