Is that job real, or a ghost job?

Signs a posting might be a ghost job

• 1

  It has been up (or reposted) for months

  A role that never closes, or keeps reappearing with small wording changes, often is not being actively filled.

• 2

  The responsibilities are vague or boilerplate

  Generic copy that could describe any company is a sign the posting exists to collect resumes, not to hire a specific person.

• 3

  No salary range and no named team or manager

  Real, urgent roles usually have a clearer picture of who you would work with and what the role pays.

• 4

  It says they are "always accepting applications"

  Evergreen postings are often pipeline-building, not a job opening with a start date.

• 5

  The same role is everywhere, slightly reworded

  The exact role posted across many boards with tweaked titles can be a sign of a posting that is more about reach than hiring.

• 6

  You apply and hear nothing. Ever.

  Not even a rejection. This is the most common and most demoralizing signal, and it is the one we can actually help with.

You can't always tell before you apply. You can tell when you've been ghosted.

Here is the honest truth: no tool can reliably prove a posting is fake before you apply. The signs above are clues, not certainty. What you can do is stop letting silent applications sit and drain your hope.

Hired Copilot tracks every application you log. If one sits for two weeks with no reply, it marks it as ghosted, so you stop refreshing your inbox over a job that was never going to answer, and put that energy into fresher postings instead. You see, at a glance, what is still alive and what has gone cold.