# Ghost Job Detector

> Ghost Job Detector helps job seekers avoid misleading postings by flagging companies reported for ghost jobs. It displays red warning banners on suspicious listings, green safe indicators on clean postings, and blue info banners for updates.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ghost-job-detector](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ghost-job-detector)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ghost-job-detector`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** jsrothwell
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 12
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Version:** 1.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-22
- **First published:** 2025-11-19
- **Size:** 25 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ghost-job-detector/)

## Description

Detect ghost job postings instantly. This extension highlights flagged companies with warning banners, shows safe indicators for clean listings, and supports Dark Mode for a consistent, professional job search experience.

## Rankings

- #31,289 — Overall
- #85 — detect

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `alarms`

### Host permissions

- `https://www.linkedin.com/*`
- `https://*.linkedin.com/*`
- `https://www.indeed.com/*`
- `https://*.indeed.com/*`
- `https://www.indeed.ca/*`
- `https://*.indeed.ca/*`
- `https://www.glassdoor.com/*`
- `https://*.glassdoor.com/*`
- `https://www.glassdoor.ca/*`
- `https://*.glassdoor.ca/*`
- `https://www.ziprecruiter.com/*`
- `https://*.ziprecruiter.com/*`
- `https://wellfound.com/*`
- `https://*.wellfound.com/*`
- `https://ghostjobs.io/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.linkedin.com`
- `*.linkedin.com`
- `www.indeed.com`
- `*.indeed.com`
- `www.indeed.ca`
- `*.indeed.ca`
- `www.glassdoor.com`
- `*.glassdoor.com`
- `www.glassdoor.ca`
- `*.glassdoor.ca`
- `www.ziprecruiter.com`
- `*.ziprecruiter.com`
- `wellfound.com`
- `*.wellfound.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: linkedin.com, indeed.com, indeed.ca, glassdoor.com, glassdoor.ca, ziprecruiter.com, wellfound.com, ghostjobs.io
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ghost-job-detector)