Online job posts

dalehitchy1 · 25 Jul 2016 at 08:19

Do agencies put up fake job roles to get people's CVS in their system? Are they allowed to do this.

I ask because I applied for a job as a data analyst advertised by a specific recruiter. I spoke with the recruiter who said would put me forward. I keep checking reed and job site and the job post keeps getting posted twice a week and has done for the past 4 months.

I wouldn't call it a very highly skilled job so even if I wasn't suitable surely someone else would be by now. It seems like a very long time to be searching for the one position.

GravyMonster · 25 Jul 2016 at 08:44

dalehitchy1 said:
Do agencies put up fake job roles to get people's CVS in their system?

Yes, lots and lots. A friend who worked in recruitment for a while told me that during quiet periods as much as 50% of the jobs an agency offers will be entirely fictional, just to get CVs in and get in contact with new people.

dalehitchy1 · 25 Jul 2016 at 11:27

Spunkey said:
Yes, lots and lots. A friend who worked in recruitment for a while told me that during quiet periods as much as 50% of the jobs an agency offers will be entirely fictional, just to get CVs in and get in contact with new people.

And this is not illegal?

Nevakonaza · 25 Jul 2016 at 11:29

Things that should be abolished.

Agency work
0 hour contracts

They are evil.

dalehitchy1 · 25 Jul 2016 at 11:37

Nevakonaza said:
Things that should be abolished.

Agency work

0 hour contracts

They are evil.

Agreed... But many jobs are advertised by the recruiter / agency but you are actually employed by the company.

Huddy · 25 Jul 2016 at 11:50

With such fragmentation of the Internet job market, agencies do provide a valid service, it's just that some don't seem to have much of a moral code, it's a relatively unregulated industry. You'll find some good ones in amongst the crap like most things in life.

dowie · 25 Jul 2016 at 11:55

Yeah it is pretty standard... along with other dubious things like trying to get your current hiring manager's details and then pitching their services to him as you're going to be leaving soon... or getting the details of places you've interviewed at supposedly so they don't send your CV to the same role you've already applied for seemingly sometimes so they can again pitch their services and send more candidates for those roles too (since the role you're interested in whether real or fake will presumably match the sort of candidates they already have and tend to deal with)

dowie · 25 Jul 2016 at 11:56

Nevakonaza said:
Things that should be abolished.

Agency work

0 hour contracts

They are evil.

posts that are irrelevant to the thread topic

demonix · 25 Jul 2016 at 18:35

Actually, the only ones posting fake job adverts are those looking to harvest personal data (and there's a lot on UJM along with some of the other job sites).

dowie · 25 Jul 2016 at 18:40

demonix said:
Actually, the only ones posting fake job adverts are those looking to harvest personal data

well yeah, to build their candidate database, why else would they spend money on adverts?

Malevolence · 25 Jul 2016 at 18:45

I remember applying for a job as IT Support some time back and thought myself lucky when I was invited in for an interview. I turned up at the hotel where these interviews were supposed to be being held to be greeted by some shady looking bloke demanding I hand over £450 for the cost of the training course.

It turns out that it wasn't a job at all, but an IT training course run by some right dodgy looking flybynight ****ers. There was no mention of this in the 'job' advert, it was advertised as an actual job. More worryingly, looking into the room there were about 5 or 6 people in there who, I assume, must've stumped up the cash.

Needless to say I told them where to shove their training course and