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In reply to the discussion: Looking For A Job Today AND....... WTF [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)But I can say that for so many years I've heard people complain bitterly that a job posting isn't a real job posting since the person to be hired is already known, and I've always wondered about that. I haven't worked for very many different companies, and to be honest I've never actually been aware of company policy requiring a fake job search.
About 15 or so years ago I was looking through the help wanted in the local newspaper and asked my then husband about some of the listings in IT, his field. He also hired people in that area for his company. I was marvelling at requirements for ten or more years of experience. He assured me that the requirement was really the dream of the person who wrote the ad, and in reality they'd settle for half of that, perhaps less.
Times do change, I know, but ever since then when I'm looking at help wanted ads, I frequently discount a certain amount of what they're asking for. Clearly, relevant experience and education matters, but only up to a point.