Job searching can feel like the loneliest job in the world. The only “professional friends” you’re allowed seem to require payment to help you. But that’s not the full story—there are people fighting to make the job market safer, and their voices are growing.
Here’s a (potentially growing) list of folks working to clear the U.S. job market of scams, fake jobs, and professional catfishing—because these issues warp the experience for everyone, job seekers and employers alike
🔥 Jay Jones is calling out LinkedIn recruiter scams—fake profiles posting fake jobs that lead to wasted time or worse, stolen data. He’s an unsung hero on the front lines. Like, follow, and if you want to buy him a coffee or donate to support his work on this click here or here.
🔥 Ashley Price-Horton focuses on cybersecurity and career transitions, helping job seekers dodge recruitment scams and land real offers. She joins Jay and the next person on this list for regular LinkedIn and Spotify podcasts on fake job scams.
🔥 Mark Dyson is a double threat - running the JobScam Report on Substack and collaborating on other scam-busting podcasts. He’s a fierce advocate for respect and honor for the American professionals in the job market.
While The Hiring Feedback Section on our website can allow you to safely organize and sort the existing ghost jobs in the last few years on the market - and he real ones too, there is a great channel on the FightFakeJobs subreddit that allows people to ask open ended questions. This is a service I look forward to adding if/when the investment comes in (or revenue) but for now I'm happy to share what does exist. You may notice some overlap from this resource and it's not accidental. There is a great community of people here trying to help each other. Other notable mentions of subreddits include RecruitingHell and JobsearchHacks. As ever, the beauty of the anonymity that is a subreddit is exactly what we are trying to share here - crowdsourced insight.
🔥 We're Moving Forward (YouTube & Spotify) shares blunt, honest breakdowns of job searching struggles—like his two-year, 2,200-application journey. If you need real talk and solidarity, he’s worth a follow. I may be mistaken but it looks like he's the founder of the subreddit FightFakeJobs channel. He deserves the respect he gets.
And just to throw a bone to some of the main stream media types who are actually digging into this issue as opposed to noticing it even exists for the first time - you should follow the work of Jacob Zinkula. Unlike Yahoo which can be just notice ghost jobs exist at all, Jacob has been lobbying and writing about the experiences and trials of modern job seekers as if they matter for months now - in depth pieces documenting their experiences.
Do you have anyone you would add? Send us a line and let us know at info@thejobapplicantperspective.com
We are absolutely honored to support the wellbeing of American professionals just trying to be good members of society and improve their lives. As always stay safe out there folks and only ever share and forward jobs that you really know exist! Also stop by our Hiring Feedback section and share your insight.