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Re:'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them by Xylakant on Thursday December 18, 2025 @03:41AM (#46310270)
That’s a great idea if you’re hiring locally but we do hire international remote and I suspect no one will snail-mail me an application from the Americas or South Africa to Germany.
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Re:'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them by CalRobert on Thursday December 18, 2025 @05:18AM (#46310916)
Perhaps they could fax it
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Re:'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them by Xylakant on Thursday December 18, 2025 @06:06AM (#46311262)
But that would filter for German applicants. Who else would have a fax?
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Re:'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them by CalRobert on Thursday December 18, 2025 @06:22AM (#46311362)
No idea, though it's interesting that it may yet outlive posting a letter from their Danish neighbors.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg8jllq283o

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Re:'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them by PapstJL4U on Thursday December 18, 2025 @06:48AM (#46311550)
Japan as far as I know - old allies and such ;)
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Re:'Ghost jobs' are on the rise – and so are calls to ban them by Xylakant on Thursday December 18, 2025 @10:01AM (#46313399)
That is good to remember - I'll keep that in mind if I ever want to hire in [Germany, Japan] without spelling this out for some reason.
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