‘He is telling the truth!’: Expert shares how to tell if you’re actually applying for a ‘ghost’ job

Nothing’s worse than showing up to the annual extended-family Thanksgiving dinner unemployed. Everyone’s gloating about their success and you’re stuck feeling like you may as well be at the kids table. 

And with unemployment rates only expected to rise in the United States, this is a reality for many Americans. Yet, the job search has evolved from a quick scan of that newspaper back page into something much more digital and… deceptive. 

“This is gonna sound psychotic,” one man says of his theory on the subject.