I don't know what the stats are and it seems that a lot of people are complaining about fake or stale job postings on job boards. I'm sure there are fakes out t

I don't know what the stats are and it seems that a lot of people are complaining about fake or stale job postings on job boards. I'm sure there are fakes out there. However, it's hard to imagine that this is a wide-scale problem. The reason is that job posting on job boards for engineering jobs are expensive. It makes no sense to dish out a ton of money for jobs that don't exist. On the other hand, postings on company corporate sites are free, so perhaps that's where the problem is. Regarding stale postings, it's inevitable. When I post an ad, I get X resumes during week one, and I start reviewing them. Some of those people get to an interview. As I am interviewing the first bath, more people are applying. At some point, I find a candidate and we like each other. There are still other people in the pipeline who get rejected because the position is filled. To them, it looks like a stale job posting.