#Rant re: #Recruitment and #JobOffers - strap in cuz this needs to be said!
- Seriously, why does no #recruiting / #HR / #BusinessNetwork / #Classifieds page offering #Jobs allow candidates to #filter out #Companies (i.e. past employers, garbage firms), technologies (i.e. NFTs, Blockchain, Web3, Windows), and/or filter between #HR / #RecrutingFirm|s, #Consultancy Firms and actual, direct positions?
Why can't one set stuff like :
- "I don't want to see or be seen by recruiters / staff / employees of/for [$Company]."
- "Don't show me positions containing the following Keywords: [i.e. NFT, Blockchain, Web3, ...]"
- "Only show direct vacancies by the employers."
The best we get are toggles for for full-time / part time, freelance / direct employment and maybe onsite / remote or the "we're too cowardly to admit that we have #EscalatingCommitment to #CommercialRealEstate" aka. "hybrid"....
And lets not get into the shit practice of denying #PaymentTransparency:
- IMHO it should be made mandatory per law to disclose the actual "Employee Gross Pay" that the employer is willing and guaranteeing to pay to any successful applicant filling the vacancy!
If my local ALDI can say 'we pay € 14,85/hr starting before taxes' then so can your million- or even billion Euro company that promises upper 5 to lower 6 digit annual pay packages!
- Not that I think € 14,85/hr is a good pay given it's a stressful and menial job with almost no upward mobility (I mean best one can do is Shift Supervisor or Store Manager, it's not as if one will get promoted beyond that!) and that would get many people I know quit from boreout.
I'm just gonna go out on a limb here and say that recruiters, companies, HR firms and candidates should stop wasting time dickin' around the bush and be fucking honest.
- Literally NOONE is labouring their life in any job - from the most underpaid #Shitjob delivering parcels and food to the most overpaid "#WhiteCollar" cubicle dwelling - because they "love their job"... That lie died when #boomers retieed as the the last folks which would've been eligible for 50 years as an employee badge of honor if it hadn't been discontinued in 1966.
We're adults, so I do expect you as a recruiter to treat me as an adult and say:
"I'm urgently in need to fill a position because we fucked up having *no apprentices or trainees the last 20 years, our arrogant past-#CEO literally forced everyone into the office and our IT staff collectively quit because of that and when those that we hired as replacement catched #LongCovid we fired them and we now realize that forcing people into unventilated cubicles with a filthy A/C that only works under 30°C is a bad idea so we offer this position remotely..."*
But I guess most #neurotypicals will just not appreciate honesty and instead love pretty lies instead...
- And I don't blame people for doing the same. I don't as a matter of principle even if it hurts me and my wallet short-term...
Sorry, this rant was bought to you by the guy who got the same shit job offered for the 12th time by 12 different recruiters in 6 months.
- Not that I'm unwilling for any exclusivity contracts... it's just that noone sent me acceptable terms as of writing...
But I do want to stress that this rant isn't about me, but about how much space, time and money is being wasted on absurdities that it's infuriating...
- Like I've seen cases where a position at [$PublicAgency] was offered to me via [$HiringFirm] who directed me to [$SubcontractingAmdConsultancyFirm] that then offered said people at a 250% markup because noone with even a bit self-esteem and skills would've accepted the scrutiny of a Level 2 Security Clearance and subsequent restrictions and demands for a paygrade like E8, which is below what a full-time delivery driver can make through [$DeliveryCompany] can do and all that job takes is a road-legal bicycle, shitty android smartphone, ID card, being legally able to work in Germany and being able to memorize absolute basic phrases to communicate and being able to sign a friggin' contract and show up at work on time sober and not filthy...
If I had a few million euros I'd likely started such a #JobClassifieds page ages ago... Alas, I don't...
- If there's anyone from #XING, #StepStone, etc. reading this: #PLZFIX your platforms and if you want and need help with that, get in touch with me!