Sweet Reason with a dose of Common Sense
HERE’S SOMETHING I wonder about: why are we all so surprised that there are so many fake job ads getting posted today? ResumeBuilder.com touted a survey they did with “649 hiring managers” in May 2024 that came up with the not-so-surprising finding that “40% of companies posted a fake job listing this year” and that
HERE’S A WELL KNOWN hiring practice that is as stupid and shortsighted today as it was when I first encountered it nearly 30 years ago. It popped up — again — in a BBC story this past week titled The “ghost jobs” employers never fill. As the BBC described it: “Job boards like LinkedIn and
I’VE SEEN A LOT of job listings over the last few years, so why am I surprised at some of the preposterous skill requirements that some hiring managers seem to be looking for? I shouldn’t be — but then I saw this one. Here’s what was listed as the No. 1 required skill for a
