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Why is it so hard to find a job now? Enter Ghost Jobs

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391 points JSeymourATL | 4 comments | 14 Nov 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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codingwagie ◴[14 Nov 24 14:59 UTC] No.42136735[source]▶
My bet is that companies are hiring H1Bs but must post jobs. I literally dont see americans getting hired at well known tech companies
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willsmith72 ◴[14 Nov 24 15:06 UTC] No.42136838[source]▶
To be fair, the amount of good job applicants from america is also really low.

It's not a great argument, but it's the same with DEI. I literally don't have enough applicants to fill a quota even if 100% of them passed all interviews

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codingwagie ◴[14 Nov 24 15:15 UTC] No.42136963[source]▶
I run interviewing at a well known company, this isnt true
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willsmith72 ◴[14 Nov 24 15:19 UTC] No.42137007[source]▶
Most companies aren't well known, what makes you think your experience is the "true" one?

You mean to say you get a large amount of high quality American candidates?

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1. codingwagie ◴[14 Nov 24 15:32 UTC] No.42137179[source]▶
Theres like a million well qualified applicants, they arent getting hired. go read any jobs forum, people are struggling
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2. willsmith72 ◴[14 Nov 24 15:51 UTC] No.42137415[source]▶
Yes, there are more candidates to choose from today than 5 years ago, but that just leaves more candidates. The hiring bar is higher, but the proportion of good Americans doesn't get higher.

Sure you can get a better American today than 2019, but you're comparing any one candidate to their competition and the company bar. If you want to deliberately hire Americans who interview worse than non Americans, you're breaking the law

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3. wing-_-nuts ◴[14 Nov 24 17:07 UTC] No.42138310[source]▶
>If you want to deliberately hire Americans who interview worse than non Americans, you're breaking the law

LOL I'm gonna need a source for this gem

4. TeaBrain ◴[14 Nov 24 19:32 UTC] No.42140192[source]▶
>If you want to deliberately hire Americans who interview worse than non Americans, you're breaking the law

This is an absurd claim.