shunning

  • How You Should Respond to a Job Rejection Email

    How You Should Respond to a Job Rejection Email

    Job search anxiety is painful enough. Then there’s the gut-wrenching process of constantly checking your inbox, finally seeing an email from a prospective employer, trying and failing to keep your hopes in check, only to open it and read, “We regret to inform you…” or the dreaded, “You were a great candidate. Unfortunately…” That “unfortunately”…


  • Why the ‘Slow Fade’ Is Worse Than Ghosting

    Why the ‘Slow Fade’ Is Worse Than Ghosting

    Many people can’t stomach the confrontation of a break up, so they might offer the vague promise of continuing the relationship with a series of noncommittal overtures. Basically, they might kind of, sort of, maybe have time for you eventually, but in reality they’re hoping the relationship will slowly whither without having to definitively put…