If you feel like something’s watching you, it could be another pair of eyes on your resume. In creaky homes across the country, some Americans are socially isolating — not just with family or roommates — but what one might call “previous residents.”

In these haunted houses, the unexplained includes mysterious footsteps, rattling door knobs and, ahem, “free-floating, full-torso vaporous apparitions.” (And, one suspects, a convenient excuse for that now-empty jar of Nutella.) As The New York Times put it, “Some of these people are frightened, of course. Others say they just appreciate the company.”

You may not be afraid of no ghosts, but watch out for the true horror: a sloppy cover letter. Onto the jobs, hopefully none of which will turn your hair white.

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