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Re:Most people don’t finish online job applications by m463 on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @02:49PM (#33347738)
A friend of mine was looking at a job and wanted to use me as a reference.

Eventually I got a call about my friend, and I discussed my friend and my experience working with him. But at some point the caller asked me about myself, and if I was interested in other positions.

This turned out to be a recruiter (who was placing my friend), but he was not interested in my friend - he recruiting from the reference list.

ugh.

Re:Most people don’t finish online job applications by nick478016 on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @03:14PM (#33348041)
That actually seems like a clever way to generate leads
Re:Most people don’t finish online job applications by more_corn on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @03:40PM (#33348333)
That’s a clever way to get me to block your number and add you to my list of people who need a kick in the pants.
Re:Most people don’t finish online job applications by notch656a on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @04:33PM (#33349023)
Lol recruiters have all kind of tricks. I've been used by recruiters for positions that turned out that the recruiter knew I was horrible fit for, and I later realized I was being used as a guinea pig to discover the interview process for their favored candidates.
Re:Most people don’t finish online job applications by datavirtue on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @10:04PM (#33352137)
It's not clever. It's a scammy abuse of misplaced trust. Since when is lying a form of innovation?