Fake job alert: Tocci Building Companies

This poor company just can’t find a single qualified graphic designer to fill this job they've been advertising since January 2016: 

It remains advertised as of March 2017:

This is truly baffling, especially considering that the state of Stinkassachusetts is saturated with designers as evidenced by the massive number of applicants each local job advertised on StinkedIn consistently receives (over one hundred). For example, this one received 335...this one, 238...this one, 180...this one, 176...this one, 133...this one, 129...115 for this one...136 for this one...even this dinky job received 234. Maybe Tocci can contact the recruiters shown for these positions and ask them to send some candidates over their way...? 

EDIT, 7/5/17: StinkedIn has removed the # of applicants stat from all the above jobs (gee, wonder why...could it be they know we aren't wasting our time applying when we know there are 100+ other applicants?). Here are a few early screenshots I did manage to snag with the stat intact:

I was one of the 102 suckers--er, applicants to apply for this fake job when it first appeared on StinkedIn back in January 2016... 

My application was ignored, although one of their employees did snoop on my StinkedIn profile; I guess she wasn’t impressed with the recommendations written by my clients but instead was turned off by my profile picture which reveals I am clearly over the age of 30.


I mentioned this "fake job" in the comments section of an ATH blog entry which prompted a few responses:

Needless to say, nobody from Tocci ever replied to Nick.

They advertised it again on StinkedIn on March 14, 2017, where it amassed another 135 suckers--er, applicants.

I’m not sure what’s more pathetic, a company that is so incompetent that it can’t find a single qualified applicant in a job market completely saturated with qualified candidates, or some kid who actually gets excited about seeing the job still being advertised after several months, per the “Comments” section of the company webpage:

Sheesh, get a clue, Cassie G. This job ain’t real!

EDIT, 05/02/17: Here we go again...

EDIT, 08/03/17: It's back, but in a slightly modified form. This time it's a three-month temp-to-perm gig...

Fake job alert: Ameriprise

I applied for a graphic design job (job #7649BR) they advertised back in November 2016. One month later, I applied for their graphic design manager job (job #7879BR). I received a rejection email to the latter in January, and to the former just last week (March 2017). On March 8, both jobs appeared newly posted on their website:

The "Senior Manager, Graphic Design" job description is identical to the "Manager, Graphic Design" job I had applied to save for the addition of the word "senior" to the title. But, note that the graphic design position maintains the same job number as before. Looks like folks are getting sloppy in the fake job racket.