"Hiring managers acknowledge as much. In a survey of more than 1,000 hiring managers last summer, 27% reported having #job postings up for more than four months. Among those who said they advertised job #postings that they weren’t actively trying to fill, close to half said they kept the ads up to give the impression the #company was growing, according to #ClarifyCapital, a small-business-loan provider behind the #study. One-third of the managers who said they #advertised jobs they weren’t trying to fill said they kept the listings up to placate #overworked #employees."

You've probably been in the position of sending out your resume far and wide, filling out zillions of applications, and going weeks or even months before even getting an answer. Well, turns out a lot of it's because they're not actually hiring #anyone. It's not just you.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/that-plum-job-listing-may-just-be-a-ghost-3aafc794