On: Most people don’t finish online job applications

[m463]

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.

[nick478016 → m463]

That actually seems like a clever way to generate leads

[notch656a → nick478016]

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.

[datavirtue → nick478016]

It's not clever. It's a scammy abuse of misplaced trust. Since when is lying a form of innovation?

[more_corn → nick478016]

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.