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Subject:Re: Hiring, but it's a secret? From:voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com> To:arroxaneullman -at- aol -dot- com Date:Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:52:12 -0500
Arroxane,
In my experience, the anonymous job posting is usually a contract house
recruiter not wanting to give away the employer and get him/herself cut out
of the loop. In the past, I've been in the position of talking to several
contract houses simultaneously about the same job.
-Wendy
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:16 AM, <arroxaneullman -at- aol -dot- com> wrote:
> An automated search spit out a job on Monster.com, but the company is
> "anonymous." I just have to wonder why a company would hide that they are
> hiring, but put a job on Monster. Is this a scam--like where a recruiter is
> only pretending they have a job but is really resume fishing? Or are they
> too ashamed to admit they need *gasp* a writer/editor? Who would want to
> work at a place like that? Maybe I'm just reading too much into it, but it
> does seem fishy.
>
> Anyone got any insight on the devious minds behind anonymous job postings?
>
> Arroxane, curious as a cat
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