# Do "Position Wanted" Ads help at all?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-position-wanted-ads-help-at-all/150146>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 22, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-position-wanted-ads-help-at-all/150146 "2003-01-22T03:44:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-position-wanted-ads-help-at-all/150146/1 "2003-01-22T03:44:29Z")

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I was wondering if managers and HR people bother to hunt through “position wanted” ads? Are they just a waste of time?

- Jinx

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-position-wanted-ads-help-at-all/150146/2 "2003-01-22T13:46:46Z")

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No one important looks a them. Don’t bother.

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**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-position-wanted-ads-help-at-all/150146/3 "2003-01-22T16:42:12Z")

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I would say it depends on the economy. Right now there are too many people chasing too few jobs, so I think it would be a waste of time.

That said, though, when I first got out of college back in the mid-80s I put a Position Wanted ad in a trade magazine and got several calls and an interview as a result of it.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-position-wanted-ads-help-at-all/150146/4 "2003-01-22T17:27:50Z")

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Huh? I thought those were about sex.

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**Author:** ![Geoduck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c37758/32.png) [@Geoduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geoduck)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2003, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-position-wanted-ads-help-at-all/150146/5 "2003-01-23T07:08:39Z")

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No one checks out those ads except cons playing on your desperation and trying to sell you something useless.