Business A ton of job postings might actually be fake - need a job? go fuck yourself

https://qz.com/companies-posting-fake-job-listings-resume-builder-1851556777?utm_source=reddit.com

https://archive.is/XYu9D

If you aren’t hearing back from a job you applied to, it might be because it’s not real.


A new survey from Resume Builder revealed that 39% of hiring managers said their company posted a fake job listing in the past year.

The disheartening results show that among those who posted fake jobs, “approximately 26% posted one to three fake job listings, 19% posted five, 19% posted 10, 11% posted 50, 10% posted 25, and 13% posted 75 or more.”

The fake jobs ranged from entry-level roles to executive positions, said Resume Builder, which surveyed 649 hiring managers.

Companies said they are posting fake jobs for a laundry list of reasons, including to deceive their own employees.

More than 60% of those surveyed said they posted fake jobs “to make employees believe their workload would be alleviated by new workers.”

Sixty-two percent of companies said another reason for the shady practice is to “have employees feel replaceable.”

Two-thirds of companies cited a desire to “appear the company is open to external talent” and 59% said it was an effort to “collect resumes and keep them on file for a later date.”

What’s even more concerning about the results: 85% of companies engaging in the practice said they interviewed candidates for the fake jobs.

“It’s a concerning scenario, particularly when these misleading postings originate from HR departments — the very entities entrusted with shaping accurate perceptions of their organizations,” Resume Builder’s Chief Career Advisor Stacie Haller said.

“Whether it’s to create an illusion of company expansion or to foster a sense of replaceability among employees, such practices are not acceptable,” she added.

Haller said workers “deserve transparency about the companies they dedicate their time to, rather than being led astray by false representations.”

She also called it “deplorable” that companies are purposely “undermining employees’ sense of value and security.”

But the practice doesn’t look like it’s going away any time soon. Almost 70% of those who posted the phony jobs told Resume Builder that fake job listings positively impacted revenue. Employers also reported the listing had a positive impact on “employee morale” — although it’s not clear how.

“Companies engaging in this practice not only tarnish their reputation but also sabotage their long-term prospects,” Haller said. “Deceptive practices erode trust, dissuading potential applicants from considering them in the future as viable employers.”

 

[Lord of the Large Pants]

You think you hate HR enough, but you don't.

 

[Otis Boi]

My job has been doing this for a while. They are easy to notice because the pay is way below/above what anything reasonable will be for the position will be. It doesn't "make employees feel replaceable" it makes them hate the company. I hate how companies are ran now because the Infinite growth meme is just pushing people away.

 

[Chilson]

Employers also reported the listing had a positive impact on “employee morale” — although it’s not clear how.

Because it doesn't and just "taking their word for it" is fucking stupid.

Two-thirds of companies cited a desire to “appear the company is open to external talent” and 59% said it was an effort to “collect resumes and keep them on file for a later date.”

Oh yeah totally. Its not because they are farming data that will be sold to third parties for fat stacks. Because you know people clearly love getting random calls months, if not years, after an application/interview with a company after they have (likely) already settled into another job.

 

[Neo-Nazi Rich Evans]

i wonder if this is the case of all those jobs i applied for, heard nothing about, then literally a year or even later, get an email saying either the position was closed and no longer needed or they went with other candidates. seems odd that so many companies would wait over a year to fill a role they posted an ad for.

59% said it was an effort to “collect resumes and keep them on file for a later date

so kiwis, have you ever once been contact down the road by a company who "has your resume on file"? ive had more companies than i count keep my resume but never once have i heard form them. nor can i think of anyone i know who has heard back down the road from a company who has their resume on file. so i put the question to you, have any of you ever had your resume on file and then later had a company contact you about it?

 

[Sniperwoof]

Should be straight up illegal to do this.

 

[AnotherPleb]

They have to put up those jobs to show that they can't fill them domestically, and when that happens? H-1-B Baby!

 

[WhoBusTank69]

Been done for ages, they're gaming government programs and the tax system by keeping positions open.

 

[SBG]

I went through a slightly insane period where I tried out for any random blue collar job, whether it was plumbing or whatever.

I ended up fucking amazed how many jobs were simply fake. People putting up listings that had nothing to do with the actual job they were hiring for.

The jo market is completely fucked.

 

[Pentex]

More than 60% of those surveyed said they posted fake jobs “to make employees believe their workload would be alleviated by new workers.”

Sixty-two percent of companies said another reason for the shady practice is to “have employees feel replaceable.”

Psy-ops on your employees.

Great morale booster. Inspires endless confidence in the company and your future there.

 

[Chilson]

I went through a slightly insane period where I tried out for any random blue collar job, whether it was plumbing or whatever.

I ended up fucking amazed how many jobs were simply fake. People putting up listings that had nothing to do with the actual job they were hiring for.

The jo market is completely fucked.

Most of the job market is bullshit because most employers are bullshit. Something like 70% of US companies are zombie companies kept alive through cheap debt, tax breaks, and government grants, not through actual profit. They have to keep looking like they are hiring in order to qualify for all those government funbux because the entire point is to keep unemployment low on the government books (along with a thousand other far more sinister reasons).

Its a nonsensical "infinite growth" model that HAS to collapse eventually. Hell its probably already in the beginning stages of said collapse, and until it fully does collapse all this bullshit with fake jobs and every other shitty thing employers due to the unemployed will continue.

 

[ye's Official KF Burner]

They take your resumes and sell that info to other companies, data scrapers, etc.
Some ads are scams altogether, not even posted by the company they purportedly represent. The job market is fucked and the job search websites are so fucking unsafe to be on now.

It's so scary. Good thing everyone in my circle as well as me have stable employment, fuck searching for a job in these conditions.

 

[Lone MacReady II]

Most of the job market is bullshit because most employers are bullshit. Something like 70% of US companies are zombie companies kept alive through cheap debt, tax breaks, and government grants, not through actual profit. They have to keep looking like they are hiring in order to qualify for all those government funbux because the entire point is to keep unemployment low on the government books (along with a thousand other far more sinister reasons).

Its a nonsensical "infinite growth" model that HAS to collapse eventually. Hell its probably already in the beginning stages of said collapse, and until it fully does collapse all this bullshit with fake jobs and every other shitty thing employers due to the unemployed will continue.

Petro Deal and the unabashed kikery is the canary in the coal mine, including the repo collapse in 2019 and PMs skyrocketing in the 1st quarter of this year (indicative of a floundering fiat currency shitstem). Your average semite-based fiat ponzi roughly lasts around 50 years, and guess how long it's been since we were taken off the Gold-standard in 1971? All fiat eventually returns to its intrinsic value of Nothing.

 

[High Level Rad Waste]

seems odd that so many companies would wait over a year to fill a role they posted an ad for

This is par for the course with jobs in the nuclear industry, whether a private or government plant. They generally do it when someone is a year from retirement to find their best fit replacement.

 

[Bugman's Burden]

Everything is fake. The women have fake eyelashes and fake nails and fake filters that make them look better. The men fake a lifestyle to get a fuck that they fake will make them feel better. The companies put out fake jobs then give fake numbers to fake regulatory agencies that fake things even more to make the rulers happy and the rulers are elected through a fake process. The food is fake and the pharmaceuticals are fake and the news is fake.

 

[General Emílio Médici]

It also lets companies lie about their growth to pretend they are expanding.

It's all fucked.

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

We make fun of niggers, but niggardry is being incentivized by the American government.

 

[Osama Bin Laden]

Without powerleveling too hard, I've never had an issue finding a job. I'll stay at one long enough if it's decent but I never usually sweat a job. I was trying to find other work while working at my job and for a month straight, I've barely been getting any calls or emails regarding my application. Then, I'll check and the position has been closed.

Interesting to see this article come out.

 

[Breadbassket]

Everything is fake. The women have fake eyelashes and fake nails and fake filters that make them look better. The men fake a lifestyle to get a fuck that they fake will make them feel better. The companies put out fake jobs then give fake numbers to fake regulatory agencies that fake things even more to make the rulers happy and the rulers are elected through a fake process. The food is fake and the pharmaceuticals are fake and the news is fake.

We live in a Potemkin society?

 

[Lobster Cult High Priest]

They take your resumes and sell that info to other companies, data scrapers, etc.
Some ads are scams altogether, not even posted by the company they purportedly represent. The job market is fucked and the job search websites are so fucking unsafe to be on now.

It's so scary. Good thing everyone in my circle as well as me have stable employment, fuck searching for a job in these conditions.

this is why the best sites to apply for jobs is directly on the company's website.