Businesses are coming clean about offering what seem to be legitimate job postings online, but in reality, they are just publishing fake ads. These “ghost jobs” are often orchestrated by recruiting managers themselves.
Nearly 40% of Human Resource (HR) professionals have admitted to posting a phony job opening within the last 12 months.
Executives (25%), human resources( 37%), senior management (29%), investors (5%), and consultants (4%), according to these recruiting managers, were the main sources of inspiration for posting false job postings. In addition, just under one percent of hiring managers said that the concept had come from somewhere else, and almost one percent were unclear.
The fictitious job postings included positions at the entry-level (63%), mid-level (68%), senior-level (53%), and executive-level (45%) levels.
From the businesses that advertised false positions in the last year, around 26% put 1-3 listings, 19% posted 5–10, 11% posted 50–25, and 13% posted 75+.
It makes it harder for people to get jobs and may make them lose faith in businesses, even if 70% of hiring managers think it’s ethical and good for business.
Many people who applied for jobs report never hearing back from recruiters, and the proliferation of such ads could be to blame. However, there are businesses that will interview people for these fictitious positions only to keep the facade going.
According to Resume Builder, the strategy might be difficult to conceal, particularly from the inside. The majority of recruiting managers (66%) said that word got out about the phony job postings via workers, investors, or candidates.
A company’s recruitment efforts can take a hit if they are revealed. Their reputations will take a major hit. No one aspires to work for dishonest employers. The word will spread quickly if the staff finds out.
Legitimate job ads will often spell out the duties and requirements of the position. A warning sign is a job description that is too general.
