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In my ongoing post-college search for Film/Media/TV-related jobs, I applied for an interesting listing on CL that I feel strongly qualified for. Some time later, I got an e-mail from the person(s) who put up the listing telling me to directly apply for the position at what I've found out to be a subscription job website.
While I've been increasingly growing desperate for employment, I haven't reached the point where I'm inclined to pay for access to job listings. Are these types of websites more common than I think, and are they worth the subscription fee?
Think about this logically ... what job postings could this subscription site possibly have access to that the free ones don't?
What companies would want to limit the exposure of their job openings to a limited pool of candidates that are desperate enough to pay for such listings?
at best these sites are not worth it, and at worst they are identity theft scams. the fact that you were directed to this site by a craigslist job posting makes me think the latter, so be careful!
i signed up for one that i thought was a free monster-type site in order to apply for a job, and it only became clear near the end of the process that it was a pay service. i didn't complete my registration but i still got signed up for a zillion useless job listing e-mails. it was a pain to unsubscribe from them all. but it could have been worse!
I get daily emails from iHire. They show jobs that are usually on all the other job boards (Career Builder, Monster, Indeed, etc.). On iHire, sometimes, there is something in the short job description that will either reveal who the company is or give a clue who the company is. Sometimes not. There is one that was on an email I received from them yesterday that I was very curious about, but gave no information as to who the employer is. iHire is a subscription service, as well. $1 for the first week and then $75 for three months. Needless to say, I HAVE NOT subscribed to their services, simply for the reason Jaypee stated. Even though I would LOVE to know who this employer is, I'm not willing to spend $75 to find out.
There are a few that I know of that are industry specific such as sports jobs. I think that is good if you are in that particular industry. It helps create a barrier to those of us who are not in the industry. I can understand how annoying that would be but I don't think it is evil as other like iHire.
Another one I saw was a recent college graduate job website where if you sign up for six months and do not get a job, you get six months free. I actually e-mailed this one because believe it or not, most graduates do not have money to pay for subscriptions to job websites. The owner e-mailed me back and said it was to "make sure good employers are not barriered by paying a fee to run their ads" and so to do this, he had to pass it onto consumers. Then he tried to hook me in with a discount. I was just trying to understand the logic behind that job board.
There are a few that I know of that are industry specific such as sports jobs. I think that is good if you are in that particular industry. It helps create a barrier to those of us who are not in the industry. I can understand how annoying that would be but I don't think it is evil as other like iHire.
I guess I still don't understand how charging a fee will be a barrier to those job seekers who are not in that industry.
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Another one I saw was a recent college graduate job website where if you sign up for six months and do not get a job, you get six months free. I actually e-mailed this one because believe it or not, most graduates do not have money to pay for subscriptions to job websites. The owner e-mailed me back and said it was to "make sure good employers are not barriered by paying a fee to run their ads" and so to do this, he had to pass it onto consumers. Then he tried to hook me in with a discount. I was just trying to understand the logic behind that job board.
So instead of charging employers, he decides to charge the jobseekers instead? Evidently he feels jobseekers, even though they may not have much money, are more desperate than employers.
I guess I still don't understand how charging a fee will be a barrier to those job seekers who are not in that industry.
If you never applied for say sports jobs and see for 14.99 you can apply for this job (and others) this could be a barrier to those not in the industry. Specifically when you have free sites with lots of other jobs.
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So instead of charging employers, he decides to charge the jobseekers instead? Evidently he feels jobseekers, even though they may not have much money, are more desperate than employers.
Yep, that could very well be the case. No wonder why I didn't pay for it right?
Another one I saw was a recent college graduate job website where if you sign up for six months and do not get a job, you get six months free. I actually e-mailed this one because believe it or not, most graduates do not have money to pay for subscriptions to job websites. The owner e-mailed me back and said it was to "make sure good employers are not barriered by paying a fee to run their ads" and so to do this, he had to pass it onto consumers. Then he tried to hook me in with a discount. I was just trying to understand the logic behind that job board.
hahaha! so if you pay for 6 months of a service that should be free (and odds are you could find those listings for free elsewhere), and don't get a job, you get another 6 months for free! whatta deal!
I forget to mention a company like this tried to get my wife to work for them selling this crap just a few days ago and she basically told them what we posted why would anyone pay for this nonsense. It's really sick praying on desperate people that don't have the money con them to spend it and they get nada.
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