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[Jasper9]

There is a  trend with employers getting agencies (often more than one) to advertise vacancies that don't exist at the time.

The employers (mainly privately owned Limited companies with up to £00 million turnover) are hoping they land contracts after which the vacancy will be real.

In the meantime, some are even interviewing job seekers and keeping them hanging on for months, cancelling interviews at the last minute or just wasting everyone's time and effort clogging up job boards with what first appear to be genuine opportunities.

Could this be that the employers want to give the impression their business is "on the up" and they have a good future to disguise the real facts that they cannot win a contract and that they are in trouble.

[Bob]

Your last sentence/paragraph here sounds spot on.