Q: I applied earlier this year for the photojournalist intern position at the Free Press. Sadly, I had apparently missed the cut-off for application acceptance and my portfolio was ultimately mailed backed to me. You had however, retained the document portions of the packet. I am still extremely interested in this opportunity -- and would be more than happy to reapply if necessary. I noticed that you have re-listed on a website and just wanted to touch bases with you to restate my interests.
Thank you for your consideration,
Frank
A: Sorry, Frank.
Someone is playing games, probably at that posting service.
We have not reopened that position, though you are the second person I have heard from today who has received word from that service that we have an opening. We don't.
Some services sites scavenge for postings and then repost them to look like they have content. Our ads routinely get posted in places other than where we put them. The problem is that they are sometimes posted after the jobs have been filled or stay up after we have taken them down. This place appears to have found our routine internship posting, stripped off the deadline date and posted it.
Recruiters don't have time to search for unauthorized postings and to then ask the site owners to take them down. I'm sorry they raised your hopes and wasted your time. Your best strategy is to dash off an e-mail as you have or to check an individual company's own site.
