Job hunters burned by listings that go nowhere may soon have lawmakers on their side. The Wall Street Journal reports that "ghost jobs"—openings posted online with little or no intention of actually hiring—may account for nearly one in five digital job ads, according to hiring platform Greenhouse. Frustration over those phantom postings has moved from Reddit threads to state capitols. New York's legislature has passed a bill that would force employers to disclose when they expect to fill a job and to pull ads once positions are filled, with fines for violators; the governor is reviewing it. A Pennsylvania proposal would similarly require honest hiring timelines. "When people are putting the time and effort into applying, there's a reasonable expectation that there is a job out there," says Pennsylvania House Rep. Jim Prokopiak, sponsor of that bill.
In Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into LinkedIn, alleging it profits from fake listings; LinkedIn says its rules already require accurate posts and that it flags whether companies are actively reviewing candidates. "If you've posted a job and you have 500 applicants, are you telling me not one or two or three are qualified?" asks Texas marketer Heather Sanford. "Are you looking for a unicorn? Or is it not a real job?" With job seekers like Sanford sending thousands of applications into a void, the Journal digs into why companies keep ghost jobs alive and what regulation might do. Read the full piece.
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