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

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391 points JSeymourATL | 2 comments | 14 Nov 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.402s | source
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patchorang ◴[14 Nov 24 15:46 UTC] No.42137357[source]▶
I think this problem is even worse than just ghost jobs.

My partner is currently looking for a new job. Two or three times now, they’ve completed the whole interview process, gotten great feedback. Then they are ghosted for 2-3 weeks and the company comes back and says “sorry we decided not to hire for this role”. It’s utterly exhausting.

I do think when the interviews started, they had intentions to hire. (My partner knew people at the company and was recommended). But then for whatever reason during the hiring process, the job goes away.

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1. burnt-resistor ◴[14 Nov 24 16:43 UTC] No.42137998[source]▶
Reasons include:

- Racial, gender, and/or local citizen discrimination avoidance

- Job security for HR so they themselves don't get laid off

- Over-interview to exceed capacity/ERP needs

- Market and/or competition intelligence

Perhaps it behooves jobseekers to stop looking for scant, temporary, insecure, disloyal, abusive work and create or sell goods or services through collective, employee-owned co-ops instead.

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2. throwawayq3423 ◴[14 Nov 24 18:35 UTC] No.42139514[source]▶
> Job security for HR so they themselves don't get laid off

I never thought of that, the entire HR industry needs to make it look like hiring still exists. What a dark circle.