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

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391 points JSeymourATL | 1 comments | 14 Nov 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.587s | source
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indeed30 ◴[14 Nov 24 15:33 UTC] No.42137192[source]▶
Hang on a minute. There is absolutely nothing in this research that measures the accuracy of this approach. A user saying "I was ghosted" is not, to my mind, proof of anything.

Job seekers almost never actually know if the job was real or not, so it's hard to see how Glassdoor reviews can ever provide the insight this work is looking for.

I do believe that "ghost" jobs exist, often for H1B purposes, but I don't think this work proves it.

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1. tootie ◴[14 Nov 24 17:31 UTC] No.42138681[source]▶
There's also no historical baseline of comparison. I know for a fact that ghost jobs have existed for a long time. I don't see any evidence they are more prevalent now than 10 or 20 years ago.