Most job boards repost listings and never look at them again — so you apply to roles that closed weeks ago. Every job we mark Verified live had its actual apply link re-checked by us within the last 7 days.
On a rolling schedule, our checker visits each job's original apply URL — the employer's own application page — and looks at what comes back. The rules are deliberately conservative: we only ever claim what we can prove, and we never bury a job just because a website blocked us.
Verified live
The apply page loads — and it's the real listing
The link returns a working page for that specific role, with no signs it has closed. If the check is older than 7 days, the badge comes off until we re-confirm — we don't vouch on stale information.
Removed
The listing is gone
The link 404s, redirects to a generic careers page instead of the role, or the page itself says things like “position has been filled” or “no longer accepting applications.” The job is pulled from our live listings and its page tells you it closed — it never lingers as a ghost.
Not verified
We couldn't check — so we say nothing
Some sites block automated checks (bot walls, rate limits, server errors). A block is not evidence a job died, so these are never marked dead — they just don't get the badge.
Freshness window
Old listings age out on their own
Any job older than 45 days (or past its stated deadline) is treated as stale regardless of its last check — dropped from our sitemap and de-prioritized, even if the page technically still loads.
Applying to dead listings costs you time you don't have. Aggregators that repost feeds can't tell you whether a role is still open, because they never go back and look. We do — and we show our work: the badge on a job page carries the date of its most recent successful check, and hub pages show how many of their roles were confirmed live this week.
One honest limit: a passing check means the application page was up and accepting when we looked. It can't guarantee the employer hasn't quietly stopped reviewing applicants — no job board can promise that.
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