RH Phantom Jobs

I believe that RH posts phantom jobs to attract candidates.

I was tricked into going in and testing for a position and I have a strong suspicion based on comments from the recruiter that it does not exist. Not sure how to prove it but would love to catch them at it.

If true they deserve to be outed. It doesn't get any lower!

I agree. Similar experience.

They do. Then they want you to send your resume to harvest it for potential clients.

STAY AWAY

I know that they post "phantom jobs" for a fact: but it's not that sinister. They post for things that they KNOW will be coming down the pike or they get constantly.

And yes, RH is a mill. Rare to find good people there (but that's so true of an industry so incredibly full of people who have ZERO CLUE about the facts and matters they deal with), but there are some and they do put out work.

Disgusted in Grand Rapids, Michigan said: I believe that RH posts phantom jobs to attract candidates.

I was tricked into going in and testing for a position and I have a strong suspicion based on comments from the recruiter that it does not exist. Not sure how to prove it but would love to catch them at it.

If true they deserve to be outed. It doesn't get any lower!

Me in Pomona, New York said: They do. Then they want you to send your resume to harvest it for potential clients.

STAY AWAY

Yeah, all recruiters do this. Craigslist is particularly bad because it's free to post (in Chicago anyhow), but everyone does it on all the boards. I worked as a finance recruiter briefly, and the art of designing "job" postings that draw passive candidates out of the woodwork is fascinating. The most placeable candidates are the ones who are so good at their jobs that they sit around at work, bored out of their minds, because their talents are under-utilized in their current position. They're not disgruntled or really unhappy, their company just isn't doing enough to move their career forward. So when they're just surfing the web, checking things out, they'll maybe shoot an email out regarding a job posting that sounds particularly interesting and unique. A lot of time the best candidates don't even have resumes - if you're one of these candidates and you find a recruiter who's willing to work with you long term, I'd stick with them. They're the recruiters who understand that their client's interests are best served when the candidates are happy and enjoy their new job.

RHI is a body shop - rather than responding to an ad, I'd call them up, make an appointment to see someone and state your case in person. It allows you to evaluate the recruiter, before you give them references and other information they'll use to make money off you without finding you a job. Depending on the job you're looking for, however, you may want to deal with the RHIs, Ajilons, Manpowers, Randstads, etc. of the world. They often have volume contracts with the large corporations that mean corporate HR departments are more responsive to them, and they have a deeper pool of hiring manager contacts to draw on. Just don't go into expecting to be viewed as anything other than a fee.