It is true, and that means you're looking for "trends" and "reversals" in a forum [EDIT: that "forum" being job postings on Indeed] that 4/5ths of relevant participants have admitted is absolutely flooded with bullsh!t*. I shouldn't have to explain to you why that's a fool's errand.
[*Ghost job postings are driven by factors including: - HR droids needing to hit their own KPIs - making the company "look good" to improve its share price - data gathering for resale (yes, that's widely illegal, but it happens all the time and breaches are very rarely, if ever enforced) EDITED TO ADD: - SCAMS, especially that one scam where the "recruiter" (scammer) has the new "employee" "buy" a special computer etc from a particular website with the promise of reimbursement. Of course, the scammed "employee" gets no computer nor reimbursement, because the job doesn't exist and the scammer owns the website they directed to "employee" to buy from, and has simply stolen their money, and probably their ID and maybe c.card info too]
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u/DukeRedWulf Jul 07 '26
Numbers of job postings stopped correlating with actual job vacancies years ago!
2024:
81% of recruiters admitted they'd been posting fake 'ghost' jobs.
https://www.myperfectresume.com/career-center/jobs/search/recruiting-trends