A Counting School - Hardcore Chartered Accountancy

What's the worst recruiting site you've ever seen?

Easy answer. This one.

My first response to his associated related "Recruit Genie" site was "BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA" coupled with, "was this designed by a 12 year old with too much time on his hands?"

"Strange as it may seem, employees don't have many free speech rights, especially when it comes to making negative, public comments about their current employer. That's just fine with us..."

No.

No.

Stop.

Which former Soviet Republic did you grow up in? How many cold winters did you experience in Siberia?

Yes, badmouthing your boss is not something that's a Good Idea, but coming out like the all-knowing Oracle with your own commentary is worse than amateur. It looks like the sit is really a Borat DVD easter egg or something similar.

It gets funnier, though. This is worse than the sales pitches I attempted for my college newspaper back in the day:

Job posts are always free, but you can enhance your presence and your recruitment brand with an inexpensive month-to-month logo subscription. The first three months are $50.00 per month for a 180x150 logo ad, the next twelve months just $75.00 per month.

No, you have absolutely ZERO content. What are you going to try next? Just asking for donations.

Oh dear no. He did. On his other site, America's HR Answer Man.

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How did I find the link? The ad sales link says the person you're buying from is "larrybradley.com". For some reason that website isn't working at the moment, but Google points me to this page.

It reveals a small family of sites that Seemed like a Good Idea at the Time, I suppose.

Of the three posts at HRAM, one has a comment that amuses me to no end - it's a spamvertisement for another site. The response bears repeating, "Well, Kev, the HRAM wonders if complycaster.com is your product?...".

Yes, it clearly is. And they're truly aiming low with their own marketing campaign if this is one of their marketing tactics, that much I can say with confidence.

As much fun as it is to bemoan another horror of the internet, I'll lay off. Well, when just as soon as I'm done pointing out:

• That this site's disclaimer is longer than all of its content combined. Well, it's actually the only content on the entire site,
  
• The resume sales business both troubles and frightens me,
• This sexual orientation survey creeps me out.
  
• The world's "largest free job network". Really? We're in trouble then, since it's been dead since 2006.
  
• Your quixotic struggle against illegal immigrants would work better if you considered the fact that illegals often get payroll deductions but can't file income tax returns to get the refunds they're owed and they nevertheless contribute to your economy through sales taxes even if they are paid in cash. And finally,
• Inviting co-authors to join you on a site with five posts is worse than lame.

Thanks again to Francine for pointing out this family of sites - and I suppose I've given her an insanely thorough and detailed answer to her question, "Anyone know who is behind this? Is it the Club?"

The Club in this question has but one member, who is also the president.