More companies are posting fake job listings. Here's how to spot them.

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As many as 4 in 10 companies say they have posted a job listing this year that doesn't exist, while 3 in 10 say they're currently advertising for a role that isn't real, according to a May survey of over 600 hiring managers from the career site Resume Builder. Tim Paradis, future-of-work correspondent for Business Insider, joins CBS News to explain why some companies are doing this, and how you can spot the fake postings.
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@ChrisCastro-to5vb Ай бұрын

This should be illegal

@antoniobabb1938 Ай бұрын

Very Illegal it’s misinformation

@user-wt5bf4rw7e Ай бұрын

Yes this. How is this even legal?

@ryancruze5396 Ай бұрын

Exactly

@johnnguyen4152 Ай бұрын

As long as it makes this current adminstration look good, it's legal. 😂

@Chad_Max Ай бұрын

The reality is with so many educated people flooding the job market year after year, it’s the highly skilled ones that get jobs. I work in a niche industry and my level is extremely specialized. We have an evergreen job posting that we put out there for the sole purpose of testing the waters. If a perfect candidate came along we’d hire them in a heartbeat but so far that hasn’t happened and we’ve hired from internally other departments and trained them up. If you’re a new graduate you better have a STEM, economics or finance degree and graduated in the top 10% of your class otherwise employers aren’t gonna give you a chance….

@philoctetes_wordsworth Ай бұрын

This should be illegal. How is this not fraud?

@Karlswebb Ай бұрын

Because it is done by companies who are part of the ruling class. The administrative state tends to not mobilize against members of the ruling class as they are the ones with capital (power in a capitalistic society)

@theroaringshadows Ай бұрын

It is fraud, they are WASTING YOUR TIME, MY TIME AND DESPERATE AMERICANS TIME!!!

@danielzhang1916 Ай бұрын

it's all rigged, they like making people go through 8 interviews and hoops, no wonder people stop applying

@Novastar.SaberCombat Ай бұрын

Ultimate power, wealth, popularity, and global influence will always corrupt those who possess them. Always. No exceptions.

@ragingjaguarknight86 Ай бұрын

OP is onto something. If they're knowingly placing fake job ads, than maybe they should be sued for fraud.

@torrisali2082 Ай бұрын

They should be facing lawsuits for wasting people's time.

@Novastar.SaberCombat Ай бұрын

Nope. The ruling class gives itself a free pass on every occasion. And when things are too egregious, they simply pay a fine and continue forward. #ProfitsOverPeople #CoinOverCommunities

@SgtJoeSmith Ай бұрын

same with applicants that submit fake applications and dont show up to interviews or 1st day.

@Timbrock1000 20 күн бұрын

Wasting time? It takes all of 60 seconds to fill out a brief application and send in a resume` on Indeed.

@bobshanery5152 19 күн бұрын

@@Timbrock1000 Not been in a job market for awhile but they clearly take more time then that. Interviews for jobs that are not actually hiring can waste hours. Many companies also have you fill out their own application which can take an hour or so. Then there is tests, phone calls etc that could all be for nothing and take few hours more.

@Timbrock1000 19 күн бұрын

@@bobshanery5152 Companies are not going to waste their time on interviews unless they anticipate hiring someone. Yes, filling out their online application might take take some time, but usually, they start with the basic pre filled application provided by Indeed before asking to go forward from that. At the very least, an applicant is able to get their name into HR. Maybe in the future, the HR will call them back for a real position.

@phlezktravels Ай бұрын

And they complain they can't hire anyone? 😂

@libramoon9968 Ай бұрын

Exactly!!!

@danielzhang1916 Ай бұрын

they don't even look at 95% of people, just want the "perfect" person

@NYRyder1983 Ай бұрын

And have the audacity to claim that "nobody wants to work anymore".

@yanasosnovskaya864 Ай бұрын

@@danielzhang1916 exactly, I feel like I'm holding a glass in glass room when I'm going thru interview process. Any wrong slight move, all glass shutters.

@danielzhang1916 Ай бұрын

@@yanasosnovskaya864 and the glass already has cracks in it when you walk in

@fjm1235 Ай бұрын

This should be illegal.

@Novastar.SaberCombat Ай бұрын

Only the wealthy and powerful could make that decision. And seeing as doing so would harm them, they'd never permit it.

@elliottharris9015 Ай бұрын

We are in a second gilded age.

@jazzman7167 Ай бұрын

People need jobs, not fake hope!

@AdeleiTeillana Ай бұрын

How is it fake hope if they're actually using the practice to recruit and hire for real jobs? People are still getting jobs, maybe even jobs they wouldn't have thought to apply for, and they can always say no if the job they're offered isn't what they're looking for.

@danielzhang1916 Ай бұрын

it's all a game to them, they don't care about giving hope, it's all rigged from the beginning

@danielzhang1916 Ай бұрын

@@AdeleiTeillana why are they allowed to have fake listings, that doesn't make it okay to do stuff like this

@AdeleiTeillana Ай бұрын

@@danielzhang1916 Why is it not OK if they actually do use the resumes to fill positions?

@danielzhang1916 Ай бұрын

@@AdeleiTeillana just because they hire people, doesn't excuse fake listings, then I could say I'm hiring 10 people but only 2 actually get in, I guess that's okay for you

@joshjosh575 Ай бұрын

Data mining. They take that data and sell it.

@RantRantJoe Ай бұрын

Yeah. Fishing info like how much you are getting paid at your previous/current job.

@EdwardM919 Ай бұрын

Probably exactly what it is, definitely need to be taxed harder if they pull this crap.

@TastemyAtrocity Ай бұрын

Bingo. Everyone is on the business of data. Your grocer, your phone company, your potential employer.

@joshjosh575 Ай бұрын

@@TastemyAtrocity now they know your income, your SS number, previous work history, Age, birthday, education, emergency contacts. They pay nothing for this data, and sell it for a large profit. They didn’t do anything but post imaginary jobs to the desperate Americans.

@annat6249 Ай бұрын

Exactly. Closer to the door, employees need to prove very private info like ssn

@docfabz Ай бұрын

So how to spot them: 1.if they've been posted for too long and 2) if it's not listed on the company website. Cool.

@Xenon-4300 Ай бұрын

Or if it just looks suspicuous, he guesses.

@ginacleveland7995 29 күн бұрын

@@Xenon-4300....he really wasn't much help, was he?🙄

@ValenciaRose. 21 күн бұрын

There are fake jobs on the company websites too

@hakeemsd70m 17 күн бұрын

These companies are notorious for posting ghost jobs, those 30+ day old applications that linger on their official website.

@clean_rene 17 күн бұрын

They still be fake even when listed on the company website!!

@domspeakslife Ай бұрын

I’ve been saying this for months……. “ghost jobs” should be illegal!!

@julieboolie1946 Ай бұрын

Sickening, wasting people's valuable time....

@Novastar.SaberCombat Ай бұрын

Humanity excels at doing just that.

@ST-rj8iu Ай бұрын

@@Novastar.SaberCombat so true. We have created many of our biggest problems.

@slowbro1337 Ай бұрын

This is why I dont care that I use Ai to crank out resumes and job applications.

@Novastar.SaberCombat Ай бұрын

That's the ultimate goal: A.I. job postings attracting A.I. "responses" from people who don't exist for jobs which aren't there. Utopia, for certain.

@ashleyshim2078 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂@@Novastar.SaberCombat

@anuragchakraborty8766 Ай бұрын

Joke’s still on you …. at the end of the day AI isn’t gonna pay your bills nor help you keep a roof over your head

@therowgawd Ай бұрын

@@anuragchakraborty8766oh yes it will

@jasonzhu9742 Ай бұрын

Depends on how you use AI though. Money can definitely be made with the help of AI

@MoriartySan Ай бұрын

"Make employees feel replaceable" what did workers ever do so bad to make these companies treat us like this. This is genuinely amoral behavior. This can't keep going on like this

@anuragchakraborty8766 Ай бұрын

Workers shot themselves in the foot by mass procreating and driving down their own value. Simple concept of supply and demand. Guess what happens when there’s a hundred desperate starving workers for every available job position? They lose all their leverage and bargaining power!

@user-wt5bf4rw7e Ай бұрын

#EatTheRich is going to be a way of life, real soon.

@aavvcc Ай бұрын

Employees cost companies money. Companies don’t like to spend money.

@user-wt5bf4rw7e Ай бұрын

@@aavvcc Employees are hired when there is demand for the product or service the company is offering, not for sh!ts and giggles.

@noseboop4354 29 күн бұрын

@@user-wt5bf4rw7eStill waiting. It's been EatThePoor for over 40 years now.

@theroaringshadows Ай бұрын

It's true I have applied for over 100 jobs. I have only had 5 or 6 call backs. I have wasted 30-45 minutes on each application. time thieves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@thewolfofswingthat2035 Ай бұрын

use an AI to fill in the applications for you lol

@theroaringshadows Ай бұрын

@@thewolfofswingthat2035 Thank you... i will check that out!

@danielzhang1916 Ай бұрын

same here, 5 or 6 calls if you're even lucky, they don't even reply to 99% of people, it's all rigged

@smrk2452 Ай бұрын

This was me 10 years ago

@sayitaintso7544 28 күн бұрын

Wow companies have reached a new low. Then they wonder why theres no loyalty to them.

@raviv4100 Ай бұрын

Ppl getting calls and landing interviews applying to fake job postings ? Srsly, that’s some real bullcrap.

@charlesarnette6472 Ай бұрын

They're saying that they might get a callback but not for the job they applied for, but for a real role that actually exists.

@lisab.6714 Ай бұрын

good old bait and switch

@danielzhang1916 Ай бұрын

most people don't even get calls or emails back, it's all rigged from the beginning, this is their game

@Novastar.SaberCombat Ай бұрын

This has been a thing for decades if not a century.

@Crismodin Ай бұрын

Yeah, did he say something like 85% of resumes got a callback? That logic doesn't check out. That survey is fake.

@Ezero8 Ай бұрын

Those companies should be sued by job seekers.

@NadiaZoe1111 Ай бұрын

My exact thoughts

@KA9DSL Ай бұрын

Your are correct! Being a laid off TV Radio Broadcast Engineer, it's happen me several times, this should be illegal.

@MelaniaRose 4 күн бұрын

Totally agree

@therowgawd Ай бұрын

this is why u should have zero loyalty to a company you don’t own. It’s never personal. Just business

@purplesprigs Ай бұрын

Just as bad: Many actual positions are created for the sole purpose of giving the job to a specific person (friend, neighbor, etc.). When you do get an actual interview for a real job, it is highly likely that you have ZERO chance of getting the job. The companies just require hiring managers to interview 3 candidates.

@iamhereblossom1588 29 күн бұрын

100% true. People get their friends and family in and the poor stay poor because they don’t know the wealthy.

@L32C-yg9hm 29 күн бұрын

I mean that's just common sense. Friends help friends. You'd do the same.

@usetheforce9836 21 күн бұрын

I've actually gone through this crap at least once. I did the whole interview with a guy who seemed nice enough. Went through my experience and learned about the skills they were needing, which, as far as I could tell, seemed like a pretty good match to what they were needing. Really, everything seemed to be going really well, as I had a solid answer for most every question & provable examples of my work experience. It wasn't until about the end of the interview, when, with some expectation, I asked a question regarding when they would make a decision. Without getting too specific, his answer indicated to me that they very likely had an 'inside' candidate in mind for the role. It wasn't until I left their office & got in my car that I realized it was likely a complete waste of my time and effort, not to mention having to take time off from my job at the time.

@monicarenee7949 16 күн бұрын

I went through this. Got through like 4 rounds of interviews, to finally interview with the presidents of the businesses I would work with. Final decision was made for the person they already had in mind. Hiring manager said they all wanted me on the team and would try to find a way to get me on in another position. Like why even waste my time!

@paddyoak1 12 күн бұрын

This happened to me. It’s the crappiest feeling.

@djhero0071 Ай бұрын

Hearing about stuff like this makes me wonder if the job economy is actually much worse than companies are willing to admit. This really should be illegal.

@ValenciaRose. 21 күн бұрын

It is worse for sure!! Unemployment is a lot higher than what they are admitting to. Inflation is up. The car industry is slowly crashing and hopefully housing will too as well as rent prices.

@advocacynaccountablity 21 күн бұрын

More likely that the economy is actually much better than companies would have you believe. So we can say, poor companies, guess we should bail you out so you'll create more jobs (this has always been a BS idea).

@andrewmayham7388 Ай бұрын

This is false advertisement. It is illegal to mislead people like this.

@Novastar.SaberCombat Ай бұрын

Only for the non-elites.

@andrewmayham7388 Ай бұрын

@@Novastar.SaberCombat you can advocate for the removal or report false advertisement. I'm not lying, when I see an 'obvious' A.I deepfake of Mr.beast or some high profile individual promoting some products or applications of any kind on fb or other platforms- that I report them. I actually did this more than 5 times with advertisements displaying obvious deep fakes of Mr.beast proclaiming nonsense 😤 In all aspects of false advertisement, awareness is key. Desperation is being taken advantage of by the higher class whether it's gambling, monopolizing or just using the gullible.

@Odiee99 21 күн бұрын

You would have to prove that the particular company is lying.

@bargdaffy1535 Ай бұрын

Oh Hell, this has been going on for at least 4 years now. Posting jobs for Master Degree Level work at $15 an hour, C'mon.

@UmmYeahOk Ай бұрын

But people don’t apply for those jobs for that very reason. Then employers claim laziness, stating “people just don’t want to work these days.”

@danielzhang1916 Ай бұрын

it's gotten completely out of control, you shouldn't need a PhD to get an entry job, they don't want to train anyone

@djayjp Ай бұрын

No, instead it's advertised as high pay with low qualifications.

@billleeee Ай бұрын

I graduated college in 1991 and got an on campus interview with a very well known MAJOR corporation during one of the university’s job fairs for graduating seniors. At the end of the interview when I asked about next steps, the interviewer said, “well, we don’t have any positions open right now, but we’re trying to see what’s out there.” A year later, at my first job after college, my boss’s boss came into the office furious because someone on the team had responded to a blind job ad that had ostensibly been placed to see if anyone was unhappy and looking for a new job (and clearly they were).

@aliannarodriguez1581 Ай бұрын

@@danielzhang1916Yeah there’s another video of Dimon complaining that companies have to do some training of new employees, they should pop out of college already knowing all the systems for his company.

@Vektor-Gaming-and-Design Ай бұрын

This is disgusting.

@SullyAfgarshe Ай бұрын

Yet another sign that this country has lost its way

@Novastar.SaberCombat Ай бұрын

The global population. Humanity has long, looonnng lost its way. The signs and data points are many, and the copium is strong.

@AX-sq5vm 20 күн бұрын

Hire more Indian No scam 😂

@Adam-nw1vy 10 күн бұрын

Wow. Ina af qarshe weeyaan 😂

@SullyAfgarshe 10 күн бұрын

@@Adam-nw1vy guilty as charged 💪🏾

@stephanieyvonne9436 Ай бұрын

Wow! Companies being dishonest! What a shocker! They have no shame.

@Novastar.SaberCombat Ай бұрын

And amazingly enough, companies are supposedly run by people. Humans. Or, at least, "those who once were". 🙄

@costylezz Ай бұрын

Corporate citizens at their finest...

@dianaoscar8896 26 күн бұрын

Haha 🤣 why are people surprised that they are living up to their name.

@Nagroddy Ай бұрын

We live in a society where corporations are treated better than citizens because lawmakers are their some of their shareholders. That allows corporations to pretty much get away with all kinds of unethical actions and behaviors.

@SeerSeekingTruth 4 күн бұрын

Yet most people shop corporate every single day and have their 401k’s and retirement in the same stock market. People in general are the reasons for this.

@ajparsons4947 Ай бұрын

Imma start putting in fake applications

@herbertc1114 Ай бұрын

Why waste your time?

@user-wt5bf4rw7e Ай бұрын

@@herbertc1114 AI does it for you.

@_ata_3 Ай бұрын

Next most probable post: "My startup went bankrupt"

@everythingisfine9988 29 күн бұрын

@@herbertc1114 can use an AI job resume bot. Small effort F-u's for bs employers. Not a bad use of time

@RonnieMyers777 28 күн бұрын

😅

@larrybroadwater2759 Ай бұрын

And people wonder why the younger generation doesnt want to give their lives away working for companies that pull this crap!

@Bradimoose Ай бұрын

i went to an interview with several executives which I thought was wierd and and all kept asking what software I was currently using. A fishing expedition to find out info from competitors.

@googleusergp Ай бұрын

I had the same thing years back. They kept asking me about how my current company did certain things, and my response was to constantly steer it back to the position at hand. They got the point. Plot twist: They went out of business the same day I got my current job 20 years ago.

@Jack74u2 Ай бұрын

At my previous company, if a manager wanted to promote someone, HR had a policy that the manager must post a job opening externally. This was to see if there were any better candidates. The hiring manager would have no intention of hiring anyone as the manager already had an employee identified for the promotion.

@BK-qp8zp 20 күн бұрын

Same in Federal hiring.

@medusagorgon8432 Ай бұрын

"Sneaky"???!!! It should be illegal. Call this crap out live. wtf

@m.n.tarrint9187 Ай бұрын

Honestly this video was useless regarding advice. Most of us watching this have already been watching more detailed videos of the fake jobs issue and know that companies are trying to project an illusion of more company expansion that is legit and that they do tell their employees they are "hiring" and just to hang in there, all the while squeezing as much as they can out of existing employees so the company doesn't have to pay out salary, benefits, training costs, etc. Training depts have really downsized and so have HR departments. There has been a move in the last few years to outsource HR work. We know the causes. We need to take moves to get out of this stupid mess. Labor boards should step in and squash this crap.

@bearswithglasses Ай бұрын

If a post seems fishy, *REPORT IT* to the job search site. If it's older than 30 days, automatically report it. If we report *everything* that seems remotely fishy, job sites will be inundated and have to take a more proactive stance. Putting pressure on them will ultimately put pressure back on the companies posting. *Just. Report. It.* Fraud should be illegal across the board.

@user-mh2ye9nf3y 29 күн бұрын

Any job listing should be automatically removed after 15 days by job listing websites such as Indeed. Companies reposting the same jobs over and over should be banned by these websites.

@MelaniaRose 4 күн бұрын

The government should have a department that monitors these types of incidents

@_ata_3 Ай бұрын

Most of the time you never know they were fake because even for real job posts companies don't get back to you ever

@DiaryofaBasicBW Ай бұрын

No offense to this lady, but when he said "85% end up in an interview process," my next question would have been, "And what percentage of those interviewed actually land the job that didn't exist?" Because people are spending time and money they don't have being strung along in interview processes that have four or five or six or nine interviews, can take MONTHS and then being ghosted. The job market "looks good" because these companies are falsely reporting job openings so they can benefit from tax breaks. It's cruel.

@arizonanative7409 25 күн бұрын

Spot on.... Job searching is horrible anyway, now we have to figure out if a posting is "real." It is hard to trust corporate America, and getting worse!

@floatpoint1050 Ай бұрын

The information contained in your resume is most likely been used by marketing companies as leads (telemarketers, robots, etc).

@djayjp Ай бұрын

FRAUD. FINE THEM.

@danielzhang1916 Ай бұрын

they could care less about a few thousand dollars, it's all a game to them

@djayjp Ай бұрын

@@danielzhang1916 The fine should be a percentage of their revenues then (in an ideal world).

@shavinmccrotch9435 Ай бұрын

How typical of companies today, to use people shamelessly, regardless of how it affects the hungry people hopefully applying for work.

@OU81TWO Ай бұрын

It's due to the mindset of the younger generation who are now in leadership roles within these companies. Their ethics are not the same as the people who were running companies 15-20 years ago. I'm not saying shady business practices didn't happen back then but it's on a whole other level these days. Everything is about money these days. Everyone is scamming one way or another.

@danielzhang1916 Ай бұрын

they don't care about people wanting work, it's all a game to them, making you go through all these hoops

@Novastar.SaberCombat Ай бұрын

Rich gotta rich.

@BadStructuralEngineeringFirms Ай бұрын

I started naming and shaming these companies. They are getting angry because I have outed them on my KZfaq channel. Because of my KZfaq channel, people have decided not to waste their time applying to those jobs because the recruiter admitted the posting was fake. One such person is Stacy Griffith of IMEG. www.youtube.com/@BadStructuralEngineeringFirms

@danielzhang1916 Ай бұрын

they post the job on several sites, and no one seems to actually get hired, it's all rigged and I've seen it before

@BadStructuralEngineeringFirms Ай бұрын

@@danielzhang1916 This is why I out these employers for doing that. The city of Glendale CA told me they needed assistance reviewing building plans. When I asked the recruiter about the previous position last year, he got really nervous. I discovered that interview was fake.

@danielzhang1916 Ай бұрын

@@BadStructuralEngineeringFirms yeah there should be a blacklist of employers, even the "interview" can be fake, I probably got a few of those, it's all a game to them

@hugodaniel8975 Ай бұрын

They make waste their time applying and wait for response calls and emails

@danielzhang1916 Ай бұрын

and 99% of people don't even get calls or emails, it's all a game to them, rigged from the beginning

@johnvillanueva1240 Ай бұрын

avoid applying through indeed and zip recruiter apply through the company websites

@maryjaneshoe-fm4yr Ай бұрын

Those are the sites I use!

@danielzhang1916 Ай бұрын

indeed and zip are basically useless, they just post on there to get a lot of people

@deew1390 Ай бұрын

Indeed has a lot of fake jobs on its website! I found that out by going directly to the company website and finding out that the job does not exist. Also if you report or flag the job, indeed does not take it down. I completely agree with going directly to the company website.

@michellepearson2616 Ай бұрын

I feel like even if they are the website it also could be fake as well.

@adamheuer8502 29 күн бұрын

You can do that but it doesn’t mean it’s real either. I tried doing this along with going into the actual business to talk to them in person and many told me that they weren’t actually hiring and their website was wrong. It makes sense though. It takes effort to delist jobs from the company website so once they get filled many of these postings just get forgotten about forever until someone decides to clean them out.

@bmorezoo Ай бұрын

... He said a lot of nothing. Of course if the job posting is old it might not be available. Of course if a posting looks suspicious it might be fake ... How 'bout giving me new information.

@MrStumpson 29 күн бұрын

Love how "make employees feel replaceable" was on the list, like we truly all just work for evil places don't we?

@EdwardM919 Ай бұрын

WTF? Fake listings? Great more time wasted! Definitely shouldnt be allowed.

@the0ne809 Ай бұрын

I knew about the fake job listings but I thought it was actually done by some fake companies or something like that, not actual companies posting fake jobs.

@EdwardM919 Ай бұрын

@the0ne809 Yeah, wasting everyone's time using AI to judge who's the best candidates even when AI can't even write a complete sentence. It has a hard time recognizing a resume unless it's in a specific formating as well, and they complain turn overs high and no one wants to work, it probably because the AI picked the worse candidates instead of the best.

@the0ne809 Ай бұрын

@@EdwardM919 pretty much. also, way too many requirements for simpler jobs with low pay. They do not want to teach anything, they just want the worker to have like 5 years of experience at minimum, for some not even good pay job.

@madge2114 Ай бұрын

@Theone809, It has always been that way. In their best interest to get someone willing to jump the bar they set. Why not try for the impossible?

@madge2114 Ай бұрын

Good reason to lie on your resume.

@vinucini4341 Ай бұрын

A genuine question asked by the anchor and a stupid answer given by the correspondent ❤

@Tamar-sz8ox Ай бұрын

Stop wasting peoples time ! That is infuriating!

@Here4TheHeckOfIt Ай бұрын

This is kinda malicious and sadistic 😳

@Novastar.SaberCombat Ай бұрын

What gave it away

@Here4TheHeckOfIt 20 күн бұрын

@@Novastar.SaberCombat It's obvious to us, but sadly, not to a lot of people. Especially the idiots who thought of posting fake jobs ☹️

@xcaliberVirus Ай бұрын

Job interviews and applications are a different form of data collection.

@isaacstrade9358 Ай бұрын

Sounds like false advertising

@Novastar.SaberCombat Ай бұрын

What gave it away

@Reptar4000 Ай бұрын

This is why you should get 10 remote jobs. Do what’s best for you not the company

@jeffreyradick6486 Ай бұрын

Companies doing this to intimidate employees aren't going to pay attention to employees saying "don't do it, it's not nice". They won't say so, but their attitude will be: "you don't like it? There are plenty of people out there to take your place."

@cuteness51308 Ай бұрын

They shouldn’t be allowed to do this! That’s wrong. So many people are looking for jobs and yall are posting fake job ads? While someone is stressing and waiting to hear back on a position they will never get because it’s fake. That’s wrong on so many levels. Def not an employer I wouldn’t want to be employed by. 😅

@tech-bore8839 26 күн бұрын

Really puts a huge dent in the whole "nobody wants to work" argument. Plus, I wonder how much of that personal data they collect on the application is then re-sold.

@xayapenn Ай бұрын

Often times they plan on hiring internally but still post the job to everyone. They’re wasting everyone’s time and effort. It’s a big show to say they’ve made an effort to look for the best candidate.

@JohnSmith-qe6fb Ай бұрын

They want to waste your time.

@danielzhang1916 Ай бұрын

no wonder people have given up, they don't want to deal with all this nonsense

@SheLoveSports Ай бұрын

Someone's spirit can be broken by applying to these fake jobs. You never know what someone's breaking point is, how they are struggling, or how they may be losing hope, and any company that does this is cruel.

@WeylandLabs Ай бұрын

Mainstream media finding out ghost jobs are real ? 😂 You think that would be illegal !

@ryanreedgibson Ай бұрын

I don't use these sites and never respond to a job listing. My time is more valuable when the company is so lazy.

@Skoora Ай бұрын

Problem is they create apathy on finding a job to where you stop looking. You almost can’t afford the expenses any more of looking and being ready for work, interviews etc. I’ve applied for so many jobs that are black holes of data mining I haven’t bothered looking for a few months now (luckily I have some savings). I’ll get back into it but it gets very disheartening and yes, it should be illegal to post a ghost job. It should be considered fraud as the objective is to mine and sell your data. It also should be illegal for 3rd party sites to not have a listing link directly to the real position and application, instead of constant re-routing to other sites and jobs to just gather data.

@xavierjackson2712 Ай бұрын

This is infuriating.

@scott2228 Ай бұрын

So much for ethics.

@Novastar.SaberCombat Ай бұрын

Mankind has always maintained the illusion that they care about ethics. Only the IMPOVERISHED classes are taught to feel guilty over unethical behavior. However, the ruling classes *thrive* on breaking nearly every law in existence. That's how wealth and resources are accrued.

@noobsaibot299 29 күн бұрын

This reminds me of the time I applied for a job… and didn’t get a notification saying they reviewed my application until 2 years later. Like bro I’m literally in a different country now lmao

@frankm7707 Ай бұрын

It's cheaper than posting an ad on newspaper. Also it looks good in the stock market and pretending they are doing well.

@everythingisfine9988 29 күн бұрын

Everyone being interviewed should receive a check for time spent

@francisko338 Ай бұрын

So, lying on the job app should be no issue then? Seems fair.

@exeterline1930 Ай бұрын

Wasting the time and energy of a struggling population. It should be illegal.

@frankgrabasse4642 Ай бұрын

This is a common tactic with "consultants". They use it to see how many candidates are in an area for different roles. If they report plenty of people for job X then the companies know they can move into a given area. Or that they can pay less.

@LesserMe 26 күн бұрын

It's not research, it's fraud. Companies should be held accountable.

@AHobbistChannel Ай бұрын

That's a huge red flag to avoid that company at all costs. Never accept a position with any company that pulls this.

@Adonna2424 Ай бұрын

It's terrible trying to find remote only work. I've been searching for two years and most posts are poverty wage or fake. I'm high-risk for Covid so working in person isn't an option. It's a desperate situation. I'm a wonderful hard worker but I can't find a decent remote job. As the person said, you can get contacted but the jobs are poorly paid, no benefits, etc.

@lothean2099 Ай бұрын

I hope workers there just quietly quit them.

@phillynurse9492 Ай бұрын

This is common in nursing. Nurses complain about low staffing levels and mandatory overtime. HR posts positions and they are never filled, even when we refer candidates they never get a call from H.R.

@rickazca774 28 күн бұрын

This has been going for years. Over the years I see an ad for a job in my field. Answer the ad, posy my resume, etc. About a week or two later, I'll get an Email from a "Recruiter" who wants to set up a phone interview. I'll ask what about the job posted in my field and they play dumb. All they want is your info for their data bank and 99% chance you'll never hear from them again.

@roythousand13 28 күн бұрын

Posting fake job postings should be illegal. Especially, in this job market and economy!

@NoOne-st7rb Ай бұрын

I would never work with or be a customer of that company again. Sadly, it would not even be the first company to loose my business based on an employment interview.

@tobarstep 29 күн бұрын

Corporations: we created 100k jobs last quarter! also corporations: 40k of those jobs were fake though! Love us!

@tammiebroggins Ай бұрын

Just plain wrong!

@damham5689 Ай бұрын

So fraud.

@dirtymike1274 Ай бұрын

This is evil.

@justins2536 Ай бұрын

That is ok, I’m a fake job applicant. I apply to jobs that I don’t want with fake resumes. Let’s just call it even.

@mcmans. 11 күн бұрын

HIRED. When Can You Start ?

@KA9DSL Ай бұрын

Being a laid off TV Radio Broadcast Engineer, it's happen me several times, this should be illegal, you hear that Linkedin?

@user-jn9tl9zs7y Ай бұрын

It should be illegal, the corporations should be fined and boycotted

@rezlogan4787 29 күн бұрын

I think a lot of it is simple laziness. One of the small companies I used to work for went out of business and still has open positions posted after four years. As they were processing severance pay and closing up shop, it was probably the last thing on their mind to delete the job postings. I wonder how many newbies are still sending applications to a long closed company. The postings I found that were real were all managed by robots that would autoreject if you had any arbitrary checkbox missing. I only got hired after sending emails to actual managers who forwarded me to human HR managers. Job hiring is basically broken. HR is permanently out to lunch and has allowed robots to take over every application review. And the bots are even worse at their job than HR, which should be impossible.

@THall-vi8cp 25 күн бұрын

It increases competition for jobs that _are_ there. When businesses compete to hire workers, applicants can negotiate higher wages. When applicants compete for jobs, employers can negotiate wages down.

@theperpendicular326 8 күн бұрын

This is not a "sneaky" practice, as the anchor woman puts it. It is outright fraudulent. Time theft is still theft. The only solution would be legislation to require the job poster to clearly identify the fake postings as such. The term for it is EOI - Expression of Interest, which means a posting is not intended to fill a currently open position, but rather to collect resumes for a potential future opening. This would still allow the employers to post to their hearts' content, and the job seekers to filter out the EOI postings wholesale.

@BrownAintBlack 7 күн бұрын

And another messed up part is that employers are first one's to talk about what ppl shouldn't be doing on company time, treating ppl like time thieves smh America is a sad place

@igoldenknight2169 Ай бұрын

Not only that but there are SO many scams

@ORO323 22 күн бұрын

There should be legislation to make this illegal. There’s people who’re legitimately looking for work but are wasting their time due to these fake postings. Seems like fraud to me.

@audraarndt1824 Ай бұрын

This is so stupid by companies - must stop.

@cameronf3343 Ай бұрын

This is why we should never have outlawed public gallows. This right here.

@jeffd72703 Ай бұрын

It’s VERY frustrating to job seekers! 😡

@TastemyAtrocity Ай бұрын

This was actually the first actual news story I’ve heard in a while. Like not one of those stories where they say it’s hot outside and how to prevent heat stroke. But an actual relevant economy related issue that most people do not know about and what to do about it. 👍 great segment, CBS.

@audraarndt1824 Ай бұрын

Lol re heat stroke

@aliannarodriguez1581 Ай бұрын

Not everyone does know how to avoid heat stroke, and a lot of older people need to be reminded that it’s a risk for them in particular.

@sjbubbly 22 күн бұрын

This segment did not present a viable solution. Those tips do nothing to prevent this.

@fremontpathfinder8463 Ай бұрын

This is why I am glad I am a unionized worker in a specific field who has to apply on a specific site where the jobs are vetted. Always go to the company's website

@Jaysaflame Ай бұрын

two can play that game about to apply to be a neurosurgeon.

@SusanM. Ай бұрын

They will go so far as to interview, say you have the job and ghost you ! They’re playing with peoples time and emotions!

@nadiknit5806 5 күн бұрын

My daughter just went through this… almost every “part time” job she applied for ended up being full time when she showed up at the interview and a completely different job than she applied for. Its terrible.

@larryarrington9395 Ай бұрын

Fraud and lack of integrity. What a waste.

@seismojones Ай бұрын

That guy's shaky laptop/phone camera is so annoying.

@sgohlke Ай бұрын

Any comments on how this skews BLS job postings data??

@Liam_Maddog Ай бұрын

Is there any way to spot a fake posting? If it looks suspicious. Great reporting.

@betenu1 10 күн бұрын

"Bait and Switch" in advertising is illegal. Doesn't matter what they are advertising. If they offer one thing and give you something else it's a crime.

@NativeAmericanSwag 16 күн бұрын

This really should be illegal, because just think about it we ALL have to give our information to these companies on the application, some if not many even require our SSN or ID number. That alone can cause identity theft if there is a breach, and they are not actively watching these job postings. Why mess with people’s lives and time? There should be more rules before they’re allowed to post, like some kind of actual proof that they need the position to be filled, and if no proof is provided then they should have to pay more upfront for the post. It would at least low down the fake post momentum in some kind of way if companies don’t want to lose money….

@benlogan430 Ай бұрын

I’ve been applying on Indeed and many jobs don’t seem to be real. My resume is great and I don’t get any call backs. Most don’t even review the resume.