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# Ghost Jobs Are Clogging LinkedIn’s Talent Pipeline
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/ghost-jobs-are-clogging-linkedins-talent-pipeline/
- Published: 2026-04-01T22:27:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-02T09:53:26.000Z
- Description: LinkedIn has become a dumping ground for positions companies never intend to fill—postings used to collect resumes for future hiring, satisfy internal bureaucracy, or simply remain live indefinitely after roles are closed. Recruiters and job seekers are now burning time on phantom opportunities, ...
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-consumer, consumer behavior, trust

Source: [Thelandingpad](https://thelandingpad.substack.com/p/are-linkedin-job-postings-real)

LinkedIn has become a dumping ground for positions companies never intend to fill—postings used to collect resumes for future hiring, satisfy internal bureaucracy, or simply remain live indefinitely after roles are closed. Recruiters and job seekers are now burning time on phantom opportunities, which degrades the platform’s ability to match candidates with jobs and forces candidates to develop new vetting behaviors (calling recruiters directly, checking company career pages). This friction doesn’t just waste individual hours; it erodes trust in LinkedIn’s value as a job platform at a moment when competing platforms and direct recruitment channels are gaining ground.