Joseph M Ruggiero wrote: > > > I'm sorry to say that in many cases you are right. Most of these job > openings already have people in mind before they are even posted. Still > we have to play the game, "EOE" Equal Opportunity Employeer and all that. Hardly an "equal opportunity" is it?! > > It is really unfair to all those applicants that take the time and spend > money to send in an application. But it is the law of the land. No... it's the *practice* of the land. The law actually asks for something else . > > However, there are legit job openings too. So you have to have faith that > one day you'll land one of those. Another thing to think about it is that > oneday someone who knows you may open up a position that's is intended > for you. Then you can be on the other end of the stick and the world will > remain in harmony. Definitely *not* my idea of "harmony"! I can deal with the fact that these 'positions' exist. What I cannot deal with is the hypocrisy of posting openings that are not, in fact, actually open. That is definitely *not* 'playing the game'. We *all* have better things to do than was ting time and (in the case of unemployed grad students) money in chasing down non-existent leads. Allynn (sure I'm bitter... I'm looking for a job!)