AMANDA GOODALL: Los Angeles leads U.S. cities with 30.5% fake job posts

WOW!
Fake job postings are 18-40% of what you see listed according to studies.

- 40% of companies posted fake job ads this year (ResumeBuilder, August 2025)
- 27.4% of U.S. LinkedIn postings are “ghost jobs” (https://t.co/Zdd7ufT7yh, September 2025)
- 18–22% of Greenhouse… https://t.co/63AwyzlzfL

— Amanda Goodall (@thejobchick) October 3, 2025

WOW! Fake job postings are 18-40% of what you see listed according to studies.

- 40% of companies posted fake job ads this year (ResumeBuilder, August 2025)

- 27.4% of U.S. LinkedIn postings are “ghost jobs” (http://ResumeUp.AI, September 2025)

- 18–22% of Greenhouse listings are fake (Quartz, January 2025)

- 30% of companies had one or more active ghost job listings at the time (ResumeBuilder, Aug 2025)

- Los Angeles leads U.S. cities with 30.5% fake job posts (Entrepreneur analysis, Sep 2025)

- Nearly 1 in 3 job postings may be ghost jobs, per multiple analyses (2024-2025)