Every signal our engine checks, with its exact weight, the why, what it looks like, and what to do. Total weight: 114 points, normalized to a 0-100 score.
Ghost listings are rarely budgeted roles, so there is no real number to publish. A growing list of pay-transparency laws (Colorado 2021, NYC 2022, California and Washingt…
Most genuinely open roles move to interviews within weeks. A listing that sits past 30 days is increasingly likely to be unbudgeted, already filled internally, or kept up…
Reposting resets the visible posting date, which makes a stale listing look fresh. A role reposted monthly for half a year either has an impossible bar, a retention probl…
When a manager actually needs someone, the description names the team, the stack, the problems. Ghost listings are written by nobody for nobody, so they fall back on fill…
Real reqs are written for one approved seat with one title. 'Rockstar engineer', 'Various positions', or a title stacking three roles into one signals a resume-collection…
Phrases like 'always looking for great talent', 'join our talent pool', or 'future opportunities' are honest in a way applicants miss: they describe resume collection, no…
A funded role has an owner — someone whose quarter depends on filling it. Listings with no named manager, no 'reports to', and no human contact route into an applicant tr…
Specifics are expensive to fake. Team size, the product you'd work on, the tools in use, years of the company's history — real managers include them without thinking. A l…
'Immediate start! Apply today!' paired with a description that names no team, no project, and no start date is a volume play. Real urgency comes with logistics: a date, a…
A range where the top is double the bottom (or more) usually means the range was written to satisfy a transparency law, not to describe a budgeted seat. It can also mean …
Staffing agencies sometimes post for real clients — but 'confidential client' postings are also the classic shape of fishing listings: collect candidates first, find (or …
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