Have any of you guys been hit with ghost jobs? Been hearing a lot about these

  • KuroXppi [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    12 days ago

    What’s a ghost job? Like a fake/unresponsive listing? I found a lot of dead listings when going through aggregator websites (seek, linkedin etc.) because they’re uploaded and seemingly forgotten about. I usually would read the listing and then visit the company directly to see if it was actually there on their website

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      12 days ago

      Yeah exactly. Don’t apply to anything on indeed etc. I know people who have gotten jobs through the aggregators, but I don’t fucking know how. Just seems like a scam for your resume/info and to put you on spam lists.

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        12 days ago

        Its also likely field dependent, I have pretty much gotten every professional job I have had through aggregators, its worked for me 4 times now - though latest one was through knowing people.