Ghost Jobs: A Rising Trend In Hiring

Mar 24, 2024

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Amid mass layoffs by world's various employers, 'ghost jobs' have become an increasingly common but a problem for job seekers

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Ghost jobs are those jobs that are 'open' on the company website but don't actually exist

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Ghost jobs are also defined as listings that have been posted for more than 30 days

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Some of the ghost jobs were not removed by the company after the opening was filled, while some were never meant to be filled

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Some companies leave the job postings open to give the impression that they are growing

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They also leave the job postings open to attract qualified applicants in case a current employee leaves or a role opens in the future

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A report found that more than a third of job listings in the UK in 2023 were ghost jobs

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Over a million potential ghost job openings on LinkedIn were also discovered in the US last year

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If you're applying for a job, you should always check the date it was posted. The longer the job posting has been open, the more likely it is to be a ghost job

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