There was an article about staffing agencies spamming LLM generated CVs to companies to saturate the market and convince companies that hiring is impossibly hard
Hell even without that hiring is really really hard. Im the IT manager for my company and I’m looking to hire for some level 1 help desk type positions. They don’t need to be super experienced, but they do need to know things like “what is group policy” or “how would you troubleshoot this hypothetical issue”. Basically they should be able to pass the Comptia A+ test, even if they dont actually have it.
My God I got over 600 applications within a business week! The vast majority of those applicants were from people with no experience, lots of experience in a different field!
Like I was getting these applicants from people who have 15 years of plumbing or machining experience. Or people who clearly haven’t been able to hold down a job (if you bounce from minimum wage job to minimum wage job every other month, that’s a bad look). Or on the other end of the spectrum, I was getting people with decades of sysadmin experience applying too.
I had to start having HR filter the top and bottom out of the stack so I could actually see useful data.
One of the best ones I ever got was an ‘engineer’ who described driving around in his van ‘fixing things’ applying for a machine learning engineer position.
I once saw an ad looking to hire someone with a BA that knew 3 computer programming languages for $8 an hour.
I know JavaScript, TypeScript, and ECMAScript.
entry level job; salary range $30,000 - $150,000 depending on qualifications and experience; 10 yrs experience required; high school diploma required, Phd preferred
apply today!
Phd preferred
Weird way to spell required
Sorry we’ve decided to move forward with other candidates (You’re not the VP’s son).
1 month later, the exact same job posting is listed again
New recruitment process, who this?
My last job had close to that range. There is a hiring range is typically 50-70% of the maximum. Below 50% is the developmental range for laddering underqualified internal hires. Over 70% is for very experienced, overqualified candidates. Generally employers won’t go more than 85% of max because they need a couple years of cushion for salary increases. If they hire at max they know the candidate is going to be back on the market in a year.
(We will always offer you pay on the lower end of the scale)
High school diploma is barely an entry barrier, completely reasonable IMO for anything other than a factory button-pusher.
“High school diploma required; PhD preferred” translates to “we’re only reading this application if you have a PhD or we get no other applicants”.
You missed the point
The fact that the majority of us are essentially forced to participate in the capitalist market means that we will always be at the mercy of greasy, compliant, ass-sucking ‘bosses.’
We don’t have any freedom with work unless we have the freedom not to work.
We don’t have any freedom with work unless we have the freedom not to work.
What are you talking about? We have the freedom to not work and die cold and hungry in the streets just like the founding fathers intended!
Capitalism is slavery with extra steps.
Like gdog said, no, you don’t actually. Being homeless is illegal in a ton of places.
We don’t have that freedom either. We have the freedom to be constantly harassed or imprisoned for not having a paid residence.
I’m getting sick of the invasive questions
"Gender?
Sex at birth?
Are you trans?
Are you gay? Bi?
Ever been depressed?
Abuse alcohol? Drugs?
Ever been arrested?
Ever been in the military?
Well what about your spouse?
Ever work for the government?
That degree you mentioned, we can’t ask your age but uh, when did you earn that bad boy, huh?"
NONE OF THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE POSITION.
This is 100% occuring in the USA. Where I live and work.
Gender?
Present.
Sex at birth?
No, my first time was well over a decade later.
Are you trans?
Transtabular, from your position.
Are you gay? Bi?
I prefer professionalism to gaiety during interviews. This meeting isn’t over yet.
Ever been depressed?
Not in the button sense, no.
Abuse alcohol? Drugs?
Neither physically nor emotionally. No, thank you, not now.
Ever been arrested?
Have you been?
Ever been in the military?
Even if I was, you’re not getting veteran’s benefits through me.
Well what about your spouse?
Even if they were, you’re not getting veteran’s benefits through them.
Ever work for the government?
Why, are you paying public service rates?
That degree you mentioned, we can’t ask your age but uh, when did you earn that bad boy, huh?
I think it was sometime around when I graduated from college.
Gender?
Sex at birth?
Are you trans?
Are you gay? Bi?
Ever been depressed?
Abuse alcohol? Drugs?
Ever been arrested?
Ever been in the military?
Well what about your spouse?
Ever work for the government?
That degree you mentioned, we can’t ask your age but uh, when did you earn that bad boy, huh?
I’m just trying to get an egg loan! There’s people in line behind me!
I’m getting scam calls about my extended egg warranty.
Most of these questions are illegal in my country, thank fuck
thank fuck
No, thank the government and the people who voted.
No, thank the workers who literally died fighting for worker rights, which forced the government’s hands in order to keep the peace.
Died and often killed, don’t forget that demonstrations are the compromise for a civil discourse. When not being treated civilly, it quickly becomes a mob and the lynching begins.
If you’re in the USA, these questions are legal to ask.
Some are illegal (when did you graduate), but is asked very often anyways. Often times marked as required on Workday Job applications.
LOL my god, people in this thread just making shit up. It is absolutely legal in the US to ask for a graduation/attendance date on an app.
I am floored by the amount of blind “nuh uh that is not true you’re lying.”
Guys.
I’m not fucking lying.
Ass clowns.
OP is full of shit. See my response.
https://old.lemmy.world/comment/15656902
Those questions are begging for discrimination lawsuits. Despite being heavily involved in onboarding at two companies, I’m not sure which of those are legal to ask because no one asks.
Yes, they still ask them.
You’re an idiot.
Where are you that has questions like these?
5 of those questions aren’t asked in the US.
I am in the US.
Those questions are 100% asked.
Source: over 1000 job applications this year so far.
That’s like 4 a day, every day including weekends. Where do you live where there are that many jobs available?
Yes that’s about right. I do between 20 and 80 per day when I do applications.
The US.
Remote jobs are a thing.
You’re lying, plain and simple. Tell me with a straight fucking face you’ve been asked about sexual preferences or gender at birth.
i totally believe you…
Aren’t asked for now. I’m pretty sure in certain states will become mandatory…
They are. I am in the US.
Ah fuck it, yes to everything! Yolo!
Almost none of that is asked on an application except the degree date. All of the above would be a fucking nightmare for HR. You really think employers are dumb enough to ask questions that could lead to discrimination lawsuits?!
After you are hired, the forms ask:
- Gender and race (you forgot race!): Employers need this for mandatory Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) reporting.
- Alcohol and drugs: Only for a very few positions, government, security and the like. Perhaps you were filling out a Form 4473 to buy a gun and got confused?
- Arrested and convicted of a crime: Imagine an employee getting raped and the employer having to say, “We had no idea!” I’ve been arrested shitloads of times, no convictions, no problem. Also, I’m betting you can say “no” for misdemeanor convictions, no one gives a shit unless the job requires a security clearance. And if you think standard hiring invades your privacy, oh boy.
- Military: Various laws to protect vets require the employer to know this for benefits, accommodations, etc., same for spouse. Also an EEO thing.
- Government work: Never seen this, but I imagine it’s like any employer, “Ever worked for us before?”
You made some of that up out of thin air and didn’t understand the rest. And here ya got 61 upvotes from people taking all that at face value. Be better.
SOURCE: Worked IT for an employment firm with 200 employers. Designed and posted hiring forms, hiring data and onboarding at two places. Learned more about hiring than I ever wanted to know.
You really think employers are dumb enough to ask questions that could lead to discrimination lawsuits?!
Yes.
I made none of that up.
Ridiculous.
I’m not here to convince anyone; simply stating verifiable facts.
Not here to spoon feed you.
I predicted this exact response. Should have put that in the post. It’s a perfect copy of how conservatives react when given facts.
“Nuh uh. It’s true. Do your research.”
OK. Bet.
How about the depression thing?
I can do this all day. Or would your rather compare our professional experiences involving HR, hiring and onboarding?
Disabilities.
They allow for asking almost every one of the questions I mentioned.
You’re obnoxious.
I am blocking you now. You’re too dumb for words.
What is the “correct” answer for the ever worked in the government/military ones?
The truth. Depending on the context they will either report how many military veterans they employ (so just tabulation that goes to a checkbox if they bid for a government contract), or it involves military benefits in some manner, which will quickly come back to haunt you if you ‘lied’ on application docs.
Bingo. Employers are required by law to obtain veteran status. EEO reporting comes to mind.
We need to have 4 years expirenece on techology version {current_year}
