The job market has become seriously deranged in all sorts of ways. HR departments are creating help wanted ads as a means of figuring out what market... wages are (if they put in a $ amount and get too many inquiries, then they know that $ amount is too high. If they put in a $ amount and get too few inquiries, then they know that the $ is too low. They aren't actually hiring, they're measuring the market). At the same time, applicants are padding their resumes and stretching the truth more and more. AI sites are automatically matching resumes and help wanted ads more