Reference

Glossary

Half the arguments about job data are arguments about definitions. These are ours, written down so you can disagree with a specific sentence.

Index

All terms

Term	In one line
Ghost job	A posting advertised without an intention to fill the role.
Posting age	Days between the date an employer published a listing and today.
Requisition	The internal record authorising a hire, which a public posting advertises.
Applicant tracking system	The software an employer uses to publish roles and receive applications.
Deduplication	Collapsing multiple copies of the same role into one record.
Syndication	The distribution of one listing across many boards through feeds and partnerships.
Expiry	The moment a listing stops being available at its source.
Freshness	How quickly a provider discovers new listings and removes dead ones.
Normalisation	Turning free text into consistent fields you can filter and group by.
Job title normalisation	Grouping titles that mean the same thing, despite being written differently.
Salary range	The advertised pay band, which is a decision rather than a measurement.
Disclosure rate	The share of postings in a group that publish any salary information.
Pay transparency	Rules requiring employers to publish pay information with a job advert.
Median	The middle value of a distribution: half above, half below.
Seniority level	The experience band a role sits in, from entry to executive.
Remote share	The proportion of advertised roles described as remote.
Work arrangement	Whether a role is remote, hybrid or on-site.
Seat	One position within a requisition.
Pipeline building	Advertising a role to collect candidates for a future opening.
Job board	A site that publishes listings, usually aggregated from many employers.
Recruiting agency listing	A posting published by a staffing firm rather than the employer.