Ghost job detection for job seekers

Stop Wasting Time
on Ghost Jobs

See a Ghost Score badge on every job listing before you click Apply. Cross-referenced against 300K+ DOL PERM filings so you know when a company is posting for compliance, not hiring.

Sr. Software Engineer — Initech Technologies Score 12 · Ghost Detected

Built on 374,835 public DOL records

81%
of job postings are ghost jobs
300K+
PERM filings cross-referenced
~60hrs
wasted per job seeker on ghost jobs
67,641 Companies Tracked
374,835 PERM Filings Analyzed
2,100+ WARN Notices Cross-Referenced
100% U.S. Government Records

The Job Market Is Broken

Millions of job postings are fake. Here's what's actually happening.

81%

Ghost Jobs Everywhere

Harvard Business School found up to 81% of employers keep job postings active even when not actively hiring. Candidates spend weeks applying to positions that will never be filled.

300K+

PERM Compliance Traps

Companies filing PERM labor certifications for green card sponsorships must post public job ads - but the role is already earmarked for a foreign worker. Over 300,000 such filings exist in DOL records.

~60hrs

Real Cost Per Job Search

The average job seeker spends 60+ hours tailoring resumes and writing cover letters for positions that were never meant for them. That's time you'll never get back.

Simple 3-Step Process

Know Before You Apply

Install once. Browse normally. Every job gets a score automatically.

1

Paste Any Job Posting

Copy the job description from LinkedIn, Indeed, or any job board. Paste it into our scanner. No account required.

Free to install
2

We Cross-Reference Everything

We check the posting against 374K+ DOL PERM filings, WARN Act layoff notices, prevailing wage data, and a multi-signal ghost detection engine — PERM cross-reference, repost frequency decay, WARN Act contradiction detection, and more.

See full methodology →
3

Get a Ghost Score

Get an instant Ghost Score with full signal breakdown. Green means apply, red means skip. You only spend time where it counts.

Score 91 Score 12

The Data Speaks

Why We Built This

81%

of hiring managers admit to posting jobs they never intend to fill

Source: ResumeBuilder 2024 Survey

374,835

PERM labor certification filings we cross-reference from the U.S. Department of Labor

Source: DOL Public Disclosure

67,641

companies tracked and scored in our Ghost Factory database

Source: Hire4Real.fyi Analysis

Ghost Factory Hall of Shame

Who's Posting the Most Fake Jobs?

Companies ranked by Ghost Factory Score using public DOL records. Lower score = more suspicious.

# Company Score
1 Phase Three Star LLC
Hospitality
21
2 Koch Foods of Gadsden, LLC
Manufacturing
21
3 Lineage Logistics Services, LLC
Warehousing & Logistics
22
4 AWAD Holdings, Inc.
Hospitality
23
5 Homes for Independent Living of Wisconsin LLC
Healthcare
24
Simple Pricing

Stop Wasting Time. Start Applying Smart.

The average job seeker wastes 60+ hours applying to ghost jobs. Hire4Real.fyi pays for itself after one skipped fake posting.

Beta pricing - $9.99/mo introductory rate for 3 months

Free

For casual job seekers

$0 forever

 

  • 5 scans/day (2 without account)
  • Ghost Score + verdict + action
  • Top 3 detection signals per scan
  • 1 employer match per scan
  • Shame Board (top 50 companies)
  • Top 500 company profiles
  • Full methodology + published formula
Most Popular

Standard

For US-based job seekers

$14.99 $9.99 /mo

Beta price for 3 months

  • Everything in Free, plus:
  • Unlimited scans
  • All 30+ detection signals per scan
  • All employer matches (compare scores)
  • PERM filing cross-reference detail
  • Full Shame Board (67K+ companies)
  • All company profiles
  • Full scan history
  • Coming soon
  • WARN Act contradiction detection
  • WARN Act alerts
  • Scan export (CSV/PDF)
  • Chrome extension
Start at $9.99/mo

Beta price for 3 months. Then $14.99/mo.

30-day guarantee. Cancel in 2 clicks — no email, no calls.

Maximum Stats

Sponsor Track

For sponsorship-required job seekers

$39.99 $29.99 /mo

Beta price for 3 months

  • Everything in Standard, plus:
  • Sponsorship detection
  • H-1B dependency scoring
  • Coming soon
  • OPT clock optimization
  • Prevailing wage analysis
  • GC backlog tracking
  • Priority support
Start Sponsor Track

Beta price for 3 months. Then $39.99/mo.

30-day guarantee. Cancel in 2 clicks — no email, no calls.

God Mode

Cyborg

Built for platforms & bots

Per-Call pricing

Starting at $0.02/call. Volume discounts at 100K+ calls/mo.

  • Ghost Score any job posting via API in milliseconds
  • Bulk scoring — process thousands of listings at once
  • Raw signal data — ghost probability, repost history, employer flags
  • Dedicated API key, SLA, and integration support
Contact for pricing

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Why we don't offer annual plans

Every other SaaS company wants to lock you in for a year. We don't. Here's why:

You shouldn't need us for 12 months. If our tool works, you'll find a real job in 1-3 months. You'll cancel. We'll be happy for you. That's the whole point.

"If you're still paying us after 6 months, it means the job market is broken — not you."

And we'll keep fighting to fix it until you don't need us anymore.

Beta pricing ($9.99 Standard / $29.99 Sponsor Track) locks in for 3 months — because that's how long a serious job search takes. After 3 months, it moves to regular pricing. By then, you should be employed. If not, we're still the cheapest insurance against wasting your time.

We don't lock you in for a year. We don't even lock you in for a month. Every paid plan comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. If Hire4Real.fyi doesn't help you find real jobs faster, you get your money back. Period.

All paid plans include a 30-day money-back guarantee. Cancel anytime. No questions asked.

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