Signal Four in 10 organizations posted jobs with no intention to hire in 2024

Summary

Job postings themselves have become a source of inauthentic information in talent markets. Deloitte cites Resume Builder data showing that in 2024, four in ten organisations advertised positions they did not actually plan to fill. These so-called ghost jobs add to the noise created by AI on both sides of hiring. Candidates use AI to mass-produce applications and complete assessments, while employers use AI to screen them, creating what Deloitte calls a bot-versus-bot dynamic. The result is resume noise and hiring slop in which signs of genuine human experience get lost. Ghost jobs deepen the sense that little in the talent market can be taken at face value.