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This week's Top 10 Opportunities
Issue 823, Mon 8 December, 2025
Dear Escapees,
Employer ghosting. If it’s questionable in dating, it’s even worse in recruitment.
You find a role you love, start picturing your future colleagues, do all the research, battle the application portal, and finally hit submit with the emotional energy of someone finishing a marathon. Then… silence. Not even a polite “thanks for applying”, just digital tumbleweed.
It stings, of course it does. But it says far more about their process than your potential. A polite follow-up is completely reasonable, and if you have interviewed, feedback is the least they can offer after using your time and attention.
Most employers are not trying to be unkind, they are just avoiding a slightly awkward email. Unfortunately the silence tends to land harder than the news itself.
So if you have been ghosted lately, please know it is not you. Not even a little. This week’s Top 10 Opportunities highlight organisations who can communicate like actual humans, no vanishing acts included.
Happy Escaping,
Team Escape
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Job Title: Destination Manager
Organisation: The Slow Cyclist
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Job Title: Investment Manager
Organisation: Better Society Capital
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Job Title: Analyst
Organisation: Seismic
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Job Title: FINANCE & OPERATIONS MANAGER
Organisation: The Foyer Federation
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Job Title: Senior Events Director
Organisation: This is Beyond
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Job Title: Development Producer
Organisation: Climate Spring
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Job Title: Principal Consultant (12-month initial fixed term)
Organisation: New Philanthropy Capital
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Job Title: Head of Brand Marketing
Organisation: Campaign Against Living Miserably
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Job Title: Head of HR Business Partnering
Organisation: The Alan Turing Institute
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Job Title: Circular Economy Policy Officer
Organisation: Circular Communities Scotland
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