Timeline for Are LinkedIn Recruiters Mostly Scam?
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| Aug 3, 2022 at 12:42 | comment | added | johnjps111 | I'm a Data Engineer which seems to be the darling job title of the moment (mid 2022), so I get multiple recruiter overtures daily. I reply to every one with a rote uninformative response. Some do seem "less legit" than others but if I search LinkedIn itself for " data engineer" jobs, there are hundreds of jobs directly listed by legit companies. Why bother with recruiters at all, even if they are legit? | |
| Dec 5, 2021 at 4:18 | comment | added | user30748 | I have been convinced that LinkedIn itself is a scam this reading this article a few years back! | |
| Jul 7, 2020 at 9:24 | answer | added | eee | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 5, 2020 at 15:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWorkplace/status/1279792174956261376 | ||
| Jul 5, 2020 at 12:00 | comment | added | teego1967 | "Scam" is really a strong word especially when based merely on anecdotal evidence. If, somehow, 30% of all LI recruiters really were scammers they would make themselves quite an easy target for removal from the platform. The fact is many people find jobs (or their job finds them) through LI. It has worked for a lot of us. I suspect that people who have very non-specific skill sets are more susceptible to getting caught in a overly broad net cast by distinterested recruiters. I think it's disingenuous, however, to even suggest that LI is "mostly a scam" with such little evidence. | |
| Jul 5, 2020 at 10:39 | answer | added | Skrrp | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 11, 2020 at 15:00 | answer | added | Edwin Buck | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 11, 2020 at 14:40 | answer | added | 520 says Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 11, 2020 at 14:35 | comment | added | Laconic Droid | @cdkMoose - There are phone services even legitimate companies can set up where they get a cut of a premium rate. | |
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| Jun 11, 2020 at 13:50 | answer | added | sf02 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 11, 2020 at 12:53 | comment | added | cdkMoose | I'm not sure I understand, do you think the phone companies are posing as recruiters? They are the ones who would be getting the money for the international call. | |
| Jun 11, 2020 at 12:00 | comment | added | confused | Shouldn't be hard to guess someones school and work emails after too. | |
| Jun 11, 2020 at 11:56 | answer | added | Flater | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 11, 2020 at 11:54 | comment | added | confused | I think this can be a million $ business. Automatically send out inmails and ask for them to send back resume and contact for info. Then just have a NLP algo to read the responses and store the data. Then sell address, phone number, and personal email to black market. You can get some cherry on top by doing the phone scam. | |
| Jun 11, 2020 at 11:53 | comment | added | confused | fcc.gov/consumers/guides/one-ring-phone-scam | |
| Jun 11, 2020 at 11:41 | answer | added | Martijn | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 11, 2020 at 11:37 | comment | added | joeqwerty | How exactly could they bill your phone provider? Bill them for what? How? | |
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