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Re:Tech Workers Face a New Reality as Talent Wars Turn to Pi... by LatteLazy on Friday November 11, 2022 @02:25PM (#33565495)
I've read this same story weekly for about 4 months now. I'm still getting 2 unsolicited recruiter calls a week. And I'm not even talented...
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Re:Tech Workers Face a New Reality as Talent Wars Turn to Pi... by n_ary on Friday November 11, 2022 @06:29PM (#33568199)
Off-Topic: For some odd reason, recruiters seem to gravitate towards employed people compared to freshly laid off or unemployed briefly.

On most days, I receive plenty exciting opportunities spamming my inbox but when I was briefly unemployed, my inbox was entirely barren until I started a new job and updated my linkedin. :thoughtful:

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Re:Tech Workers Face a New Reality as Talent Wars Turn to Pi... by jker on Saturday November 12, 2022 @11:22AM (#33574477)
Recruiters know that layoffs are often an opportunity to purge the lower-performing employees.
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