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I got laid off from my job last week, and am going through the process of registering for unemployment benefits. One of the things that they make you do is register for work on www.NCWorks.gov. The idea, I suppose, is that companies in need of a new employee can come to this site and search for a candidate. In practice though, I can see this being abused. If I'm applying for a job at company X, what are the chances that the HR department for company X searches for my name in this NCWorks.gov database, and now knows that I am desperate and can lowball my salary offer, if it comes to that? Do you think that companies do that? I certainly wouldn't put it past them.
I got laid off from my job last week, and am going through the process of registering for unemployment benefits. One of the things that they make you do is register for work on www.NCWorks.gov. The idea, I suppose, is that companies in need of a new employee can come to this site and search for a candidate. In practice though, I can see this being abused. If I'm applying for a job at company X, what are the chances that the HR department for company X searches for my name in this NCWorks.gov database, and now knows that I am desperate and can lowball my salary offer, if it comes to that? Do you think that companies do that? I certainly wouldn't put it past them.
So you're saying that companies can only post jobs on this site, but cannot search for candidates? That would be good to hear. Now, if I was to apply to a posted job using this NCWorks website, then that would certainly make it obvious, but I have no plans to do that.
So you're saying that companies can only post jobs on this site, but cannot search for candidates? That would be good to hear. Now, if I was to apply to a posted job using this NCWorks website, then that would certainly make it obvious, but I have no plans to do that.
Companies can search for candidates, but not by name.
Companies can search for candidates, but not by name.
I apologize for asking so many questions, but your answers are brief and only tell part of the story.
So as an employer, can I go to this database and search for all candidates that identify themselves with a certain skill set? For example, could I search for all candidates in the Raleigh area that identify themselves as web programmers. It would provide a list that could be sorted alphabetically, which I could then easily determine if an engineer was unemployed or not. I must be missing something which makes this "impossible".
I apologize for asking so many questions, but your answers are brief and only tell part of the story.
So as an employer, can I go to this database and search for all candidates that identify themselves with a certain skill set? For example, could I search for all candidates in the Raleigh area that identify themselves as web programmers. It would provide a list that could be sorted alphabetically, which I could then easily determine if an engineer was unemployed or not. I must be missing something which makes this "impossible".
Yes companies can search by "keyword" such as "web programmer" or "database engineer". They can also search by education level, maximum salary desired and other criteria, but once they perform that search, it doesn't produce any names. They can't find out who you are until you contact them.
Your premise of being lowballed because you're unemployed doesn't make any sense anyway. If you are worth $60,000 a year in the marketplace, and they offer you $30,000 and you take it, they know you're going to immediately start looking for a new job. That makes no sense. Lots of people have found new jobs while unemployed (including me) and not been lowballed.
Yes companies can search by "keyword" such as "web programmer" or "database engineer". They can also search by education level, maximum salary desired and other criteria, but once they perform that search, it doesn't produce any names. They can't find out who you are until you contact them.
Got it. I understand now. Thanks for explaining.
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