WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12977) on April 25, 2025, by labor policy analyst Elizabeth Weber Handwerker and legislative attorney Alexander H. Pepper: * * * "Ghost" Job Postings Introduction "Ghost" job postings are online job postings for positions that do not exist, or that employers are not planning to fill immediately. Media reports from as early as 2003 indicate that potential ghost jobs have long concerned  more PR