Would you ‘ghost’ an interview? Apprentice star Ryan-Mark Parsons claims it’s ’empowering’ not to show up – but is branded ‘narcissistic’ [Video]

06:46 EST 26 Feb 2024 , updated 11:32 EST 26 Feb 2024

A furious debate broke out on Monday’s Good Morning Britain as former Apprentice star Ryan-Mark Parsons argued it is ’empowering’ to ‘ghost’ the offer of a job interview. 

The idea of ‘ghosting’ is a term coined in relation to dating apps for when a person loses interest and rejects someone they’ve been seeing or chatting to, without offering an explanation. 

But a new survey carried out by recruitment platform Indeed revealed that it has also become commonplace while job hunting. 

The survey found that eight in ten (79 per cent) of Generation Z and Millennial job seekers – defined for the study as those aged 18 to 24 and 25 to 39 respectively – have engaged in ghosting in the past year.

Meanwhile, 93 per cent of Gen Z job applicants said they had simply not turned up for an interview.