🚀 Wow, groundbreaking discovery alert: companies are hoarding "ghost jobs" like it's the latest TikTok trend. Apparently, leaving 28% of positions open for over 90 days is the new flex in corporate #transparency. 🤡 Who knew posting job ads was the corporate version of ghosting your ex?
https://unlisted.careers/ghost-jobs/report/2026-09 #groundbreakingdiscovery #ghostjobs #corporateflex #jobads #HackerNews #ngated
#ghostjobs — Public Fediverse posts
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28% of job postings on company career sites have been open over 90 days
https://unlisted.careers/ghost-jobs/report/2026-09
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49818698
#HackerNews #jobpostings #careerjobs #ghostjobs #employmentdata #hiringtrends
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How long have you been searching for a job on LinkedIn?
Three months? Six months? A year?
How many resumes have you rewritten? How many cover letters have you tailored to a specific company? How many times have you clicked Easy Apply, watched the applicant count climb past 200, and waited for a reply that never came?
Now sit with a harder question.
What if there was never a job?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/job-you-applied-never-existed-william-rochelle-any1e/
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Someone built this after 8 months of applying to ghost jobs. Pitchly Hire is a job directory where every listing is reviewed by a human and expires automatically after 30 days. No algorithm. No promoted spots. Click apply and you go straight to the employer, we never touch your application.
We publish what we checked and what we couldn't verify for every listing.
27 jobs live across 4 countries. New ones added regularly.
hire.pitchlyhub.com
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How to spot a ‘ghost job’ before you waste time applying - https://www.fastcompany.com/91482038/how-to-spot-a-ghost-job-before-you-waste-time-applying-job-hunting-tips-ghost-jobs #employment #jobmarkets #ghostjobs #economy #jobapplications
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🚀✨ Oh, the horror of "ghost jobs"—positions as real as unicorns, haunting job boards and tormenting desperate applicants. Should we ban them, or just laugh at the idea of legislating imaginary positions? 👻💼
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyzvpp8g3vo #ghostjobs #jobmarket #employmenthumor #technews #jobsearch #HackerNews #ngated -
'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyzvpp8g3vo
#HackerNews #GhostJobs #BanGhostJobs #JobMarket #EmploymentTrends #JobSearch
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Support the effort to end ghost jobs:
"Truth in Job Advertising and Accountability Act (TJAAA) is landmark legislation designed to eliminate fake job ads, protect job seekers’ privacy, and restore integrity to the hiring process. It ensures that every public job posting is a genuine opportunity—funded, timely, and traceable—while holding employers, recruiters, and platforms accountable for deceptive practices."
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A Sense of Doubt blog post #3934 - Ban Ghost Jobs! https://sensedoubt.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-sense-of-doubt-blog-post-3934-ban.html #GhostJobs #jobsearch #misinformation #frustration
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Apparently #ghostjobs are a thing now. Companies post jobs just to improve company perception, push stock valuations up, and/or pressure current employees to perform more as they are easily replaceable.
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A Proposal to Ban #GhostJobs - Slashdot
After losing his job in 2024, Eric Thompson spearheaded a working group to push for federal legislation banning "ghost jobs" -- openings posted with no intent to hire. The proposed Truth in Job Advertising and #Accountability Act would require #transparency around #job postings, set limits on how long #ads can remain up, and fine companies that violate the rules.
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Proposal to Ban Ghost Jobs: The Truth in Job Advertising and Accountability Act
#HackerNews #Proposal #to #Ban #Ghost #Jobs: #The #Truth #in #Job #Advertising #and #Accountability #Act #ghostjobs #jobadvertising #accountability #actof2025 #technews
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Where do you search for #jobs, or how did you end up finding your current #job? So many listings appear to be for #ghostjobs or #phishing these days. #getfedihired
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How come a job title like "Executive Assistant" is really some of the sleaziest jobs for the sleaziest people?
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https://youtu.be/DG102Dh2k9k
How Ghost Jobs RUINED The Labor Market#GhostJobs #hiring #jobsearch #unions #NoBillionaires #jobnumbers
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Had a Senior iOS phone screen with #MavenClinic the other day. While, I admit, it is possible my 14 years mobile experience was not sufficient to merit anything more than a recruiter phone-screen, it seems highly likely, based on some context clues, that Maven Clinic is interviewing for #ghostjobs But maybe they'll like you more than me! https://www.mavenclinic.com/
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I wonder if all of the so-called "ghost jobs" (job openings that are intentionally never filled) might actually be skewing job growth / unemployment statistics, which in turn are used to set interest rates? If so, there could be a case for making the act of intentionally posting "ghost jobs" illegal.
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"It’s a common feeling when looking at a job listing online: the title is perfect, the pay is right, and the company seems like a solid place to work. But you also wonder if that job is real.
Lots of job seekers have a story about the postings that linger online but never seem to get filled. Those so-called ghost jobs—the roles that companies advertise but have no intention of filling—may account for as much as one in five jobs advertised online.
That’s according to an analysis of internal data by Greenhouse, a hiring platform that examined its clients’ job postings and hiring action over the past year. Greenhouse and LinkedIn recently have begun tagging job listings as verified in response to the rash of ghost listings.
The listings are dispiriting for workers, leading many to distrust potential employers and make a difficult process feel rigged against them."
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Random thought: What if all those #GhostJobs posted by recruiters are actually ways for them to gather a whole bunch of PDFs for #tokenization to train #LLMs?
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I know many of you already know this or are prepared but MASS layoffs are continuing and two large companies just announced theirs Friday and today. These #ghostjobs will be made to harm #Trump #media #press -
Ghost job openings -- openings posted online to fool investors -- could be real. IDK. If so, they'd harm jobseekers via time wasting. But they wouldn't influence any official labor-market statistics. No govt statistics, not even job opening stats, use web posting data. #ghostjobs #NumbersDay
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mzmtoehujifw6wpzlz3hdpni/post/3lcqivddbik2w -
'A lot of demoralized people': #Ghostjobs are wreaking havoc on #tech #workers
"Ghost #jobs," or ads for positions that aren't actually open, are common in tech, which has been plagued by #layoffs and budget cuts over recent years. As unemployed workers struggle to regain their footing, recruiters and career coaches who spoke with SFGATE warned that these fake jobs posted by real companies serve multiple, sometimes insidious purposes say #Recruiters and #careercoaches
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👻 'Lot of demoralized people': Ghost jobs wreaking havoc on tech workers
— @sfgate｢ 25% said ghost jobs helped companies gauge how replaceable their employees were, while 23% said it helped make the company appear more stable during a hiring freeze. Another damning 2024 report from Resume Builder said that 62% companies posted them specifically to make their employees feel replaceable ｣
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/ghost-jobs-california-tech-industry-19871249.php
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"According to a 2024 survey from MyPerfectResume, 81% of recruiters admitted to posting ads for positions that were fake or already filled. While some respondents said employers did it to maintain a presence on job boards and build a talent pool, it’s also used to commit psychological warfare: 25% said ghost jobs helped companies gauge how replaceable their employees were, while 23% said it helped make the company appear more stable during a hiring freeze.
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After interviewing 1,641 hiring managers, Resume Builder researchers found that 40% of employers posted fake job listings in 2024, and that three in 10 currently had ghost jobs listed. The idea to post them mostly trickled down from HR, followed by senior management and executives, their June 2024 article continued. Though the listings were posted on multiple hiring platforms, the majority of them appeared on LinkedIn and the companies’ websites.Evidence suggests this trend is taking hold throughout the Bay Area, too.
A collaborative document circulating online reveals a growing list of employers accused of posting ghost jobs. Many of them, it turns out, are tech companies with offices based in California."
#GhostJobs #FakeJobs #Fraud #FakeAdvertising #LinkedIn #TechJobs #TechWork #FraudulentAdvertising
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/ghost-jobs-california-tech-industry-19871249.php
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'A lot of demoralized people': #GhostJobs are wreaking havoc on tech workers https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/ghost-jobs-california-tech-industry-19871249.php
This smells like fraud?
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Ghost Jobs - Why Do 40% Of Companies Advertise Positions That Don’t Exist?
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https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/oct/30/ghost-jobs-why-do-40-of-companies-advertise-positions-that-dont-exist <-- shared media article
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[further proof that recruiting is broken in the USA – and beyond…]
“A survey has revealed that the practice is widespread, with many companies going as far as fake-interviewing too [!!!!!!!!!!!]..."
#job #jobs #ghost #ghostjobs #fake #fakejobs #manipulation #unprofessional #unethical #fraud #recruiting #technical #work #jobseeking #jobseekers #broken #hiring #ineffectual #hiringmanagers #candidates #openpositions #newjob #seekingwork #job #jobopenings #workers #search #wastedtime #rigged #fake #fraudulent #fightback -
"Ghost jobs are on the rise, even as the U.S. labor market appears healthy. While data suggests a tight job market, many workers still struggle to find employment, revealing a gap between statistics and reality. Interestingly, the rise of ghost job listings may play a significant role in this disconnect." -
https://youtu.be/-FAYkoAeTVU?si=2kRoXktHHaKcbcbx
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Posting #GhostJobs should be illegal. It’s fraud, and it wastes everyone’s time. None of the reasons given in this article for why employers do it are remotely morally defensible.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fake-job-listing-ghost-jobs-cbs-news-explains/
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It gets worse:
"In less than two weeks, I’d applied to, interviewed for, and succeeded in landing a job that didn’t actually exist.
In less than two seconds, I gave scammers everything they needed to secure loans, open utilities, get credit cards, score a Florida driver’s license, and gain access to my bank account."
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"With so much automation available, it’s easier than ever for identity thieves to flood the employment market with their own versions of #ghostjobs, in order to gather practically all the personal information a victim could ever provide."
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on the #shownotes #grind for @gamesatwork_biz while watching #BlackMirror episodes in preparation for Monday’s posting of e471. Stories about #AI including getting #OpenAI to spill its instruction sets, #GhostJobs (but not #SteveJobs), #exoskeleton #innovations and #RayBanMeta shades. Check out earlier episodes, chock full of #AI #metaverse #AR #VR #gamification and so much more on https://www.gamesatwork.biz
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Ghost Jobs for Unicorn Candidates - Lo Ritual de lo Habitual in the era of Late Stage Capitalism:
"Job boards like LinkedIn and Indeed continue to advertise open positions, and workers are actively submitting applications. Yet despite an influx of highly qualified candidates, plenty of desirable job adverts have languished on digital platforms with an increasingly common label: "Posted 30+ days ago".
While the listings may be old, job seekers generally still assume companies are actively hiring for the roles. The truth is more complicated. Some of these are simply not-yet-removed adverts for jobs that have been filled – but some were never meant to be filled at all. These are 'ghost jobs', and they're becoming an increasingly common – and problematic – obstacle for job seekers."
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240315-ghost-jobs-digital-job-boards #GhostJobs #UnicornCandidates #LateStageCapitalism
