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When you're ghosted by a match on your dating profile or they are no-show for a date, it can be a difficult pill to swallow.
Unfortunately, there's not much your elected officials can do about that.
But in the case of "ghost jobs," where companies post open positions on job boards like LinkedIn and Indeed without the intention of actually filling them right away, lawmakers are working to provide a solution, according to a report by theWall Street Journal.
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Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to review the measure when it reaches her desk.
Jim Prokopiakintroduced a billin March that, if made law, would require employers to state their hiring intentions and provide a timeline of when job listings will be removed after the job is filled.
States likeKentucky, New Jersey, and Californiaare considering similar solutions.
"When people are putting the time and effort into applying, there's a reasonable expectation that there is a job out there," Prokopiak told the Wall Street Journal.
Even job boards themselves are in the crosshairs.
In Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton,opened an investigation into LinkedInlast month, which he says has advertised and profited from fake job ads.
LinkedIn has defended its practices in response, telling the Wall Street Journal that its policies require that posted jobs be "authentic and accurately represented." In short, "ghost jobs" are very common and have been for a while.
Forty percent of companiessurveyed by career site resume builderin 2024 said that they posted a fake job listing that year.
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