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Shermann

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4. "Pipeline reqs" are a thing now

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 04:25 PM

Mar 2023

They are for building a pipeline of candidates to save for a rainy day.

This is a bit different from your example where they are "fishing" for some dream candidate. In both scenarios they aren't really advertising real opportunities in good faith.

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That Plum Job Listing May Just Be a Ghost [View all] Mosby Mar 2023 OP

I applied for my job 4 times before getting a reply jcgoldie Mar 2023 #1

Geez! ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #3

Interesting. I saw a lot of ghost job listings when I was trying to get a federal government job Victor_c3 Mar 2023 #2

"Pipeline reqs" are a thing now Shermann Mar 2023 #4

Thanks for that, very informative. Mosby Mar 2023 #5

The hospitals around here do that a lot. hippywife Mar 2023 #6

Who exactly are they trying to deceive? nt Shermann Mar 2023 #7

They have staffing regulations... hippywife Mar 2023 #8

I think the authors missed at least one factor. Mosby Mar 2023 #9