You see an ad for a job that looks perfect. You spend several hours putting together an amazing application. You hit send.Don't take it personally. It could be that the job never actually existed.
One of the biggest indicators that a job is a ghost job is if its ad has run for more than 30 days, he tellsLife Matters is here to help you get a handle on all the important stuff: love, sex, fitness, health, parenting, career, finances and family."Things are really tight; they're spread really thin. can't afford to go months and months without someone sitting in a job.
Jobs and Skills Australia's job vacancy index shows that there are more advertisements today, while we have a 4 per cent unemployment rate, than in 2019, when the unemployment rate was lower but there were fewer job ads.Dr Karl knows the best app for free podcasts, radio, music, news and audiobooks … and you don’t need to be a scientist to find it!For employers seeking to placate staff, a ghost job ad is "a Band-Aid fix", Dr Hamer says.
Dr Mariappanadar says ghost jobs are also distorting our understanding of the current employment landscape. And he'd like to see the government take action to curtail the trend. "What I would suggest if it's a job that you're really keen on is just pick up the phone and talk to the hiring manager. Every job ad should have a point of contact."