Paste any job URL. We'll scan 16 signals — posting age, ATS source, salary transparency, repost patterns, scam keywords — and tell you in 3 seconds whether it's worth applying to.
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Works best on direct career pages: Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday, BambooHR, Workable, SmartRecruiters, and most company careers pages. Indeed, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and ZipRecruiter block external checks — paste the link from the company's own careers page for a full score.
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Why this matters
Up to 40% of job postings online aren't real openings. Companies post ghost jobs to look like they're growing for investors, build talent pipelines for roles they don't have budget for, or keep employees feeling replaceable.
The average job seeker spends 11 hours per week applying. If 4 of those hours go to ghost jobs, that's 200+ hours a year on applications that were never going to lead anywhere. This tool tells you which ones those are — before you waste the time.
What we scan
Posting age
Jobs older than 30 days are ~3x more likely to be ghosts
ATS source
Direct ATS (Greenhouse, Lever) ghost rate is ~5%; aggregators are 25-40%
Salary disclosure
Real jobs are 60% more likely to publish a salary range
Repost patterns
If a company keeps reposting the same role, it's not getting filled
Description specificity
Real jobs name teams, tools, and reporting structure
Scam red flags
Wire transfers, SSN requests, gift card payments — instant ghost
Salary range spread
A range from $40k to $200k means they don't know what they want
Expiration dates
If validThrough has passed, the listing is dead
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