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28% of job postings on company career sites have been open over 90 days

302 points · 364 comments · rubatrejo

jedberg · 1790186619 · focus · HN ↗
I talked to a hiring manager friend at a big company you've definitely heard of. I was looking for a job so I sent him a link to one of his jobs and said "can I interview for this?"
He said: Oh, I have 23 recs on the job site but none of them are open. They just keep them there to make us look like we're still hiring like crazy.
1. diego_moita · 1790200336 · focus · HN ↗
  This is called ghost jobs. More than 90% of posted jobs are like this.
  In HN's Who's Hiring it is very close to 100%, so I don't look at that thread anymore.
  The solution: use AI robots for jobs.
  1. bluecheese452 · 1790211026 · focus · HN ↗
    You are being downvoted but hn is really bad about this. One company posted an advert for their “third engineer” for literally years.
    mixmastamyk · 1790358782 · focus · HN ↗
    Correct, and don't complain about it or you will be lightly punished by the mods.

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