The hidden cost of ghost jobs

If you’ve looked for a job in the last 12 months, odds are you’ve run into this sequence of events: You find a job description that matches your experience perfectly. You take the time to tailor your résumé to the listing, write the perfect cover letter, submit your application, and wait to hear back. Only you never hear back. In fact, no one does. You just applied for what’s now being called a “ghost job.” Ghost jobs are listings for open roles that a company has no intention of…