The modern job market can look full of opportunity while producing almost no response. That is because the number of visible listings is not the same as the number of funded, active roles employers genuinely intend to fill.
In this episode of Career Strategies, Byron K. Veasey explains how stale listings, frozen positions, speculative postings, internal candidates, and ghost jobs distort your response rate and quietly damage your confidence.
You will learn why an unanswered application is not always a rejection, how phantom postings contaminate your job-search metrics, and why experienced professionals should verify an opportunity before investing time in a tailored application.
Volume is not demand. A posting is not proof. Verify before you apply.
Based on Chapter 2 of Ghosted in the Job Search: The Invisible Hiring Crisis, Corporate Phantom Postings, and How to Win Back Your Worth
