- Tripadvisor’s former CEO, Steve Kaufer, said he’s been ghosted on LinkedIn routinely since stepping down from the role three years ago. “Getting ghosted or shut out after leaving a position can happen, and even high-level leaders aren’t immune to it,” a career expert tells Fortune. Workers and hiring managers have also been leaving each other on read, but there are a few tricks to get a ghoster’s attention—or make even stronger connections who will actually message back.
People aren’t only getting ghosted on dating apps—workers, hiring managers, and even CEOs are being left on read in their professional lives. After Tripadvisor’s former chief executive, Steve Kaufer, stepped down from the top job three years ago, he’s been on the receiving end of radio silence.
