Tue, Apr 7, 2009
Three pretty sharp cookies and myself recorded a podcast yesterday with Jobboarders’ Chris Russell. We discussed a lot of things, but the most amusing segment was Jobdig’s Toby Dayton ripping into TheLadders. Man, that dude needs some meds. I thought I was angry.
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[...] the conversation, I went off on a slight rant (not quite meds-worthy in my mind, but that might be up for debate) against TheLadders and the scam they are running that rips off unsuspecting job seekers and [...]
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April 7th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
I’d love to hear that particular part, where in that hour does it start?
April 7th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Toby was rather mild in his indictment of TheLadders. In two words, TheLadders is a fraud and Marc Cenedella is a liar. I don’t say this to grandstand — you can find my detailed comments on my web site and blog along with evidence and source material. Ladders states on its own web site and on other sites that it delivers “ONLY $100k+ JOBS. ONLY $100k+ CANDIDATES.” That’s not open to interpretation. Ladders customers have provided examples of cheaper jobs and cheaper candidates on the site. People who have paid Ladders for job listings that they have followed to interviews report that the employers had no idea the jobs were even on TheLadders — much less that they were worth “$100k+”. The only question left is, where is the U.S. Attorney’s office? Kudos to Toby for expressing his ire. The job board industry is doing itself a disservice by quietly pretending Ladders is a legitimate business and not filing charges. TheLadders is not your competition. It’s your albatross. If you run a job board, TheLadders is killing your company’s reputation by association. And it’s wasting your investors’ money. How about a little self-policing, and coordinated litigation? The best way to build your business is to start cleaning up your industry.
April 9th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Amen Nick, keep telling it like it is. If you like Nick’s comments on this subject, you’ll love his post titled “the liars at ladders.” Google search that, it will be right under the ladders sponsored link, too great! It’s an EXCELLENT read.
July 13th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Absolutely correct. TheLadders is the biggest fraud on the internet. TheLadders apparently searches the web for jobs, and then pulls the job to its internet site (without the company’s knowledge or consent), and has job hunters pay for jobs that are being advertised elsewhere on the internet. Many times, when you pay for a subscription with theLadders, the job to which you applied has already expired, but you don’t know this until you pay the subscription with theLadders.
Stay away from anything with TheLadders on it, because it is the biggest ripoff on the internet, and if you search on the internet, you will find the exact job being advertised by a reputable direct employer.