Posted on 07/07/2024 4:14:58 PM PDT by grundle
As many as 4 in 10 companies say they have posted a job listing this year that doesn't exist, while 3 in 10 say they're currently advertising for a role that isn't real, according to a May survey of over 600 hiring managers from the career site Resume Builder. Tim Paradis, future-of-work correspondent for Business Insider, joins CBS News to explain why some companies are doing this, and how you can spot the fake postings.
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Why are they doing this?
This sounds stupid......
One alleged reason is the tactic is used to convince existing employees that they are a successful and growing company—when in fact they are in dire financial straits.
They don’t want the rats fleeing the sinking ship too early.
If you respond to the job sites they have your email and phone number. They then sell the information to companies who want real contacts.
This is nonsense.
A year down the road that person will be gone.
Some people suspect it is to make it look like there are more jobs so the unemployment numbers look good.
That is possible.
The other possibility is that they are looking to replace someone currently employed when they find someone better and cheaper.
Also possible.
They are giving the HR busy work to keep them from crashing the company with stupid policies.
No comment.
This is an evil practice that makes out-of-work people even worse.
I’ve seen on Reddit that companies are doing this. It’s a horrible practice.
Rule #1 when dealing with somebody. They are lying and have to prove otherwise.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this practice originated in HR.
I actually wouldn’t be surprised if upper management had no idea HR was doing it.
Your summary, as with the summaries of poster Cgbg and
Political1, gives me what I need to know. Thanks.
I’m not wanting to look at a video right now, but was very curious on the topic.
This is a real thing and has been done for a while by large corporations for two reasons:
To keep their “spot” with college campus recruiters
and to build a bench or pool of candidates should they then need to hire .
Thanks ... great replies, all!
I think they’re trying to pull a lot of wool over folk’s eyes.
Well we do have a fake president in the real commander in chief job.
You ask what’s the difference?
I just wish it was the other way around and joe was nonexistent inposition on us.
Fix 2020 somebody wake up, hello rinos!
My guess would be that they have high turnover in the advertised jobs in question. Instead of waiting until the next employee quits before looking for a replacement, look for a replacement before the next employee quits.
Who is claiming there are more jobs than job seekers.
You forgot #3...
Bulk purchases by Head Hunters who are the friends of HR drones.
Iâll add to the list: Sometimes a company will post a fake job listing just to make it look like theyâre casting a really a wide net. When in reality, the job has already been informally filled by somebodyâs relative.
This happened to a friend of mine. He drove 400 miles for a job interview. He aced the interview, and was asked to come back in a week for a second, more in-depth interview.
As he was leaving the building, a member of the search committee stopped him. Donât drive back, he was told. The job is filled. We just needed to interview a few more people to make it look good.
“this practice originated in HR”
No doubt. What hiring manager has the time to do this? And HR would be on the hiring manager’s case for going out of his lane.
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