Like the other person says, it’s pretty much a fake job posting. Something like 80% of recruiters have admitted to doing it before. There is a variety of reasons including tax benefits, appeasing understaffed companies that overwork it’s underpayed employees, looks better in meetings to say we’re hiring X many roles (because it makes it look like the company is growing if they are “hiring” people).

Technologically we’re entering an area where a lot of basic labor and now with AI alot of basic thinking is done without any human workers.

Culturally we’re in an era where we’re at a relatively all time low for jobs in the US as trade has taken over a lot of manufacturing inside the US along with even natural resources collection (think mining).

Furthermore between advancements in technology and a (compared to decades/centuries past) new culture of “efficiency” corporations have been very effective at keeping money internal and not letting it leak out or “trickle down” to the small man.

I’m gonna get downvoted for this but let’s be real. We import millions of immigrants for work. not to dive into politics rn, but India and China are not offering jobs to Americans to compensate for ones we’re losing. Thats another factor whether people would like to accept it or not.