Yes, careerbuilder is a serious joke.

Like this site, the primary purpose is to generate revenue thru selling your personal information to advertisers...online colleges, work at home stuffing envelopes scams... sell you old spare gold...and even wonder bra type scammers.

career builders is not alone in this....they all do it.

I'm with the two people who said CareerBuilder is a joke. There are very few legit jobs on the site, which is probably why there aren't many, if any, names associated with the ad. Not only that, CareerBuilder sells job-seeker contact information to scam companies. I got so many e-mails via CareerBuilder for what were obviously fake opportunities that I deactivated my account several months ago. That slowed the spam, but didn't stop it.

I recently posted for an admin assistant position in our office and the job posting clearly had my name and that I was the contact person for this position. I am amazed at how many applications I've received addressed "to whom it may concern". I am looking for an office professional and so, for me, this lack of attention to detail is a rather large turn off.

My name is posted as the contact on all of our job postings and it bothers me when applicants don't take the time to address me by my name (which is clearly noted on the job description). Those who do take the time to write my name are promptly scooted to the top of the list!

As most companies do not have names attached to the positions they are hiring for, you are lucky if there is a company name with the ad, I feel your comments are as useless as your site. Most of the jobs on careerbuilders have been the same postings for years, I am not sure how legit they really are. As far as doing your homework to find a name and title, what a wonderful idea if the company would introduce themselves and have a human name to contact instead of the "Baby Games" most companies think of as a test. How sad. Every time I read what you think is the correct and updated way of doing things, within weeks it has changed and there is something new that is now required. If hiring managers knew how to read resumes, set up proper interviews, then maybe some of the jobs that have been on your site for the past three years would have been filled.

I'm with the two people who said CareerBuilder is a joke. There are very few legit jobs on the site, which is probably why there aren't many, if any, names associated with the ad. Not only that, CareerBuilder sells job-seeker contact information to scam companies. I got so many e-mails via CareerBuilder for what were obviously fake opportunities that I deactivated my account several months ago. That slowed the spam, but didn't stop it.

I recently posted for an admin assistant position in our office and the job posting clearly had my name and that I was the contact person for this position. I am amazed at how many applications I've received addressed "to whom it may concern". I am looking for an office professional and so, for me, this lack of attention to detail is a rather large turn off.

My name is posted as the contact on all of our job postings and it bothers me when applicants don't take the time to address me by my name (which is clearly noted on the job description). Those who do take the time to write my name are promptly scooted to the top of the list!

Well, I used something very simple on the cover letter that landed me my previous job: "Dear employer".

I agree with Dorothy in a lot of ways. I'm sure there are a FEW legit job opps on careerbuilder. But not many. Most of them I see are same regurgitated junk over and over. Many of them are obviously scam type jobs as well looking to take peoples' money. Also in most larger companies a candidate is spinning their wheels trying to get a name. For instance, I know someone that works for McKesson locally. Every time there's a job posting that looks like it might fit my background, she submits my resume for a potential referral bonus. She's never able to get a name though for the hiring manager. And she works for the company!! Sorry to sound bitter but careerbuilder is a joke!!!

As most companies do not have names attached to the positions they are hiring for, you are lucky if there is a company name with the ad, I feel your comments are as useless as your site. Most of the jobs on careerbuilders have been the same postings for years, I am not sure how legit they really are. As far as doing your homework to find a name and title, what a wonderful idea if the company would introduce themselves and have a human name to contact instead of the "Baby Games" most companies think of as a test. How sad. Every time I read what you think is the correct and updated way of doing things, within weeks it has changed and there is something new that is now required. If hiring managers knew how to read resumes, set up proper interviews, then maybe some of the jobs that have been on your site for the past three years would have been filled.