Applying for a job can be tedious and frustrating enough—especially if the role you applied for doesn’t even exist.
The practice of posting nonexistent jobs is growing. Survey results from Resume Builder show a whopping 40% of companies posted fake jobs within the last year, and three in 10 companies still have them up. To the job seeker, this practice seems shady, but 70% of hiring managers believe posting fake jobs is “morally acceptable,” according to the study.
