Read Gustavo Miller’s, a digital marketing specialist, viral LinkedIn post chronicling his experience of recently being “hired” to a phantom job here :
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7011049036350668800/
Reminds me of the many fake job offers I received in the 80’s when laid off by the Oil industry. Always job offers but demanding money up front before interview. People taking advantage of those who are down and depressed. That’s when many realize that there is no God who cares.
I have a story in this vein.
I was looking for a new job recently, and a recruiter sent me an e-mail with details of an open position. It was EXACTLY what I was looking for but I had a couple of questions. I responded with my questions, and they were answered to my satisfaction, so I sent my resume and salary requirements to him as requested. He responded that he was submitting me to (we’ll call them “Company X” for consideration, and that I “shouldn’t contact the company directly as he was representing me”). 2 weeks go by, I ping the guy every couple of days, call him once a week. No e-mail responses, he doesn’t answer his phone, and doesn’t return voicemails. I say screw it, and go to the website of “Company X” and check for open positions. Yep, the position that I’m interested in IS in fact there. I apply, the next day I get an e-mail from the VP of HR wanting to chat, 2 days later I chat with the director of engineering, and the following Monday, I get a job offer. Once I accept the job, and go on-site for orientation I chat with the VP of HR about the recruiter. She tells me that they NEVER have used recruiters, and she knows nothing of this guy.
While I’m there, I get an e-mail from him telling me that the position that I applied for has been closed, and that I am no longer in consideration for it, and that he’s sorry. I sent him a picture of the company logo, and tell him that I got the job on my own, and that they’d never heard of him. He says he’s shocked that “Person A” would say that they weren’t talking with him when he had just spoken to him. I go and speak to “Person A”, and they don’t know his name. I tell them “he’s a recruiter”. Ohh! Then I probably DO know him, but since we don’t use recruiters, I ignore any messages I get from him. “So you’ve never spoken to him?” No I haven’t.
I confront “recruiter” about this fact, and he’s confused as to why I’m mad when I got the job.
A different recruiter from the same company sent me an e-mail about a job, I asked questions, she replied, I sent my resume, and then never heard from her again. The job listing contained some very unique words choices to describe specific technologies. I googled these phrases and found out that she had copied a job listing from a company in Guadalajara, and THAT job had been closed for MONTHS. When confronted with this info, she replied that she didn’t know where I got my info, that this WAS a real job, and was open NOW.
So, SOMETHING is going on out there, I’m just not sure what at this point.
BTTT!!!