alt Hacker NewsNo, the exact opposite! A high percentage of ghost jobs indicates that there are very few actual jobs open in the field, which suggests an oversupply of workers.
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johnnyanmac • yesterday at 7:01 PM
Or a lack of demand for workers in that particular region.
if the listings are open for the reasons OP stated, then yes it does indicate a shortage. if companies hired all the SWEs they wanted they wouldn't still have the listings