The situation you describe is real, sure. However, the situation you describe is far from the majority of recruitment. Most companies have a budget, most compan

The situation you describe is real, sure. However, the situation you describe is far from the majority of recruitment. Most companies have a budget, most companies have a salary framework. Yes, in the minority of situations in which a company truly has no budget for a role then these rules don’t work very well… but that’s relevant to a tiny subset of the top end of the market, and at that level, job postings are much less important. The positive outcome of these rules far outweighs any inconvenience experienced by employers with no budget. edit: regarding your edit, which companies have you recruited for? I would bet my own career that you’re wrong to suggest that recruitment works like this for more than 10% of companies.