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Re:28% of job postings on company career sites have been ope... by probably_wrong on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @03:21PM (#49821164)
I was recently job searching and roughly 50% of all jobs ghosted me. Just an automated email and then... silence. And when applying via LinkedIn only ~5% of companies even opened my application.

I can believe that your company has a good reason for keeping the job up, but I also know that some job ads are black holes were no one bothers to do the bare minimum including taking the posting down. I have no idea how to differentiate one from the other.

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Re:28% of job postings on company career sites have been ope... by IshKebab on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @05:24PM (#49822806)
50% is a pretty damn good response rate! I wouldn't complain about that.

It's not surprising about LinkedIn. They've made applying for jobs too easy so there's too much noise. I wouldn't bother applying for jobs there. LinkedIn is great for recruiters though - just put some effort into your profile, set it to "looking for work", and then reply to interesting recruiter spam. That's how I got my last 3 jobs.

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Re:28% of job postings on company career sites have been ope... by juneyi on Thursday September 24, 2026 @10:24AM (#49831077)
extremely good, my stats have been generally 5-10% response rate for just screenings in the course of over 4 times when i was looking for new roles. each time sent anywhere between 200 - 400 applications. and that's just for calls to get to recruiter or hiring manager
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Re:28% of job postings on company career sites have been ope... by perganomoly on Thursday September 24, 2026 @02:33PM (#49834944)
You mean “Open to Work”? If yes, did you turn on the green ring around your profile pic?
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Re:28% of job postings on company career sites have been ope... by IshKebab on Thursday September 24, 2026 @04:49PM (#49836558)
Yeah exactly. I don't know what the green ring is so.. no!
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