ASK THE HEADHUNTER Job boards say they fill most jobs. Employer says “LMAO!”

[deanwebb]

Job boards say they fill most jobs. Employer says "LMAO!"

In the December 5, 2017 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, an employer questions the claims job boards make about how often they fill jobs.  Question I've read many of your posts about job boards, including Job Boards: Take this challenge, but it was one about The Bogus-ness of Indeed.com that really got my attention because it has over 200 comments on it, and because now I've seen how Indeed works for employers — and I'm LMAO! My wife runs a popular retail chain store and recently took to Indeed.com to find qualified applicants. In Los Angeles, at a high profile new

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Source: Job boards say they fill most jobs. Employer says "LMAO!"

[deanwebb]

Link works on this one... but we don't get an answer to the question this week. The author is asking for stories from hiring managers and HR people about the reality regarding those job boards.

I can say that they're bad enough that more than a few firms will contract out blocks of positions to a contractor because they're counting on that contractor to provide qualified candidates for the roles.

Don't relax your guard in such cases. Insist upon the right to interview and reject proposed applicants from a vendor. Every now and then, they'll test to see if you're an account that they can "pass the trash" to.