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NickC25 on Oct 31, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ghost jobs are wreaking havoc on tech workers

Not only fake job postings, it's also companies posting fake jobs when they already have an internal or external candidate all but signed.

The amount of spam and fake jobs on LI + other major sites is just disgusting and is ripe for government to come in and crack some heads.

nickff on Oct 31, 2024 [–]

Governments are one of the worst offenders when it comes to posting jobs which have already been basically handed to internal candidates. They do it for the same reason as everyone else: compliance with external regulations or internal rules.

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