Is anyone else frustrated that companies want your email address and name before you can look at the job description?

7 Comments

1. AnonymousMarch 29,2024 at 4:51PM UTC

   They might be using it to track cost per hire if they are using paid job sites. Since talent and the HR function are cost center roles many companies have to justify the spend in those areas. Especially bigger companies. I always recommend that you set aside a separate email solely for your job search. That way no company can tie you to your personal things that you may not want to share with them and are illegal for them to ask about you in your interviews. Also recommend if you add your phone number to a resume use a google voice number and screen the calls especially when they come in without being scheduled. Then you won't be blindsided by a screening call leaving you unprepared or forgetful of the company itself because you applied to so many places. It is fine to do this and it is also likely that their ATS ( applicant tracking system) is the one that is requiring this too.

2. AnonymousMarch 30,2024 at 4:03PM UTC

   Good idea with the google phone number.

   I started the new email so time to get my phone number "changed"

3. AnonymousMarch 30,2024 at 3:54PM UTC

   I'm curious about what companies require an email address before you can see the job description. I have not encountered this, as I use what companies post on recruiting sites. I only go to the company's webpage when I see a job description I like. I usually am on their "careers" page only to verify that the job is posted there, as I have gotten too many bogus and fraudulent "too good to be true" job offers and wondered where they ever got my information because the job does not match anything I am looking for. Be careful, as these companies are likely collecting email addresses they can sell as a list of job seekers to a broker that gathers email addresses (yes, they exist). I delete over 200 emails a day that slip through my spam filters. I generally do not visit sites that require an email address to browse their site unless it is something I subscribe to (for example, professional organizations and honor societies). I get enough junk email. If a company requires an email address before you click the "apply [for this job]" button in the job description, it is a hard pass for me.

4. AnonymousMarch 30,2024 at 9:01PM UTC

   Lots of them do. They get their jobs posted by 3rd parties and then those 3rd parties spam you.

5. AnonymousMarch 31,2024 at 1:01AM UTC

   I interpreted her saying "companies" as the company with the job, not the 3rd party or the job board site.

6. Joan Williams, Senior Talent Acquisition SpecialistApril 1,2024 at 12:19AM UTC

   I've never heard of this.
   Is this on a company website? Job board?

7. AnonymousApril 1,2024 at 1:09AM UTC

   BEFORE reviewing job description?

   Sounds like a scam to me.