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Those 'one specific person' ads are usually there to comply with an internal requirement or external regulation/law, so they wouldn't be able to say that it was
by nickff 1y ago
Those 'one specific person' ads are usually there to comply with an internal requirement or external regulation/law, so they wouldn't be able to say that it was filled, because that would be an admission that the whole process was a sham.
- dmurray 1y agoWhy? They'd "find" the one specific person, and then report the job was filled by that person, as an internal hire if that was the case.
- nateglims 1y agoI suspect they mean it's for sponsoring a green card for an existing employee.
- mschuster91 1y agoAt large companies, this kind of stuff is the norm even for internal transfers. They got all sorts of whack policies in place, department leads try to work around the red tape and make very very VERY specific job postings that only the actually desired candidate can fill.
- LorenPechtel 1y agoIt would be filled, they would be required to say so. Yes, it's going to look bad, that's the point.
- nickff 1y agoThe requirement which is driving the posting is a requirement that they search for candidates other than the one specific person they have in mind. If they post it with 'already filled' in the posting, they would not be complying with the requirement. The requirement is usually driven by a law or some policy created outside the hiring process for that position, so the hiring manager(s) are not permitted to do what you suggest.
- em-bee 1y agothe suggestion is to change the law.
- philipallstar 1y agoReducing regulations around H1B requirements (and fixing that by just reducing H1Bs) and internal hiring would be the way to solve it.
- TrousersHoisted 1y agoH1Bs aren't the only problem, though.
- edoceo 1y agoThey (H1B) seem to the "low hanging fruit" many (not just in this thread) are pointing to. I spend time in hiring circles and I hear this sentiment frequently. And the Ghost Post issue too. I think Ghost is bigger issue than H1B. Don't have a good solution.
- philipallstar 1y agoThey're enough, and they cause many other problems. If we limit ghost jobs to salary benchmarking then that's a massive reduction.
- a_cardboard_box 1y agoYou seem to misunderstand the proposal. The proposal is that after they have done everything that is already legally required (advertise an open position for some amount of time etc), then they must amend the posting to include that the position is filled by an internal/external/H-1B hire. There is still a period of time when the position is advertised as open.
- alistairSH 1y agoWhich is still "broken" since the position was never really open in the first place - it's still a ghost listing, as the position was always going to an internal hire or H1b or whatever.