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You're Not Bad At Job Hunting—30% Of Job Postings Are Fake

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Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨return2ozma@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨workreform@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecastrillon/2025/11/18/youre-not-bad-at-job-hunting-30-of-job-postings-are-fake/

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  • Th4tGuyII@fedia.io ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Companies keep ghost jobs active for several reasons:

    To build candidate pipelines for roles that might open later

    To signal growth during hiring freezes

    To leave approved positions stuck in limbo due to budget cuts

    To satisfy internal posting requirements or HR quotas

    So in other words companies are ghouls willing to turn what is already a grueling process nowadays into an even more gruelling one simply for the sake of gaining more metrics?

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    • fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, yeah. Ever met a company?

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    • bluesheep@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So in other words companies are ghouls willing to turn what is already a grueling process nowadays into an even more gruelling one simply for the sake of gaining more metrics?

      I have never been more surprised in my life

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  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Any org found guilty of posting a ghost role must pay one year salary to every applicant. All job postings must include the salary. If the salary is not posted, the fine will be the highest paid employee’s compensation.

    Everyone who okayed the ghost role being posted is barred from any involvement in hiring processes for life.

    That’s my fantasy, anyway.

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  • Dogiedog64@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Image I always fucking knew that the job market was full of shit, now I know it’s more full of shit than I thought.

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  • AntiBullyRanger@ani.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Start a cooperative today!

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    • tornavish@lemmy.cafe ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ironically you are the user I would associate at least with anything cooperative

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      • AntiBullyRanger@ani.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        ???

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