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doktrin on March 22, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: How To Hire Me (or any other programmer)

> I have applicants for positions that don't exist. My applicant search takes negative time.

Why do you feel it's necessary to waste a candidates time by having them apply for make-believe vacancies?

jacalata on March 22, 2013 [–]

The charitable reading would be that he is talking about unsolicited applications.

doktrin on March 23, 2013 | [–]

Perhaps, but honestly the wording lead me to believe he was referring to the practice of keeping job postings open for non-existent positions. It's a relatively common practice, albeit a questionable one IMHO.

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