Looking For A Job Today AND....... WTF

[SheilaT]

37. A couple of thoughts.

First is, that often the ads give their "ideal" qualifications, but will happily hire someone with a whole lot less.

You will never know unless you actually apply for the job. Of course, if you are not the one hired, you may still not know how serious they were about that bachelor's degree.

Several people have said things about the company being in some way required to post the job, but the qualifications required are there so they can hire the internal person they already want to hire. I have always wondered about the claim that companies are obligated to post jobs to the general public. I've been hearing that for at least forty years, and it's always sounded a bit off to me. While I am certainly no expert on the laws covering how companies are obligated to advertize for jobs, it's always seemed not quite accurate that companies "must" post jobs, even when they already know who they want to hire.

Can someone enlighten me here? I want to know something about the specific laws involved, not just the common understanding about this.