How come a job title like "Executive Assistant" is really some of the sleaziest jobs for the sleaziest people?

https://youtu.be/DG102Dh2k9k
How Ghost Jobs RUINED The Labor Market

It seems pretty obvious now that these ads for jobs are literally just data mining so they can sell your data. They don’t have open jobs, they’re just capturing your likeness to use in perpetuity however they choose. You cannot sue for defamation even if they make a commercial out of your likeness talking about anal leakage.

I’m kind of curious about what they make you say in the “video screen”.

Had a Senior iOS phone screen with #MavenClinic the other day. While, I admit, it is possible my 14 years mobile experience was not sufficient to merit anything more than a recruiter phone-screen, it seems highly likely, based on some context clues, that Maven Clinic is interviewing for #ghostjobs But maybe they'll like you more than me! https://www.mavenclinic.com/

"It’s a common feeling when looking at a job listing online: the title is perfect, the pay is right, and the company seems like a solid place to work. But you also wonder if that job is real.

Lots of job seekers have a story about the postings that linger online but never seem to get filled. Those so-called ghost jobs—the roles that companies advertise but have no intention of filling—may account for as much as one in five jobs advertised online.

That’s according to an analysis of internal data by Greenhouse, a hiring platform that examined its clients’ job postings and hiring action over the past year. Greenhouse and LinkedIn recently have begun tagging job listings as verified in response to the rash of ghost listings.

The listings are dispiriting for workers, leading many to distrust potential employers and make a difficult process feel rigged against them."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/careers/job-search/fake-job-postings-are-becoming-a-real-problem/ar-BB1rlaKm

Random thought: What if all those #GhostJobs posted by recruiters are actually ways for them to gather a whole bunch of PDFs for #tokenization to train #LLMs?

'Lot of demoralized people': Ghost jobs wreaking havoc on tech workers
— @sfgate

｢ 25% said ghost jobs helped companies gauge how replaceable their employees were, while 23% said it helped make the company appear more stable during a hiring freeze. Another damning 2024 report from Resume Builder said that 62% companies posted them specifically to make their employees feel replaceable ｣

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/ghost-jobs-california-tech-industry-19871249.php

"According to a 2024 survey from MyPerfectResume, 81% of recruiters admitted to posting ads for positions that were fake or already filled. While some respondents said employers did it to maintain a presence on job boards and build a talent pool, it’s also used to commit psychological warfare: 25% said ghost jobs helped companies gauge how replaceable their employees were, while 23% said it helped make the company appear more stable during a hiring freeze.
(...)
After interviewing 1,641 hiring managers, Resume Builder researchers found that 40% of employers posted fake job listings in 2024, and that three in 10 currently had ghost jobs listed. The idea to post them mostly trickled down from HR, followed by senior management and executives, their June 2024 article continued. Though the listings were posted on multiple hiring platforms, the majority of them appeared on LinkedIn and the companies’ websites.

Evidence suggests this trend is taking hold throughout the Bay Area, too.

A collaborative document circulating online reveals a growing list of employers accused of posting ghost jobs. Many of them, it turns out, are tech companies with offices based in California."

#GhostJobs #FakeJobs #Fraud #FakeAdvertising #LinkedIn #TechJobs #TechWork #FraudulentAdvertising

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/ghost-jobs-california-tech-industry-19871249.php