1 in 5 job listings either fake or never filled

The Wall Street Journal, citing internal data from a hiring agency, reports that one in five job listings never result in a job being gotten. They're either left unfilled or the listings are simply fake. As summarized by Gizmodo, the Journal story illustrates the grim numbers with the story of Serena Dao, who searched for a job for over a year, applying to hundreds before realizing that many of the positions were not actually available. — Read the rest

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