There are occasionally real jobs posted on Craigslist, I have actually landed three real jobs there and am still working part time at one of them. As for Monster and the others I really can’t figure out what the purpose for them is. One thing is for certain there are many, many listings of the same job on the internet and in many cases jobs are listed for months or years and never filled.
“One thing is for certain there are many, many listings of the same job on the internet and in many cases jobs are listed for months or years and never filled.”
Sometimes unethical agencies do that to sweep up resumes, other times it is for identity theft, where they just copy old job listings and keep re-posting them to attract victims. Then there are keyword searches, where they target-search online for resumes with keywords like “clinical” or “validation” and then flood them with spam, or sell the results to other agencies.
There are a number of other scams, such as point systems within recruiting agencies where bonuses are based on how many applicants you can sign up, how many interviews you can schedule, etc. with no intention of actually hooking an applicant up with a job.
My experience with Monster and the rest, is that for job seekers they are a waste. I think their purpose is to allow companies to pretend they are looking for Americans, before getting an H1B.
Well you know how they are always doing some sort of
“STUDY” - I think this is one of them...
It give them a handle on who is unemployed, what your
skills are, what type of job your interested in applying
for based on your skill set example: whether you would
stoop lower or attempt higher. They call back and want
to know if you found anything yet (keeping tabs on you).
It’s all going into a database for some sort of STUDY.
That’s my 2 cents or I guess it’s a half cent now...