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Unfortunately, a job search aggregator assumes that companies religiously post new jobs. The reality is when a company wants to hire it 'may' post a job to cove
by vadym909 7y ago
Unfortunately, a job search aggregator assumes that companies religiously post new jobs. The reality is when a company wants to hire it 'may' post a job to cover it butt in case of an EEO complaint. Mostly they have internal candidates, internally referred candidates, retained recruiters, applicants from career website who all rank above an external job site. My guess is a very low percentage of jobs actually get filled by job aggegator sites. imho The number of applicants from these sites is just too much, far less qualified and trusted compared to other sources.
- throwaway743 7y agoOh man, I love how this works. Everyone's time gets wasted, and then the applicant gets the shaft and a bullshit excuse. Either companies shouldn't be required to post publicly with the intent of hiring internally or an employee getting a referral kickback, or something needs to be figured out where the applicants aren't taken advantage of.
- ordinaryperson 7y agoConservative HR/Legal departments will often post jobs publicly to avoid a discrimination lawsuit from the EEOC. The federal government can (and routinely does) ask mid-sized to large companies for records of their job applicants to "prove" they are not discriminating against protected categories (women, minorities, the disabled, etc). So if the CEO/hiring exec wants to hire his good old boy friend to a position no matter what the job will still be posted and applicants will be collected even if they have no chance of being hired. Obviously I have no data on how prevalent this practice is but I've witnessed it firsthand, so it happens.