“The Wall Street Journal cites internal data from the hiring platform Greenhouse that shows one in five online job postings—or between 18% and 22% of jobs advertised—are either fake or never filled.”
Up to 22% of job postings are fake or never filled. Companies post them to look like they are growing. One applicant sent 260 applications over a year. Greenhouse and LinkedIn now sell verification to fix the mess their own platforms host.