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Ghost job
A fake job, ghost job, or phantom job is a job posting for a non-existent or already filled position.
The employer may post fake job opening listings for many reasons:
There is a rising trend in employers promising remote work as "bait," and it underscores the relative power of the employers in the job market.
According to the career coaching service SamNova, a fake job listing can often be spotted as one that is either continuously open or repeatedly posted. These listings may have catchy titles, vague descriptions, a lack of detail, or contain reposts of previous listings.
A survey conducted by Clarify Capital has concluded that many companies and government entities have tricked job seekers with fake ads without the intent of hiring. A 2025 study by recruiting platform Greenhouse Software showed at least one in five job postings in the US is fake or never filled.
Ghost Jobs are generally legal worldwide, though they may violate Information privacy laws or Consumer protection law in specific contexts in some countries.
In January 2026 a law in the province of Ontario in Canada intended to curb the practice went into effect. Under the law, companies with at least 25 employees must disclose whether a vacancy is actively being filled in a job listing, inform job applicants about the status of their job candidacy within 45 days of a job interview and whether a decision to hire an employee has or has not been made.
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Ghost job
A fake job, ghost job, or phantom job is a job posting for a non-existent or already filled position.
The employer may post fake job opening listings for many reasons:
There is a rising trend in employers promising remote work as "bait," and it underscores the relative power of the employers in the job market.
According to the career coaching service SamNova, a fake job listing can often be spotted as one that is either continuously open or repeatedly posted. These listings may have catchy titles, vague descriptions, a lack of detail, or contain reposts of previous listings.
A survey conducted by Clarify Capital has concluded that many companies and government entities have tricked job seekers with fake ads without the intent of hiring. A 2025 study by recruiting platform Greenhouse Software showed at least one in five job postings in the US is fake or never filled.
Ghost Jobs are generally legal worldwide, though they may violate Information privacy laws or Consumer protection law in specific contexts in some countries.
In January 2026 a law in the province of Ontario in Canada intended to curb the practice went into effect. Under the law, companies with at least 25 employees must disclose whether a vacancy is actively being filled in a job listing, inform job applicants about the status of their job candidacy within 45 days of a job interview and whether a decision to hire an employee has or has not been made.