The rise of ‘ghost jobs’: One in five job posts aren’t real, new report shows Sixty-two percent of hiring personnel who posted ghost jobs said they wanted their employees to ‘feel replaceable,’ according to one survey.
According to Greenhouse, at least 70 percent of the companies on its platform posted at least one ghost job in the second quarter of 2024, and 15 percent of companies did so regularly.
LinkedIn and Greenhouse reportedly combat fake jobs by tagging "real" jobs with a verification badge, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The industries that most frequently posted ghost jobs were construction, the arts, food service and legal services, according to the data.
In some cases, a company may not be actively hiring for a position, but is keeping the listing up in hopes that their ideal candidate one day finds and applies to the job.
