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Ghost jobs means something entirely different from these fake jobs listings that lawmakers want to ban. Why WSJ wanted to use the wrong term here confuses.
What is a ghost job?
Jobs that are under-the-table. Where the employer generally requires plausible deniability, and can burn you at any time. High risk, high reward. Often unlisted.
From these kinds of jobs, the innuendo formed.
Oh, I didn't know there was a specific term for that.