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Adding fake liquidity actually removes liquidity. Imagine if you were selling your house, and I created a service that would bombard you with 10 fake potential

Adding fake liquidity actually removes liquidity. Imagine if you were selling your house, and I created a service that would bombard you with 10 fake potential buyers a day. You only have time to deal with 2 buyers a day. Chances are, you'll miss out on everyone who is actually interested. While LinkedIn does not intend to create fake recruitment attempts, it works out the same in the end.

bduerst 11y ago
In your hypothetical you would contract a real estate agent who would use their expertise in the market to pick the best offers. Getting 100 offers would mean more competition and the likely hood that your agent finds an even better offer than if you had only received 10. If you have a high quality house, er - I mean, if you have skills that are in demand, I highly recommend you get an agent (like hired.com), because you're probably missing out on those good offers.
notahacker 11y ago
But the liquidity isn't fake, hence why the firms pay recruiters rather than waiting for the actually-interested people to beat a path to their door. The jobs are real, as are the candidates willing to actually show up to an interview. If you have a job and no suitable candidates, sourcing them is a valuable service, even if a few people get annoyed by the recruiters (better by them than by the employer...) along the way.
- Spooky23 11y ago
  Have you ever dealt with a recruiter? Scum that spam people are like real estate agents sponsoring the PTA meeting -- they are trolling for listings.
  - notahacker 11y ago
    Plenty thanks, and on the rare occasions I've actually been remotely interested in the job they're promoting they've been more effective st getting me interviews than responding to actual employers' paid listings with carefully crafted cover letters.
  - afarrell 11y ago
    This is a fairly low bar for calling another human scum
    - Spooky23 11y ago
      Thanks to people like this who pass out resumes without authorization and shop candidates, I lost out on a key job opportunity at a time where I was in a pretty bad personal situation, and the job market was not so great. So maybe I'm mean, but I have no respect whatsoever for contingency recruiters.
- deciplex 11y ago
  The jobs aren't always real, and the candidates aren't always even remotely qualified for them.

bduerst 11y ago

In your hypothetical you would contract a real estate agent who would use their expertise in the market to pick the best offers. Getting 100 offers would mean more competition and the likely hood that your agent finds an even better offer than if you had only received 10. If you have a high quality house, er - I mean, if you have skills that are in demand, I highly recommend you get an agent (like hired.com), because you're probably missing out on those good offers.

notahacker 11y ago

But the liquidity isn't fake, hence why the firms pay recruiters rather than waiting for the actually-interested people to beat a path to their door. The jobs are real, as are the candidates willing to actually show up to an interview. If you have a job and no suitable candidates, sourcing them is a valuable service, even if a few people get annoyed by the recruiters (better by them than by the employer...) along the way.

Spooky23 11y ago
Have you ever dealt with a recruiter? Scum that spam people are like real estate agents sponsoring the PTA meeting -- they are trolling for listings.
- notahacker 11y ago
  Plenty thanks, and on the rare occasions I've actually been remotely interested in the job they're promoting they've been more effective st getting me interviews than responding to actual employers' paid listings with carefully crafted cover letters.
- afarrell 11y ago
  This is a fairly low bar for calling another human scum
  - Spooky23 11y ago
    Thanks to people like this who pass out resumes without authorization and shop candidates, I lost out on a key job opportunity at a time where I was in a pretty bad personal situation, and the job market was not so great. So maybe I'm mean, but I have no respect whatsoever for contingency recruiters.
deciplex 11y ago
The jobs aren't always real, and the candidates aren't always even remotely qualified for them.