How often job postings come down without a sign anyone was hired, across the whole market. Aggregate figures only; no employer is named or ranked.
How to spot a ghost job before you apply
• It has been open for two months or more with no changes.
• You cannot find the same role on the employer's own careers page.
• The same title keeps getting reposted with a new date.
• There is no pay range and the description is vague about the team or the work.
• You applied weeks ago and the status never moved.
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About these figures
Market-wide share of recent job postings that came down without being filled. Some of them were filled, so read it as a direction, not an exact count. No individual employer is rated or ranked.
Ghost Job Index: How Many Job Postings Are Never Filled?
What share of job postings come down without a hire, across the market, plus how to spot a ghost job before you apply.