Fake job ads are proliferating online, with more companies admitting to posting realistic-looking job openings that don't actually exist.
Forty-percent of companies said they have posted a fake job listing this year, according to a survey in May of 650 hiring managers from career site Resume Builder. Three in 10 companies currently have fake listings on their sites or on job boards, according to the survey.
Unlike job scams in which criminals seek to obtain applicants' personal information, hiring managers themselves are often behind these "ghost jobs."
While seven in 10 hiring managers say that they believe the practice is morally acceptable and beneficial for business, it complicates job seekers' searches for work, and can also erode their trust in companies.
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"It's not something new, but it's being taken to a whole new level from what we're seeing," said Resume Builder's chief career advisor Stacie Haller. "It's very concerning, and they're doing it to create a certain impression to the world and to their internal employees. But the word 'fake' shouldn't apply anywhere in the hiring process."
Hiring managers told Resume Builder their companies' human resources departments, senior managers and executives and, in a few cases, investors or consultants have come up with the fake job schemes. Of the companies that engaged in the practice, 45% posted between one to five fake job listings; 19% posted 10; 11% posted 50; 10% posted 25; and 13% posted 75 or more. The roles spanned all levels of seniority, from entry level openings to executive-tier jobs.
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Forty-percent of companies said they have posted a fake job listing this year, according to a survey in May of 650 hiring managers from career site Resume Builder. Three in 10 companies currently have fake listings on their sites or on job boards, according to the survey.
Unlike job scams in which criminals seek to obtain applicants' personal information, hiring managers themselves are often behind these "ghost jobs."
While seven in 10 hiring managers say that they believe the practice is morally acceptable and beneficial for business, it complicates job seekers' searches for work, and can also erode their trust in companies.
Click here to view related media.
"It's not something new, but it's being taken to a whole new level from what we're seeing," said Resume Builder's chief career advisor Stacie Haller. "It's very concerning, and they're doing it to create a certain impression to the world and to their internal employees. But the word 'fake' shouldn't apply anywhere in the hiring process."
Hiring managers told Resume Builder their companies' human resources departments, senior managers and executives and, in a few cases, investors or consultants have come up with the fake job schemes. Of the companies that engaged in the practice, 45% posted between one to five fake job listings; 19% posted 10; 11% posted 50; 10% posted 25; and 13% posted 75 or more. The roles spanned all levels of seniority, from entry level openings to executive-tier jobs.
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