I'm not actively looking for a job but I decided it would be good to kick some tires.

There was one particular job that LinkedIn kept feeding me. I literally checked every box on the requirements. Everything they wanted, I had and mostly exceeded.

I applied, a 2-3 weeks ago, and haven't heard a peep. Meanwhile LI still dangles the position (now reposted) in front of me.

Why? Wouldn't they at least want to hear from me? And why can't they at least say "sorry but we're moving on"?

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It's possible the job post that seems to be chasing you is a ghost job anyway. Companies will list positions they have no intention of filling, for various reasons. Some are just collecting resumes for their own intelligence collection, some are just trying to look like they're doing well and always hiring. It used to be standard to let people know when a company wasn't interested, but it seems like the standard now is to just ignore people unless they want to call someone in for an interview.

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I applied for a position that looked very attractive from the description. Five weeks later I finally speak to the internal recruiter. Turns out they're expecting to pay a salary roughly half what I'm making now. Recruiter was polite about it but basically blamed me for wasting his time.

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Where in reality it was the recruiter who wasted your time when they chose not to post the salary range for the job.

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Agreed, companies are now just keeping job posts open year around. It allows them to collect the resume and keep a fresh “bench” in case someone leaves unexpectedly. It’s terrible practice for active job seekers.

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The job market is very difficult. Be weary of reposted jobs. I applied to a few of them and they are still posted. If you apply, your resume will be stored in the company's ATS. You have to apply to many, many jobs now. Make sure to run your resume and job posting through AI (I used MS Copilot and ask for an ATS score). You want to have over a 90% score to get noticed. Apparently you also need to have your resume evaluated for a score every few weeks to keep up with the algorithms.

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