As if the process for searching for a job isn’t already difficult, now job hunters have to deal with ghosts too. Employees looking for a new gig have encountered fake job listings, colloquially known as “ghost jobs.”
Deceptive job listings seem to be on the rise, partially driven by the ease of posting to digital platforms such as LinkedIn and Indeed. Three in five candidates reportedly believe to have encountered one, per job platform Greenhouse’s 2024 State of Job Hunting report. On Greenhouse alone about 18 to 22% of job listings are fake. Companies are owning up to it at this point, as almost 70% admit to posting at least one ghost job in the second quarter of 2024— according to additional data reported by The Wall Street Journal.
