28% of job postings on company career sites have been open over 90 days

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Ghost Jobs Report, September 2026Measured across 607,050 postings open on 15 applicant tracking systems, read directly from each employer's own careers site. A posting that disappears in days was real. 4. 2%of closed postings were reposted within 30 days3,915 of 94,333: same employer, same role, back as a new posting after the close. How old the open postings areEvery dated open posting, by the time since the employer published it. A further 4,576 open postings were closed and reopened in place.

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