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Ghost Jobs (And Candidates) Are Becoming a Serious Problem

Sounds like an HR horror story.

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Victoria Christie
April 14, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 14 minutes

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APRIL 14, 2025

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If You’re Too Busy

Oh, you thought a Hinge match coming back from the dead at 3 a.m. with a “wyd? 👀🔥” text was scary? Well, get this: 1 in 5 job listings are “ghost jobs” a.k.a. roles that companies advertise without any intention of filling. As if it’s not already hard enough to find a job in this economy! 😫 But it doesn’t end there: Hiring managers are also getting haunted. By 2028, 1 in 4 job candidates will be fake thanks to generative AI. Seriously, WTF is going on with all of this ghost-on-ghost crime? Demi Lovato couldn’t even fix this spooky situation.

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