Between 18% and 22% of jobs advertised in 2024 were appeals for new workers that never actually got filled.
White-collar workers say it’s harder to get hired and blame everything from artificial intelligence to tighter budgets.
70% of companies using Greenhouse posted at least one ghost job in the second quarter of last year. And 15% of companies were regular offenders, with one in every two jobs they advertised languishing with no hire.