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What are "ghost jobs", and why are so many unemployed workers frustrated with them?

by Kimberly Adams
Aug 26, 2024
They look like legitimate job listings, but they aren't.
If a job posting you're interested in has been up for several months, that's a sign that it may be a "ghost job."
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For both employers and applicants, the job market is a tough gig

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Kristin Schwab
Feb 2, 2024
For applicants, the interviewing can seem endless. For employers, the pool of workers is small and the future may feel uncertain.
Many employers and job seekers feel a bit powerless in the current environment.
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Resume gaps may shrink in importance, especially for women of color

by Lily Jamali
Jan 20, 2022
Employers need understand the many reasons workers have left the jobs on their own or involuntarily, one supervisor says.
Women dropped out of the workforce in record numbers over the past year and a half. Will employers still view resume gaps as red flags?
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With long-term unemployment comes long-term challenges

by Mitchell Hartman
Jun 3, 2021
The stigma impacts employers who are less likely to hire those applicants and job seekers who internalize shame and doubt.
Long-term unemployment often comes with anxiety and feelings of shame.
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States return to pre-pandemic unemployment rules, but are workers ready?

by Kimberly Adams
Jun 2, 2021
It's a soft political target, but allowing people to spend more time on unemployment may help them land better jobs.
Reinstated rules requiring people to prove they’re actively looking for work benefit employers getting desperate for workers.
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Manufacturing struggles to find enough workers to meet demand

by Andy Uhler
Mar 4, 2021
There’s a skills mismatch between job openings and job seekers.
Tractor maker John Deere has unfilled openings in some locations, like much of the manufacturing sector.
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Attention job seekers: “We all have worth, we all have value”

by Maria Hollenhorst
Feb 5, 2021
A story about job hunting from a job-hunting counselor. “I learned a valuable lesson,” says Carolyn Kennard of Texas.
Carolyn Kennard, a regional facilitator at the Houston-Galveston division of nonprofit Workforce Solutions, leads a career workshop for high school students in 2019.
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From Ph.D. to freelance writer, trying to make it as a journalist

by Bennett Purser
Apr 22, 2019
Jennifer Mabry earned the degrees but is still hoping to land the right job.
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People who have jobs are searching for better ones … in Hawaii

by Jana Kasperkevic
Sep 20, 2017
Is this a sign of a stronger job market?
Palm trees are silhouetted before the sunset sky at Waikiki beach in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Swipe right for ... your next job?

by Brian Watt
Oct 7, 2015
Smartphones and swipes put more power in the hands of job seekers.
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