Talent acquisition is the cost of being in business. Hiring is hard, I admit. Being efficient while remaining within legal and regulatory frameworks is fine and expected, fraud and misrepresentation through job postings with no intent to hire is not.
it does, but the damage isn't proportional to job seekers and there can even be malicious incentives to do this. That should be punished and discouraged.
We've seen for a long time now that companies will put up with a lot of inefficiencies for various other bottom lines.
But how do you punish this without making it even worse in some other way?
Much of the current situation stems from fairness-minded regulations forcing companies to post jobs they already have a candidate for, wasting everybody’s time.
I guess our opinion will vary on "worse", but the worst case for a job seeker is less jobs to click on. I don't see that as worse than applying to a bunch of jobs thst don't exist or are otherwise exploiting the idea of a job posting.
>Much of the current situation stems from fairness-minded regulations forcing companies to post jobs they already have a candidate for, wasting everybody’s time.
Yes, I do believe we should repeal those regulations. Someone who wants to hire a friend of family member will figure out how to do it.
H1bs are a more complex matter. They should ironically enough strengthen those so an H1b isn't held hostage by an employer who can lay them off on thr drop of a hat. They should have more protections as they are a sponsored guest and not yet an American citizen.
It is quite common with some sort of time consuming application process before interviews, where only the applicant waste time. Like, the employers seem to use "willing to waste time" as some sort of filter.
E.g. my brother applied for a job this summer and was pre-screened by some sort of chat bot, which I guess will become way more common.
>Any smallish 1-2 hour meeting with a couple of people on it can easily cost thousands if you work out people’s hourly wage.
Companies expect employees to work late, for free, to get their duties done, so time spent on time-wasting hiring meetings only affect the employees, not the company's finances.
Any smallish 1-2 hour meeting with a couple of people on it can easily cost thousands if you work out people’s hourly wage.
Add on the context-switching costs impacting the rest of their workdays.
Then add the reputational damage among jobseekers - when word gets out that a company is a timewaster, qualified people will be less likely to apply.