Why No One’s Hiring Even Though Job Boards Are Bleeding Posts

TL;DR: Scores of job listings, fewer hires. Ghost jobs, AI-driven entry-level collapse, and businesses too goddamn cheap to onboard. This is the labor market tanking while your hopes vanish.

The Illusion of a Hiring Boom

You see hundreds of jobs posted every day. You apply. You wait. You get nothing.

Half of them are ghost jobs—positions companies don’t intend to fill. Maybe it’s to pacify existing staff. Maybe it's to seem legit for investors or HR reports. Maybe they just want resumes for future use. Whatever the reason—it’s bullshit. Up to 20% of listings are pure smoke and mirrors.
oai_citation:0‡YouTube

Over 40% of companies admit they post roles without real intent to hire. That doesn’t count duplicate ads, remote baiting, or endless recycling of stale pages.
oai_citation:1‡KOAA News 5

Entry-Level Jobs? Gone With the Wind

No one wants fresh grads anymore.
AI chops their tasks. Employers shuffle hiring to experienced pros. Ridiculous gap: unemployment among degree-holders (age 22–27) recently hit 5.8%, above overall jobless rates.
oai_citation:2‡The Wall Street Journal oai_citation:3‡AP News

Entry-level job postings dropped by 35% since early 2023—and that’s not hype, that’s the new normal.
oai_citation:4‡Barron's

Ghost Listings Keep the Illusion Alive

Job boards are full of recycled listings and scraped roles. One hiring manager even saw a role she’d filled four months ago still live on Indeed because of stale crawls.
oai_citation:5‡paulfuhr.medium.com

Business Insider says 3 in 10 companies run fake listings—and nearly 70% of HR managers say it’s "morally acceptable."
oai_citation:6‡Business Insider

We’re All Bleeding Out

Nearly 2 million Americans are on unemployment—highest level since late 2021. At the same time, hiring is at a decade-low, with exits lasting longer, crushing spirits.
oai_citation:7‡washingtonpost.com

Tech lost its burst momentum. Post-boom, job postings in tech have cratered harder than in any other sector. Fewer roles. Frozen promotions. Frozen hope.
oai_citation:8‡Business Insider

TL;DR (Redux in Rage Mode)

• Job boards are polluted—ghost listings run rampant.
• Entry-level job pipelines have been cut. No more “make your way up.”
• Employers bluff hiring while waiting for the “perfect hire.”
• The system is rigged to let your spirit drip away.

What Must Be Done (Probably Won’t Be)

• Employers—show real roles. Stop pretending.
• Job platforms—purge ghost listings and outdated posts.
• We—don’t waste time on illusions. Stop feeding the click-machine.

Wake the fuck up. You're not failing the job market. The market failed you.

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Posted by someone who still checks Boards—and doesn’t fall for the bullshit anymore.