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1 in 5 job listings either fake or never filled

A good name for an account that identifies and snitches on such listings would be "Steve's fake jobs."

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Jan 14, 2025
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Computer says no, again

The Wall Street Journal, citing internal data from a hiring agency, reports that one in five job listings never result in a job being gotten. They're either left unfilled or the listings are simply fake. As summarized by Gizmodo, the Journal story illustrates the grim numbers with the story of Serena Dao, who searched for a job fo…

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