IDL when employers post fake job listings
A friend of mine saw a job post recently that felt like it was practically made for him. He got super excited, fixed up his resume, wrote a good application, and sent it in. Then he waited. A week, two weeks, a month, two months. That job posting stayed up the whole time. Never came down. Later someone from that company casually let it slip that they were never actually hiring. They were just "testing the market."
I was so angry when I heard that.
So my friend's time, energy, and hope were just free data for them? Are you kidding me？
Honestly, this needs to change. If you're really hiring, the job posting should be for an actual open position, NOT some "maybe in the future" nonsense. Job listings should have a time limit. If a company isn't doing interviews or sending out offers, the post should just expire. And companies that pull this ghost job crap should have to pay real fines.
Finding a job is hard enough. Don't turn it into unpaid market research.