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

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391 points JSeymourATL | 3 comments | 14 Nov 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.399s | source
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dec0dedab0de ◴[14 Nov 24 15:11 UTC] No.42136911[source]▶
I suspect the main reason it is hard to find a job is because interest rate induced layoffs, and remote work created too much competition. Five years ago I wasn’t competing with someone thousands of miles away with a phd who used to work at a faang.

As for Ghost Jobs, I think they are skipping how many are just scams collecting data. There are many fake recruiters just posting job listings on behalf of companies they are not affiliated with.

I would also be interested how many of ghost jobs listed by actual companies are on purpose vs just lazy. It would be nice to have a whistle blower

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1. tartoran ◴[14 Nov 24 16:33 UTC] No.42137886[source]▶
> There are many fake recruiters just posting job listings on behalf of companies they are not affiliated with.

I wonder what's the best way to fight this back. Possibly inundate them with junk applications that their data becomes worthless?

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2. dec0dedab0de ◴[14 Nov 24 16:59 UTC] No.42138214[source]▶
the problem is the effort in figuring out who is legit in the first place.
3. digging ◴[14 Nov 24 18:56 UTC] No.42139788[source]▶
> Possibly inundate them with junk applications that their data becomes worthless?

Even if you could 10x real applications with fake ones it wouldn't make their data worthless.