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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]just curious - why would they have fake job postings? what is the benefit of that?  they would not get paid if they did not find someone a job right?[/quote]

They do that to gather resumes so when they do have a client, they can say " Oh i have 10 prospective applicants bla bla bla" and that's how they build their portfolio. It is a technique well known that headhunters use. Read about it here http://www.recareered.com/blog/2011/01/28/career-advice-how-to-recognize-fake-job-ads/
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In my prior life as a recruiter, my offices were required to have a minimum number of jobs posted each week … even if we didn’t have enough current job orders. This requirement was audited as part of our offices’ performance and reported all the way up to the President of the company.

In addition, even if we had job orders, we were required to post additional ads for “typical” jobs that we often filled … even if there wasn’t an immediate need for that specific job. Part of what drove this requirement was my company’s relationship with CareerBuilder. My prior employer was one of CareerBuilder’s largest advertisers and purchased an unlimited advertising package with them. So our corporate office encouraged (insisted on is a better description) fake job ads to drive a pipeline of candidate resumes to keep our inventory of candidates strong, maximizing their use of an unlimited package.
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Yup, it's out there[/quote]

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