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It is always free to post your job on any of our 38 job boards.

But we do charge, just not for posting a job. We get all our clients this way.

Regards
Chris

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LOL... if it was a Federal offense, they wouldn't sue, they would arerst, jail, charge, try, and convict....

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Also, your "federal offense" turns out to be not for posting a fake job, but for using a 900 number to charge jobseekers...

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Carl,
you obviously don't read ERE where recruiters will actually admit in public that they do this. In fact some will even post fake resumes so that can get companies calling them to get positions. There was a rather heated discussion on the network regarding what many considered unethical tactics.

Carl, fake jobs was/is how many recruiters are taught at some of the "slaughterhouse" recruiting firms to create a candidate data base. There is a Reason that most if not all of the Job Boards have policies to try to deter this.

It actually is a federal crime to post an Ad for Employment that does not exist. (see FTC link)

You may find more information regarding Working with Recruiters, and the issues such as this at the FTC, BBB, and SBA who all have articles regarding some of these practices. Unfortunately this is not a myth!

http://www.bbb.org/Alerts/article.asp?ID=268

http://www.newyork.bbb.org/Default.aspx?pid=133#title7 This gives an example of what Laws may apply in States that License and Regulate Employment Search Firms (Executive Search Included)

The FTC also has their version http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/services/jobsffc.shtm

The biggest concern though are the Identity Theft Thieves posing as companies or recruiters hoping to gain private information.
There is a recruiter in the East Coast who is currently having some legal problems right now for submitting a candidate for an interview (the candidate went) and the position and company was not real. The recruiter did not do their homework and investigate the company. The candidate was one of many who lost their identity in the theft ring. The candidate had their bank account cleared out, and bank accounts have been established in their names. The candidate is pursuing legal action against the recruiter.

For more information regarding False Job Ads - Check this out. Another blackeye for MonsterBoard
http://www.msnbc.com/news/830411.asp
Online job listing an ID theft scam

Unfortunately Unethical recruiters are Not a Myth, and I suggest to all candidates that they consider protecting themselves and becoming informed when working with recruiters.

Back in 2002 I wrote something called the Candidate Rights in the Recruiting process http://www.acssearch.com/candidaterights/ hopefully this may help

Karen Mattonen C.A.C, C.S.P
Recruiting Standards Resources
TEL: 858-668-3111
Email: contact@recruitingstandardsresources.com
Web: www.recruitingstandardsresources.com
Recruiting Standards Resources (RSR) is your training specialist.

Rob,

I totally agree. We've found time-and-time again that when we offer anything for free that the only organizations that take us up on the offer are those who:

1. Would never purchase anything so they're actually more akin to expenses than clients and not too many organizations want more expenses. We get calls every day from headhunters asking for free trials of our resume bank even though we offer a free demo that allows them to search and view as many resumes as they want but blocks out the contact information for the candidates. When we offer that instead, those asking for the free trials tend to disappear. Why? Because they weren't really interested in the trial. They were just interested in the free.

2. Those who intend to purchase something but because they've made no investment in the free trial, they end up not investing their time either so the trial is doomed to fail. These are typically corporate recruiters. If they spend even $350 with us for a month of resume searching, they need to show results to their managers. But if they spend $0 with us, their managers often aren't even aware that the recruiter has signed up so there's no pressure to use the package. If they don't invest their time, they don't get results. If they don't get results, they don't buy at the end of the trial period.

Steven Rothberg, President and Founder
CollegeRecruiter.com career site