Resume Builder, which offers résumé templates, surveyed nearly 650 hiring managers in May and found nearly seven in 10 said it was “morally acceptable” to post fake jobs. Hiring managers credited the move with increasing revenue, morale, and how much workers get done.
Here’s the weird part though-
About seven in 10 of the fake jobs were on a company website or LinkedIn, according to the survey. And, yet, despite all the shenanigans, many fake listings often lead to real interviews — and even employment.
Four in 10 hiring managers said they always contacted workers who applied for made-up jobs. Forty-five percent said they sometimes contacted those job seekers. Among companies that contacted applicants, 85% report interviewing the person.
“A lot of them are getting contacted and interviewed at some point, so it’s not necessarily a black box,” Haller said.
Does that part make sense to anyone?
There’s another angle on this too related to H1B Visa hires.
H1B requires that companies show that no qualified Americans could be found, so those listings are written so nobody could or would want to apply. Stuff like 10 years experience in software released 5 years ago, entry level job/pay requiring a masters degree, etc.
What this sounds like is legit listings, but done to give the outward appearance that company is strong/growing and to scare current workers into thinking that they will get replaced if they are not killing themselves slaving away.
This is near the top of the list of the stupidest ideas I’ve ever heard.
If a talented person applies to your fake job and you ghost them or string them along, they are not going to apply again when you might have needed them.
After all you already told them that you think they suck.
Honestly, this should be actually illegal. It’s a fraudulent job posting designed to waste my limited time, but it’s okay for these companies to do shit like this because of uh, reasons?
It’s weird that there are basically no protections for job seekers. There are so many scams, abuses, and dangers that are so well documented. There is a very messed up power dynamic and a lot of vulnerability.
Some places are starting to require job postings to include pay ranges, bit that’s hardly enough.
That’s not how this works, though.
These “jobs” are just a way to acquire talent. A larger company can almost always need a few more “good workers”. So if a really good candidate comes along, they’ll snatch that person, if the candidate is just okayish, they tell them someone else got the job.
Of course it is. It’s a job that doesn’t really exists, but gets advertised.
Resume Builder, which offers résumé templates, surveyed nearly 650 hiring managers in May and found nearly seven in 10 said it was “morally acceptable” to post fake jobs.
So 70% of HR people have done or are doing this.
Hiring managers credited the move with increasing revenue, morale, and how much workers get done.
How does this increase revenue? Isnt this a giant waste of time? Unless there was some ulterior motive ofc, and the APPEARANCE of hiring needs to be in tact.
About seven in 10 of the fake jobs were on a company website or LinkedIn, according to the survey. And, yet, despite all the shenanigans, many fake listings often lead to real interviews — and even employment.
MANY!!! Like, 3.
Four in 10 hiring managers said they always contacted workers who applied for made-up jobs. Forty-five percent said they sometimes contacted those job seekers. Among companies that contacted applicants, 85% report interviewing the person.
“A lot of them are getting contacted and interviewed at some point, so it’s not necessarily a black box,” Haller said.
Again, this maintains the APPEARAMCE of hiring without actually hiring. From what I had read before, there are some business loans that have certain hiring requirements that make this necessary.
Also, the other commenter mentioned its for pushing American jobs to foreign H1B visa jobs.
Whatever the case, its fucked up.
It’s all about metrics. That’s the core reason for all of it. Someone wants jobs wanted numbers. Someone wants application review numbers. Interview numbers. Numbers metrics wasting time proof you’re doing something.
Another reason is to appear fair (which is just another metric). New manager position open, but you already know who you’re giving it to? Doesn’t matter, you have to post the listing and follow up with everything that entails.
HR could be gathering intel on current market conditions, like what salaries people are expecting, etc.
I can tell you this, many people apply and interview where I work, but no one gets hired.
