Chris Wallace
Fri, 29 Oct 2010 7:57:03 pm
I'm glad someone is addressing this. Sadly, after 5 months of perusing job boards I've come to the conclusion that every single recruiter is doing this. There is no sense in listing names since they all do it. Some are worse than others, though. The bigger the name, the worse they are. Someone from Robert Half went so far as to email me and tell me to stop submitting resumes. They are still posting the same jobs.
I see the same positions and job description pop up week after week. If I change my profile on Careerbuilder, for example, it will generate automated "interest" and I will get an email about a position. My responses to these are never acknowledged. I suppose they are as desperate as us job seekers but that does not excuse dishonesty. If I lie on my resume, that is really bad. If they lie about jobs, no big deal. Nice hypocritical double standard there. "Unscrupulous" is think is most appropriate word. Just a step above Nigerian scammers.
It is really common right now for government contract work. REcruiters want those government contracts bad and most related job postings are to pad their databases with degreed people with ACTIVE clearances. That means the recruiter nor the government have to pay the investigation costs and is a selling point to government agencies. Really beware these postings. Most are fake.
What to do about it? I don't know. Like any business I am displeased with, I tell anyone who will listen what kind of low-lifes they are. They will ultimately ruin their own reputations with professional job-seekers and hopefully go away.
I see the same positions and job description pop up week after week. If I change my profile on Careerbuilder, for example, it will generate automated "interest" and I will get an email about a position. My responses to these are never acknowledged. I suppose they are as desperate as us job seekers but that does not excuse dishonesty. If I lie on my resume, that is really bad. If they lie about jobs, no big deal. Nice hypocritical double standard there. "Unscrupulous" is think is most appropriate word. Just a step above Nigerian scammers.
It is really common right now for government contract work. REcruiters want those government contracts bad and most related job postings are to pad their databases with degreed people with ACTIVE clearances. That means the recruiter nor the government have to pay the investigation costs and is a selling point to government agencies. Really beware these postings. Most are fake.
What to do about it? I don't know. Like any business I am displeased with, I tell anyone who will listen what kind of low-lifes they are. They will ultimately ruin their own reputations with professional job-seekers and hopefully go away.
