The 10 Must-Read Articles for Talent Professionals This Week

Ghost jobs.

No, we’re not talking about spirit recruiters hiring the likes of Moaning Myrtle, Slimer, and Casper.

Instead, we’re talking about a practice that nearly 30% of hiring managers admit to doing: Posting jobs for more than four months without any intention of filling them.

This far-from-best practice is understandably a huge source of frustration for candidates. So, why do hiring managers do it? A recent article by HR Morning highlights why, including:

• Building a database of resumes for future openings

• Giving the appearance that a company is growing when it’s not

• Maintaining a pool of candidates to speed up the hiring process when an existing employee resigns

“Whether it’s intentional or not,” HR Morning writes, “keeping jobs posted longer than they’re relevant is not a good look for a company. Candidates who upload applications into a resume black hole feel disrespected and cheated.”

To learn more about the perils of posting ghost jobs, be sure to check out the top spot in our list below of must-read articles for talent professionals. And further down the list, you can also find out why one company replaced all of its managers with coaches; what the job market may have in store for the Class of 2023; and why AI’s impact on the future of work is still far from clear.

Here are the must-read articles from this week:

1. Posting Ghost Jobs Is Dangerous: 7 Better Ways to Recruit Great Talent (HR Morning)

2. A Company Replaced All of Its Managers with Coaches. Employees Became 20% More Productive — and Much Happier (Fortune) 

3. The New Age of Hiring: AI Is Changing the Game for Job Seekers (CNET)

4. Will the Class of ’23 Have a Soft Landing? (Revelio Labs)

5. What We’ve Learned from the Great Resignation (Bloomberg)

6. How to Build a More Equitable Workplace for LGBTQ+ Employees, According to LinkedIn Survey Data (LinkedIn Talent Blog)

7. A Skills-First State of Mind (ATD)

8. The AI Revolution Will Change Work. Nobody Agrees How (The New York Times)

9. Interviewing Candidates During Organizational Change (ERE)

10. Let’s Try ‘Return to Work’ Without the Stunts (The Wall Street Journal)

Here is the must-listen podcast:

Culture as a Hiring Differentiator (Recruiting Future with Matt Alder)