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Ask HN: Recruiters, why do you repost jobs with 1000 applications a month later?

28 points charliebwrites | 3 comments | 18 Nov 24 22:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.426s | source

The majority of jobs on LinkedIn right now seem to be reposts of jobs from a month or two ago.

You can see from the application data that each role that's been reposted already has hundreds of applicants, which implies that it did last month as well.

Why would you repost a role vs just going through the 1000 applications you received last time?

What is the reasoning there?

1. angmarsbane ◴[18 Nov 24 23:05 UTC] No.42178136[source]▶
To see if you repost it with a lower salary if you get the same amount or fewer applicants and if there is a difference in applicant quality. It provides some insight into labor market.
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2. charliebwrites ◴[18 Nov 24 23:08 UTC] No.42178166[source]▶
Do they have any intention to hire for those roles or is it literally just for measuring market signal?
3. gregjor ◴[18 Nov 24 23:25 UTC] No.42178335[source]▶
Unlikely companies do anything with the applicants they get for these jobs other than log them in a database. Of the many reasons companies post jobs they don't intend to fill, careful A/B testing seems one of the least plausible. No place I ever worked did this to determine lowest possible salary, nor did they worry about getting too few applicants unless the number approached zero.

More likely reasons:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_job

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240315-ghost-jobs-dig...