The HR profession’s reputation as pond scum remains intact.
this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2024
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So there’s employment in the afterlife?
Don't give them ideas. Death is the only escape from work we'll likely have.
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The one and only time I managed to get scheduled for an interview from an online job application, GMail filed the fucking email as spam! So of course I missed the interview... ☹️
Fuck online job applications!
It may seem counterproductive for recruiters to advertise ghost jobs, theoretically wasting their own time as well as that of applicants—but there are incentives for doing so. About 38% say they post fake positions to maintain a presence on job boards when they aren’t hiring, 36% do so to assess the effectiveness of their job descriptions, 26% want to build a talent pool for the future, 26% hope gain insight into the job market and competitors, and 25% want to assess how difficult it would be to replace certain employees, according to the report. Escalera points out that a big reason for posting these jobs is recruiters wanting to improve their business’ image—nearly a quarter also say that fake jobs help their companies look as if they aren’t experiencing a hiring freeze, and one fifth say they post ghost jobs to improve the reputation of their company.
Way to validate our feelings about you, recruiters.
Edit: I'd like to see legislation that goes after "truth in advertising" in this area. This should be illegal. It wastes peoples' time.
Those numbers add up to 151%
They're independent stats. You can both assess the effectiveness of your job descriptions and see how difficult it would be to replace certain employees.
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I keep banging on about how hiring practices need to be reformed, and stopping this shit should be the first thing on the agenda
Start by paying interviewees the wage of the job posted for their time interviewing and doing "tests"
These fuckers spend bajillions on HR software and HR execs, surely they can figure out how to hire quality candidates at a more efficient clip?
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There is no agenda for the benefit of working people.
Corpos do this on purpose to tired out the wage slaves with bull shit.
Best we can do is to educate ourselves and avoid these idiotic games.
Middle levels and senior people can start doing this today.
Entry level, well young people act like this is the first time this has happened in history but I can tell you that entry level has been bloodbath since early 1990s.
But once you get some grip, start acting like you respect yourself
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