Job Postings Up for 6+ months?

17 Comments

1. Carol Brumer GliksmanJanuary 7,2026 at 1:20PM UTC

   I certainly have seen positions being reposted within a few months after not being considered. Sometimes the position is out in hold. Sometimes they need to find the perfect candidate. Sometimes they forget to pull the position even when filled. Company websites are usually the most up to date place vs public postings.

2. AnonymousJanuary 7,2026 at 1:47PM UTC

   Could be any number of things:

   *Neglect in taking the posting down

   *Or have a stupid ATS like my company's where people at HQ change it in the background so frequently you don't know what's what (I've been waiting on my access to be fixed for over a month now)

   *It is such a niche role that it is very hard to fill and can't find the right candidate.

   *Or maybe it's not even a niche role but just can't find the right candidate (another issue I am suffering through)

   *Maybe it's a high turnover position so they figure it's easier to leave up.

   *Maybe they have more than one of that role to fill.

   *Maybe they are just doing it to irritate the masses.

3. AnonymousJanuary 7,2026 at 1:59PM UTC

   Turnover in HR.

   Disconnect (lack of communication) between the Hiring leader and HR recruiter.

   Systems changes / software glitch

4. AnonymousJanuary 7,2026 at 3:00PM UTC

   Based on where I work, one of the reasons may be because the interivew process takes SO LONG that every time they finally settle on someone that person has moved on and found a new job.

5. AnonymousJanuary 7,2026 at 3:01PM UTC

   They are just collecting resumes to test the waters and appear to be growing. It's just a game.

6. AnonymousJanuary 8,2026 at 5:09AM UTC

   My anecdotal experience is that companies are collecting and selling candidate data. I dont have real proof, but the number of spam texts seems to increase after I apply for a role. I used to get interviews too, but that seems to be rarer lately.

7. AnonymousJanuary 8,2026 at 2:12PM UTC

   They don’t have staff to update their website.

   Lots of turnover for certain positions

   Hard to find qualified applicants because the company is too picky but often because compensation is low n

8. Coach Nancie Kay ShumanJanuary 8,2026 at 7:16PM UTC

   LinkedIn has already said that there are many positions posted which are not actually open, because the companies want to keep buzz going about them and the jobs. There is one in particular here in Los Angeles which I would love to work for (and it pays well, especially considering that it is in the Entertainment Industry which historically pays at the lower end of the spectrum,) which constantly has the same jobs open. Sometimes they linger, sometimes the simply show back up several weeks later.

9. AnonymousJanuary 8,2026 at 7:34PM UTC

   I can explain. When you see a role up for a long period of time it can be one of many things.

   1- An evergreen role where the company has multiple openings and leave it up for both recruiting purposes and also to alleviate the paperwork of constantly reposting. For example, a HM (hiring manager) has 10 open engineering positions all at the same level, salary, location etc. Instead of posting 10 positions they post only one and each time they hire to in in their ATS (applicant tracking system) they close that requisition and refresh it to open the next one, etc. etc.

   2- They have a budget to open a position that they may want to fish the market for, they may not know if the market will bear a person that fits the description and so they keep it open to test the market. Often these roles get interviewed for but they may never get hired upon.

   3- They are using the posting to firm up a VISA for a current employee. When someone is getting their green card or is getting a VISA for employment the company is required to post the roles openly even if they are sure they want to hire the person who may be on a temporary or student visa. Any company that has foreign employees who are not permanent residents has to do this to comply with the law.

   4- Company might have weak candidate flow and they are keeping roles open for the sake of future recruiting opportunities. This is probably the least likely situation unless it is a Fortune 50-100 company where their recruiting practices usually mean pre-banking candidate to have folks at their fingertips should they decide to source the market. Sourcing costs for many companies is hefty which adds to the cost per hire and can be excessive if the market is weak.

   I have worked in Recruiting and Talent Acquisition for over 20 years and know intimately how these postings work.

   For further clarification about the specific post you refer to use that post and linked in searching to see who is new, who has left that company and when and you may be able to distill the answer to your question. Comings and goings and even current staff in the same job title will help.

   I hope this answers your question.

10. AnonymousJanuary 8,2026 at 9:20PM UTC

    I only applied to the job opening on the company website (usually large companies- MAG7 too). I never use Indeed, LinkedIn, or others.

11. Liz MilneJanuary 9,2026 at 12:25AM UTC

    If you're seeing those jobs on jobs boards and employment websites, they've probably been scraped from elsewhere to draw in clicks. The bots don't tidy up after the job is taken down or the position filled. Check the dates the jobs are posted/ closed, see if you can backtrack them to their origin. It'll account for some of them at least

12. AnonymousJanuary 9,2026 at 3:04AM UTC

    Most of these are on linkedin.

13. AnonymousJanuary 9,2026 at 2:43AM UTC

    So true! Honestly my TA even admitted they just keep jobs on LinkedIn because they paid for the spot (but no real rec behind it).

14. AnonymousJanuary 9,2026 at 2:26PM UTC

    I saw the same jobs in my alerts that were posted last January. Some I interviewed for.

    Either they never intended to fill the role, have unrealistic standards ' or are so toxic the person hired didn't last. Red flag!

15. AnonymousJanuary 9,2026 at 4:11PM UTC

    THIS!

16. AnonymousJanuary 10,2026 at 2:31PM UTC

    It’s not you at all, it’s a fact to support the narrative that companies are hiring and everything is fine when we all know that’s not the case. A lot of them are “ghost” jobs for appearance only but unfortunately for many of them it’s there’s no way to tell them apart from real postings which is by design I assume. I have a running list of roles I’ve applied for in an excel spreadsheet to reference which helps me manage the details of each role and helps with noticing reposts, no response etc…which enables me to make a call on if I continue to engage with a company or not moving forward.

17. AnonymousJanuary 13,2026 at 2:12PM UTC

    Depends on the job. I have some roles that we are honestly always filling so we just keep them up. I’d fine it odd if it was a very high ranking role, but for entry level to mid manager stuff, I’m always taking resumes.