Frequently asked
What GhostPost observes, and what it refuses to conclude.
Questions
- What is GhostPost™?
- GhostPost is an independent observation and evidence layer for the public job ecosystem. It reads the public job sources it is configured, technically able, and authorized to observe, and records what each one displayed, where, and when.
- How is this different from our applicant tracking or syndication system?
- Those systems are inside-out: they record what your organization created, approved, distributed, or withdrew. GhostPost is outside-in: it records what a configured public source actually displayed at a specific time, independent of your internal account of events.
- Does GhostPost see the entire internet?
- No. GhostPost observes the sources it is configured, technically able, and authorized to observe. Coverage is stated explicitly, and any source that could not be read is recorded as unread.
- What are the evidence states?
- Three: Observed, Stated absent, and Can't determine. Source readability is tracked separately, so an unread source never becomes an absence of postings.
- Does GhostPost tell us whether we are compliant?
- No. GhostPost does not determine compliance, decide whether a requirement applies, declare violations, or provide legal advice. It surfaces requirement records with citations and sources so qualified professionals can assess applicability.
- Does GhostPost score organizations?
- No. There is no composite score, no 0–100 rating, no letter grade, and no ranking anywhere in the product or the API.
- Does GhostPost remove postings or send takedown demands?
- No. GhostPost never executes remediation, assigns owners, tracks resolution, or runs a cure clock. It delivers the record; the systems and professionals an organization already relies on decide what happens next.
- What does THE LENS™ change?
- The perspective, not the facts. The same evidence is surfaced differently for an employer, a staffing firm, a compliance team, or a government reviewer. The underlying observations are identical in every reading.
- How does scheduled observation work?
- GhostPost re-reads watched public sources on a schedule and records each attempt and its outcome. Prior observations are never rewritten, and a failed read is never converted into a disappearance.
- Can our existing compliance, HR, or legal platform consume the record?
- Yes. A versioned, key-authenticated, organization-scoped API exposes company records, observation history, source coverage, change deltas, and requirement readings. Every endpoint is a read; nothing writes or mutates the record.
- Who is GhostPost for?
- Employers and talent operations, staffing and recruiting firms, compliance, legal and policy teams, and government, regulators, and public agencies.
- Where can we review the methodology?
- The methodology is published and citable, covering how sources are observed, how provenance is recorded, and the limits GhostPost places on its own conclusions.
More detail lives in the methodology.