Job Hunting? Beware Of Ghost Jobs
Job Hunting? Beware Of Ghost Jobs
Job Hunting? Beware Of Ghost Jobs
By Robin Ryan
May 28, 2020
Summary
So as I reviewed the opening, I brought up the fact that I thought it was a ghost job.
"What is a ghost job?" I explained that before the coronavirus, it was employees and job candidates that were ghosting employers.
Career Counselors and job hunters alike are reporting that there are many ghost jobs out there.
A job posting over 60 days old but still on the Internet, may mean that the job is currently not being filled by the company.
I explained that the longer a job remained posted, the higher the probability of that job being a ghost job.
Because of the coronavirus, many jobs might still be on job search sites that companies have paused and are currently not actively hiring for.
In my example here, I looked for the job on LinkedIn Jobs.
Then using the LinkedIn job listings, you want to pay attention to the job title, the company, and then underneath that it will tell you the location, and how long ago the job was posted.
I would suspect that that job probably is not a job that the company is actively looking for at this time.
There are always specific jobs that companies are actively looking for.
Reference
Ryan, R. (2020, May 28). Job Hunting? Beware Of Ghost Jobs. Retrieved May 30, 2020, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinryan/2020/05/28/job-hunting-beware-of-ghost-jobs/