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Originally posted by sfiail
Has anyone noticed that the online jobs sites (Monster, careerbuilder) are overrun with postings from some pretty crappy headhunters?
The purpose of this post is both to warn and to seek guidance. First the warning. Most of the legal job postings on job boards are by headhunters with no real ties to the firm or other employer posting the job. From my experience they simply conduct their own searches of firm websites and then post the ad on the job site as if they have some angle on the job. They almost never do. (This probably wasn't news to most of you.)
Finally, the question. What can a job seeker do other than happhazardly troll firm/corporate websites em'sself? This doesn't seem particularly effecient or thorough. I know job searches aren't supposed to be fun, but there's got to be a better way. I know, I know. Personal contacts etc. Assume I'm using all of those at my disposal. Are there other sites with the real deal on jobs that I don't know about?
The only thing I've come up with is to use the job site's crappy hh posting as a clue to the identity of the firm (It works with firms; in-house gigs are much harder to decipher). I'm often successful at finding the corresponding posting on the firm's own website.
I want to find a way around these crappy low rent head hunters. It's sad to think that they've drained most of the value from online job boards.
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My husband used legal authority to great success. They do all the reading of firm websites, trolling of other job boards, scanning classifieds for you, so that you can be relatively sure that they have found all the jobs that are
advertised. From there, he directly mailed/faxed/emailed his resume.
Good luck.
