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These are reserved spot for H1B candidates. Company has to prove to IMS that they couldnt find a suitable candidates among the people in the US, the help wanted ad is to fool the ims. That’s the whole purpose. Dirty and ugly business!
I completely agree with this. I've seen many H1Bs with no prior job experience landing jobs, while I have over 15 years of IT experience, an IT degree, and certifications, yet I've been unemployed for a few months.
I stopped applying for roles via LinkedIn or ANY job board some time ago, applying directly on the company's website. Also, your resume has to be tailored to the job description. In the US, companies use ATS (Applicant Tracking System). Even if you have the experience, but don't use their key words, your application will be rejected. Use their key words and phrases as often as possible within applicable roles.
Great advice.. thanks.
Over the past year or so there has been a bizarre trend in ghost jobs, positions that companies post yet have no intention of filling. There was even news coverage of it, I recall that the CBS News site had a pretty detailed story about it. It's conceivable that some of the jobs you applied to were ghost jobs, the companies posted them to make people think they're doing well and adding to their workforce. But they just keep posting the same job over and over.
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I agree with Analyst 1, it might be a ghost job. There are estimates are that 40% of jobs posted on boards are ghost jobs.
Another possibility... there are several stories floating around about ATS systems being poorly configured and so rejecting qualified candidates. It is possible that the screening process is broken and no one - the HM would hire - is making it through.
I agree. I've previously used a service to scan my resume and compare it to the entire job posting, this helps over a manual compare. Then you need to do updates. It's a pain because one employer uses one word and another employer uses a different word. Most ATS don't do synonyms.
Even after you get cleared by ATS you need to make it thru rest of process if not a ghost job.
LinkedIn also uses your self identified strengths and skills for this algorithm, so it may not be an exact science when they recommend job fit.
It is estimated that as many as 50% of posted jobs are already filled internally or by former co-workers of the hiring manager when they are posted. But that wouldn’t explain why they still appear to be open months later. The ghost jobs mentioned here in other comments would explain that.
Sometimes people don’t distinguish between the percentage of some group in the population versus their percentage in the pool of qualified applicants. For example, if some group makes up 15% of the general population, only 5% of recent Computer Science grads, and 5% of your qualified applicant pool, your target is 5% of new hires and a bit less for all programmers (not 15% of new hires or 15% of all programmers - even at 5% of CS graduates that number was smaller in the past and thus the target would be lower for more senior programmers). I have noticed a difference at work. We have more black people, more overweight people, and more older people in the “creative group” (graphic design group) that sits near me. I am glad to see them all. We are missing some Hispanics, however, would say based on what I know about Hispanic Graphic Design students.
Not only am I seeing more ghost jobs. But also the “recruiting” being performed by fake companies. All to harvest demographic data with the sole purpose of spamming and scamming you.
its a joke the whole job search process has been in ruins post pandemic...I have been through 4 layoffs since late 2020-September of this year. What I have learned is fine tune your cover letter and resume as best as possible for each role and hope for the best the Competition is beyond insane..... You need Luck and timing in this market... Once I got my current job I didnt start for 3 weeks and I was still interviewing with 5 other companies paying MUCH more $25-40K and guess what I didnt get offers from any of them! thank god I accepted and took this current role, however I am STILL Looking since the paycut is proving almost impossible to live on until the commissions kick in (Its a biz development/sales role) Newly created position in Healthcare
Totally agree take any offer and keep looking cuz ya never know if other simultaneous interviews will present an offer.
Advisors are paid to advise, whether the advice is any good or not. Algorithms are made by people who are employed. If the algorithm was written by the searching, we'd at least all get interviewed. Tech is tech's biggest problem.
I can relate. For about 95% of the jobs I apply to, I never hear back. And even when I do get a response, it often takes ages to receive a rejection email. It seems like many hiring teams have become less professional these days.
I so agree
Bc it’s not a real job.
A recruiter once admitted they repost jobs to stay at the top of the search. No intention of hiring. I am also seeing a trend where someone who doesn't know what they are doing gets the job.
Yea but this isn’t a norm.
yeah, i totally agree with you. even when you check the qualifications and you think you’re qualified, you’ll get rejected right away. it’s so stressful and quite depressing. But we need to still try again and again. Hopefully, we’ll get the right one and better one for us. God bless us
Ghost jobs✨
It’s “AI” telling you’re a fit based on some algorithm, hence why AI works for some things and will never be what people want it to truly be. The “fit” thing is a joke with these platforms.
Yet our companies keep pushing it to be absolutely everything and it will never be that. Execs won’t listen.
Trend. I wish they’d never took away so many paper applications to be honest…
Sometimes postings get removed to allow processing the backlog of applicants. The posting might get reopened depending on the number of applicants that have been advanced to the next round.
I’ve never heard of “Ghost Jobs” thank you for the great information!
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I experience the same thing
I also notice this and find it quite puzzling. I don't understand the rationale behind this at all