We all know this is happening. But now we have some statistics from a recent survey conducted by the company Resume Builder of 649 hiring managers. Even though this may be a small pool of respondents, the results still are quite troubling.
An excerpt: “…Two-thirds of companies cited a desire to “appear the company is open to external talent” and 59% said it was an effort to “collect resumes and keep them on file for a later date.”
What’s even more concerning about the results: 85% of companies engaging in the practice said they interviewed candidates for the fake jobs….”
Here is the URL link to the Quartz business news page: https://qz.com/companies-posting-fake-job-listings-resume-builder-1851556777.