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A new survey finds that 86% of job candidates report having come across job postings they suspected were not tied to any actual open position. These 'ghost jobs' appear live on job boards despite the role not actively being filled, leaving many applicants submitting resumes into a void.
Hacker News posted its recurring monthly 'Ask HN' thread for job-seeking developers and tech professionals to list their location, remote preferences, skills, and contact details. The post restricts participation to individuals personally seeking work, explicitly excluding recruiters, agencies, and job boards. It also points readers to two third-party tools, nthesis.ai and wantstobehired.com, that aggregate past postings for searching.
Hacker News has posted its monthly 'Ask HN: Who is hiring?' thread for October 2026, inviting companies to list open roles directly rather than through recruiters or job boards. Posting rules require location details, remote-work status, and a brief company description for lesser-known firms, with posters expected to actively respond to applicants.
Career experts say many job applicants are experiencing silence from employers after interviews or applications, leaving candidates uncertain about their standing in a competitive job market. They point to overwhelmed hiring teams, high application volumes, and shifting recruitment practices as contributing factors.
A careers newsletter produced by IEEE Spectrum in partnership with Parsity shares personal advice for engineers navigating job loss, drawing on the author's own experience of being laid off from a management role while juggling a new business and family responsibilities. The piece emphasizes emotional resilience, reminding readers that professional identity as an engineer persists beyond employment status, and outlines practical first steps such as pausing before job hunting and cutting unnecessary expenses.
A career advice piece lays out five strategies job seekers can use when meeting hiring managers who have no open role and are only speaking with them as a favor to a mutual connection. The approach focuses on shifting a polite but disengaged conversation into one that generates real interest and momentum toward an offer.
The piece revisits Howard Thurman's advice that people should pursue what makes them feel alive rather than chase what they think the world demands. It offers four questions readers can ask themselves to evaluate whether their current job aligns with their genuine interests and strengths.