Worried you're applying to a 'ghost job'? Here are some ways to tell

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"Ghost jobs" are roles that employers appear to be actively hiring for, though they're actually not.

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Job interviews are about to get a whole lot more stressful

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Taking the S2, which measures cognitive capacities like your reaction time and ability to control distractions, feels like a cross between playing Pong and taking an eye exam.

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Waze cofounder explains the 2 questions he asks a job candidate's reference

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Uri Levine asks a job applicant's reference simple questions.

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Some Gen Zers seem to be bringing parents to job interviews. It may not be as bad as it sounds.

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Some Gen Zers are bringing their parents to interviews (stock image.)

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A job seeker says she was invited to a work happy hour after an interview, but it turned out to be another hiring test

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A rooftop happy hour.

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'Unbossing' the workplace could make Gen Zers better at their jobs, hiring experts say

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The great "unbossing" could make Gen Zers better at their jobs (stock image).

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Here are the restaurants that raised menu prices in California, from Chick-fil-A to McDonald's

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California franchisees who run restaurants from McDonald's to Vitality Bowls have passed higher wage costs to consumers.

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Why employers are reluctant to hire young men

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Because of America's broken unemployment insurance system, the way firings are handled might affect whether young guys can get hired in the first place.

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Tesla posts roles for Autopilot team after weeks of mass layoffs and scrubbing jobs board

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Tesla posted a series of AI and Autopilot roles.
Tesla posted a series of AI and Autopilot roles.

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Jobseekers and recruiters are all using AI. It's chaos.

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AI Robots battling it out amidst a flurry of falling resumes
Jobseekers and recruiters are both using AI to get a leg up. It's a battle of the bots.

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When Josh Holbrook, a software engineer in Alaska, was laid off in January, he didn't expect to spend too much time looking for a new job. He certainly didn't think he'd need to relearn the job-hunt process.

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