The labor market is experiencing strange times around the world. While in many economies there are difficulties in finding employees, in industries such as technology we are seeing massive layoffs involving tens of thousands of employees.

To add further confusion to the market, we are also seeing another phenomenon: the proliferation of phantom job offers.. The practice came to light in September last year, when Clarify Capital published the results of a survey of just over a thousand recruiters in which, among other findings, 1 in 5 respondents had no plans to fill the vacancies offered in the short term.

Why keep these offers open if they have no intention of covering them? Respondents gave several reasons. Some recruiters say that the company is always willing to recruit new talent. Others noted that they do it to keep their employees motivated. Still others to give the impression that the company is growing. You can view the survey at https://clarifycapital.com/job-seekers-beware-of-ghost-jobs-survey.