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    This guy has spent two years hunting fake job listings on LinkedIn, and found 60,000 of them
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    This guy has spent two years hunting fake job listings on LinkedIn, and found 60,000 of them

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    2. FckXFckMusk on

      Its Fraud by Misrepresentation…..

      yet to date Linkedin hasn’t been fined for facilitating this crime….

    3. Historical-Dentist94 on

      1. Everyone major company on linked in is posting jobs they have no intention of hiring for so they appear to be growing. 2. Linked in doesn’t care because the entire site is a fraudulent attempt to get users to pay for premium access.

    4. IAmSpartacustard on

      LinkedIn has been worse than useless in my experience. It actively makes job searching more tedious, idk why anyone uses it

    5. justanothersnek on

      I like the part where youre interviewing unbeknownst to you they already have someone internally to fill the job, but internal HR rule says they need to interview at least 3 people. So you’re really interviewing for no nothing or for practice.

    6. _The_Last_Airbender_ on

      Shit has been garbage ever since they decided “now we have a premium version you can pay for”

    10. Teddybear_ on

      This article is referring to FRAUDULENT job postings. It is NOT referring to “bogus” job postings for supposed “ghost” jobs like so many in the comments are stating.

      *“The fraud is not limited to obvious fake accounts. Some scammers create batches of recruiter profiles using copied photos and similar account details. Others take over dormant, verified LinkedIn accounts and attach them to legitimate companies. Still others place job ads on legitimate company pages that direct applicants to outside websites or email* *addresses.”*

      While ghost jobs do exist, they are INCREDIBLY rare. Furthermore, most ghost jobs are posted in obscure places, like newspapers, to satisfy the requirements of certain laws.

    12. PricklyPear85 on

      I’m also wondering how much of our data is being used and pursued against us with them having all our business information

    13. CM_MOJO on

      I’ve never ever gotten an interview after applying for any job on LinkedIn. However, every job/contract I’ve gotten since 2015 was because of LinkedIn. Recruiters contacting me based upon my profile had led to every job/contract I’ve had in the last decade.

      And yet, I still hate LinkedIn.

    14. TeaAndS0da on

      I’ve never had a LinkedIn, I’ve been told I’m harming myself without it by limiting my exposure (probably true). I’ve been told to use their free training pages and i haven’t. The reason? All these social media sites sell my data, why would I willingly handicap myself to a situation like this with a company that sells your data so the hiring group has already judged you before you attempt to apply? It’s fucking stupid long term.

      When you think about it even for a second, you recognize that letting businesses blatantly lie to you and then harvest your data to fuck you over later is the way more likely outcome than the “I got noticed by a cool company and met their specific niche need! Yay!” scenario.

    15. Initial-Anything333 on

      Where can I find a list? I’m supposed to apply for X number of jobs a week to keep my Medicaid and I don’t actually want to get hired

    16. Niceguy955 on

      59,500 of them just in my account. Whenever I get a job offer in LinkedIn, I just paste it into ChatGPT/Gemini, ask for red flags (always a million), and for questions to ask the “recruiter”. Almost 95% of the time their replies give them up.

      I already recognized some of them without bothering. The worst come from compromised accounts, lending them some authenticity, but the red flags are always there.