Why do companies post fake jobs?
Companies keep non-hiring listings live to harvest resumes for future roles, impress investors with headcount plans, benchmark salaries, or avoid looking understaffed. Some boards also resurface old ATS posts automatically, which looks like a fake job even when no one at the company intended it.
High churn pairs—same title and company reposted every few weeks—are a strong ghost-job signal. Low-quality job boards amplify the problem by syndicating stale feeds.
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