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Re:Why don't job descriptions explain what the company does,... by jeffreportmill1 on Friday September 21, 2018 @06:22PM (#18043110)
The real reason is that most job descriptions are posted by recruiters, and they don't want you to find the company without going through them. They scrub them of any info that could be used to locate the careers page of the company.
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Re:Why don't job descriptions explain what the company does,... by pmiller2 on Friday September 21, 2018 @06:40PM (#18043213)
Not really. Googling key phrases frequently lets you find the company anyway.
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Re:Why don't job descriptions explain what the company does,... by gargarplex on Friday September 21, 2018 @06:52PM (#18043279)
Moreover, the recruiter has an economic incentive to shepherd you through the process
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Re:Why don't job descriptions explain what the company does,... by perl4ever on Friday September 21, 2018 @08:30PM (#18043747)
In practice, they don't make it very hard to find out who it is, even if the job is not in the careers site of the employer.

However, it's courteous to work with the person who brought it to you, and I assume it's to your advantage, since they have an incentive to get you past the gatekeepers.

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Re:Why don't job descriptions explain what the company does,... by debacle on Friday September 21, 2018 @11:04PM (#18044222)
In practice, the recruiting company does not want you to know who they are recruiting for, but the recruiter themselves will do anything they can to place you.
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