>I can’t even trust that job applications are real and actually interested in finding someone. I got burned by this recently. A recruiter reached out to me on

>I can’t even trust that job applications are real and actually interested in finding someone. I got burned by this recently. A recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn about a job opening at a company I had previously been interested in joining. One phone screening and one Teams call with two different external recruiters later I was informed that the company wasn't even hiring for that role. Of course this was partially on me. If I had looked at the careers section of their website I would have seen that the role I was applying for wasn't listed.