Think You're Making Your Job Search Faster By Applying To Fake Jobs?

It's a surprise to many job seekers that 30% of all jobs on job boards and LinkedIn are fake.

There are fake jobs on company career pages, too.

That means you're likely applying to fake jobs all the time ... and think about how all those fake jobs slow down your job search.

Job boards nor LinkedIn police re even discourage fake ads, since they don't want to lose 30% of their revenue.

Both internal recruiters, headhunters, and retained recruiters have to post fake ads - It's a part of their jobs. These ads build candidate pipelines, but don't represent real opportunities. They might sometime in the future, or they might not.

And when hiring slows, like it has in 2024, the percentage of fake jobs posted often rises, as recruiters have a lower volume of jobs to recruit, so they need to be worried about keeping their own jobs. If they don't collect enough resumes or interview enough candidates, they'll be on the chopping block ... this encourages not only fake ads, but fake interviews.

So on average, this wastes 30% of your job search time, making it 30% less efficient, and take 30% longer.

I help people solve the most difficult job search problems, including job search acceleration, getting past ATSs, ageism, remote positions, product/job function/career/industry/ geographic change, unemployment, "bouncy" recent career path, job search turnaround, seeking raise/promotion, industry in decline/consolidation, long term gaps, family leave, or other of the most challenging job search issues.

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