Paying to view job postings?

Question

Anyone have thoughts on this?  Is a company really reputable if they allow possible candidates to pay them to view their companies postings?  Is it possibly a way to weed out unqualified candidates and how do we know if these jobs are actually really available or just way to generate we revenue while selling our information after signing up and paying?

Deb Strickland · Answer

Do you mean job aggregator sites such as FlexJobs (yes, legit) that specialize in particular types of jobs? I haven't seen individual corporate job sites that require registration.

I don't see how this tactic would be a way to weed out unqualified candidates since all they know about you is whatever you provided as part of the registration process. Did you have to provide your LI profile? It seems like more work on their end than using an ATS like most companies do.

Anonymous · Answer

I have honestly never heard of this, and like you would be super skeptical of any company that does it. What in the world do they hope to gain from this approach?  Or is this a revenue generating scheme? Hard pass for me.

Anonymous · Answer

RUN!

Paying to view job postings?

You're invited.

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