{"id":46125,"date":"2025-11-10T23:22:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T23:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=46125"},"modified":"2025-11-10T23:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T23:22:04","slug":"millions-of-job-postings-are-for-ghost-jobs-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=46125","title":{"rendered":"Millions of Job Postings Are for &#8216;Ghost Jobs&#8217;: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"tw:mt-0 tw:mb-1 tw:font-sans tw:text-2xl\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"tw:font-semibold tw:font-sans tw:text-base tw:marker:text-blue-600\">\n<li>Ghost jobs are postings that never become real employment opportunities. <\/li>\n<li>An analysis from AI resume builder MyPerfectResume shows that nearly one in three job opportunities are for ghost jobs. <\/li>\n<li>There were 2.2 million ghost jobs posted in the U.S. in June alone. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Millions of job postings never lead to a hire, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>AI resume builder MyPerfectResume used U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) data in an analysis published last week, which shows that nearly one in three U.S. job postings go nowhere. In other words, millions of open roles never materialize into real employment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>In June, for example, there were 7.4 million reported job openings in the U.S. but only 5.2 million hires, leaving over 2.2 million jobs, or 30% of roles, unfilled. Employers advertised these \u201cghost jobs,\u201d but the roles remained vacant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn paper, the labor market looks full of opportunity, but in reality, millions of these postings are illusions,\u201d says Jasmine Escalera, career expert at MyPerfectResume. \u201cGhost jobs don\u2019t just waste job-seekers\u2019 time. They inflate hope, undermine confidence in employers and create blind spots in the economic data policymakers depend on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b><b>\u2018More Soul-Crushing Than Ever\u2019: Popular Hiring Platform Finds Around 20% of Its Postings Were \u2018Ghost Jobs\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The gap between openings and hires has existed for years, peaking in 2021 when job postings surged above 11 million, but only six or seven million people were hired. As many as 38% of job postings were for ghost jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the gap has lingered. Today, the ghost job rate is between 28% and 32%, per the study.<\/p>\n<p>Ghost jobs hurt job-seekers, causing them to pursue nonexistent work opportunities, according to the study. Job-seekers spend time on applications that will never result in interviews or offers, while repeated failure to hire as advertised erodes trust and credibility in employer brands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil postings more accurately reflect actual hiring, workers will continue to chase jobs that don\u2019t exist, and trust in the labor market will erode,\u201d the study reads.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b><b>1 in 4 Job Listings on LinkedIn Are Likely \u2018Ghost Jobs,\u2019 According to a New Report. Here Are the Cities Impacted the Most.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Some of the sectors with the highest percentage of ghost jobs include education and health (50%) and financial activities (44%).<\/p>\n<p>Not all ghost jobs are intentionally fake. Some are the result of labor shortages, or true vacancies that remain unfilled due to a lack of qualified candidates, such as in healthcare and education. Others are due to administrative delays, like budget freezes, that can put hiring on indefinite hold even as jobs remain posted.<\/p>\n<p>In another case, some companies post jobs to maintain a pool of qualified candidates for future openings, rather than immediate needs.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the ghost job economy presents the illusion of a \u201cdeceptively strong\u201d U.S. labor market, according to the study. \u201cThe ghost job economy inflates hope [and] wastes job-seekers\u2019 time,\u201d the study stated.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b><b>Tired of Getting Ghosted By Hiring Managers? These Are the 10 Fastest Growing Jobs for 2025, According to LinkedIn.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"tw:mt-0 tw:mb-1 tw:font-sans tw:text-2xl\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"tw:font-semibold tw:font-sans tw:text-base tw:marker:text-blue-600\">\n<li>Ghost jobs are postings that never become real employment opportunities. <\/li>\n<li>An analysis from AI resume builder MyPerfectResume shows that nearly one in three job opportunities are for ghost jobs. <\/li>\n<li>There were 2.2 million ghost jobs posted in the U.S. in June alone. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Millions of job postings never lead to a hire, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>AI resume builder MyPerfectResume used U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) data in an analysis published last week, which shows that nearly one in three U.S. job postings go nowhere. In other words, millions of open roles never materialize into real employment opportunities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tw:justify-center tw:bg-gray-100 tw:flex tw:flex-col tw:sm:flex-row tw:rounded-lg tw:p-6 tw:align-middle tw:sm:text-left tw:text-center tw:mt-4 not-prose\">\n<div class=\"tw:flex tw:flex-col tw:justify-center tw:align-middle tw:mr-0 tw:sm:mr-16\">\n<p class=\"tw:text-sm tw:leading-5 tw:my-0 tw:font-sans\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe rest of this article is locked.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"tw:text-xl tw:text-black tw:font-bold tw:leading-5 tw:my-1 tw:font-sans\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoin Entrepreneur<span class=\"tw:text-yellow-300\">+<\/span> today for access.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/millions-of-job-postings-are-for-ghost-jobs-study\/499415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways Ghost jobs are postings that never become real employment opportunities. An analysis from AI resume builder MyPerfectResume shows that nearly one in three job opportunities are for ghost jobs. There were 2.2 million ghost jobs posted in the U.S. in June alone. Millions of job postings never lead to a hire, according to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[32],"class_list":{"0":"post-46125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-investing","8":"tag-featured"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Millions of Job Postings Are for &#039;Ghost Jobs&#039;: Study | iSafeSpend<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Key Takeaways Ghost jobs are postings that never become real employment opportunities. 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