How to spot a ‘ghost job’

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Has the job hunt been an endless cycle of applying and hearing nothing back? You may be falling for ghost jobs. 

Ghost jobs are open positions posted to job search sites that either no longer exist or are completely fake to begin with. According to Resume Builder, four in 10 companies posted fake job listings in 2024 — that doesn’t bode well for the Wall Street Journal’s estimated 1.6 million Americans looking for new jobs for at least six months. 

Deanna Cuadra
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Deanna Cuadra is a senior reporter at Employee Benefit News. Her work covers healthcare, U.S. policy and reform, challenges faced by women and parents in the workplace and innovation in work culture … Read full bio


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