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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: 0.2s | 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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satisfice ◴[14 Nov 24 16:00 UTC] No.42137506[source]▶
Hail to you, person who also reads studies.

The methodology is pretty weak.

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1. pas ◴[18 Nov 24 05:13 UTC] No.42169886[source]▶
can you expand on that? which parts are ok, which are bad?

and more importantly is it possible to do better with the available resources available to a "regular" researcher?

is there even some hard data on ghost job openings? (ie. from court cases or labor board cases or ...?)