Pretty ishty thing to do to folx. https://www.businessinsider.com/companies-posting-fake-job-listings-search-resume-2024-6#:~:text=Companies often want to signal,to real interviews and employment. All those job adverts you could SWEAR aren’t real? They’re not. It’s long been common for staffing firms to fish for talent with dummy listings. That way, when a client calls needing workers, the agency has people ready to go. Now everyone is doing it. In May, ResumeBuilder surveyed 649 hiring managers to assess the prevalence of posting fake job listings. Key findings: Results indicate that 39% of hiring managers have posted a dummy listing in the past year and 79% of companies currently have active listings for entry-level roles (63%), mid-level roles (68%), senior-level roles (53%), and executive-level roles (45%). They are kept active for various durations: 6% keep them active, on average, for less than one week, 28% for a few weeks, 31% for a month, 19% for three months, 7% for six months, 9% for one year or more on various platforms: 72% on the company website 70% on LinkedIn 58% on Zip Recruiter 49% on Indeed 48% on Glassdoor. 39% of respondents indicate that candidates were always contacted for future positions, while 45% say sometimes, 12% say rarely, and 5% say never. Of companies that would contact applicants, 85% say that candidates were interviewed for real jobs. Overall, 39% of hiring managers surveyed say their company posted a fake job in the past year The idea primarily came from human resources (37%) senior management (29%) executives (25%) investors (5%) or consultants (4%) Their reasoning: Make it appear the company is open to external talent (67%) to act like the company is growing (66%) to make employees believe their workload would be alleviated by new workers (63%) to have employees feel replaceable (62%) and to collect resumes and keep them on file for a later date (59%). In short… to create an illusion of company expansion or to foster a sense of replaceability among employees. 7 in 10 hiring managers believe dummy listings are morally acceptable, they led to boosted revenue, morale, and productivity. Revenue: 68% report a positive impact, 23% state there was no impact, 7% report a negative impact, and 2% are not sure. Morale: 65% report a positive impact, 21% claim no impact, 12% report a negative impact, and 3% are not sure. Productivity: 77% report a positive impact, 14% state there has been no impact, 8% report a negative impact, and 1% are not sure. Two-thirds of hiring managers say stakeholders who were not supposed to find out about the practice, did uncover the truth, leading to negative consequences. Source: Business Insider, Resume Builder - D Rocket River
I feel bad for anyone out there trying to find a job right now. The jobs are out there but good luck trying to find them via any of these so called job sites. Or even on company websites. I don't know how you even get an interview these days unless you know someone. That's the only way I've ever got any position I've had in the last 25 years. It's no wonder companies can't find good people. It's because they make the process literally impossible.
Recruiters/staffing agencies have been doing lead gen this way forever. Interesting to see it done internally at such a high rate now. This should be seen as good news to SOMEONE. There's a glaring need for a competing job site that filters out dummy jobs. Hopefully an option emerges. Whoever establishes it will cash-in.
I think this is a bigger struggle for anyone not in an entry Level job Anything Management seems like it is turning to internal hiring after years of always having to leave a company to rise up Rocket River
I've known about ghost jobs for a while, where recruiters keep jobs open for common positions just to keep tabs on people. I don't really agree with it unless you're constantly filling the role. The part about keeping positions open to keep a foot on employee's necks- pretty crappy and I think they figure it out pretty fast if jobs are up for long and not filled. There's no way I would ever do that. If you're just throwing your tired old black and white Word 2003 resume out there like 9 out of 10 schmucks, I can see why. Without marketing/webpage-style formatting, SEO optimization and tailoring your resume to the specific jobs or field, and not doing the same with your LinkedIn and getting a decent, current headshot (or doing your own with a cheap app) then you are lagging behind the competition. You don't have to do it yourself. Hire this guy from Fiverr.
In tech, if you knew what keywords hiring automation sorted out, then you're halfway there. Include actionable metrics with seeling your career with the STAR method Amazon evangelizes and the biggest hurdle would be the proxy who gives the coding/algorithm portion. Resume "Engineering" easier with AI now https://www.jobscan.co/
Definitely half assing it, since I'm very happy with my current role/company and not looking for a change unless something better just falls into my lap. I do tailor my resume to include all the keywords from the job posting, but my LinkedIn could definitely use an upgrade. Isn't there a CF member who has his own resume writing business?
There used to be a poster here who did professional resumes. I worked with him when I was looking to leave my former company back in 2012. He did a great job...but things are so much different now. It's not just about having the keywords anymore. It's why I will likely never leave my current job (which I do very much like) unless I'm headhunted. If I do get removed at some point, I'll just go get my realtor's license and work with my wife. I'm not job hunting ever again if I can help it.
