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I once got banned from Yelp for scraping. (I was indeed scraping, but it was for a class project. Nothing nefarious. So the ban was fair, and I was expecting it
by abrax3141 4y ago
I once got banned from Yelp for scraping. (I was indeed scraping, but it was for a class project. Nothing nefarious. So the ban was fair, and I was expecting it.) They have some mechanism for getting unbanned that I don’t remember at the moment. So I did that. Crickets. Still banned. Did it a couple more times. Nothing. Weeks pass. F!! So I filled out a yelp job application with random fake great-sounding stuff, and in the cover letter explained that it was fake but your unbanning system doesn’t work. Unbanned in (as I recall) under 24hrs !! and got an email both apologizing for the problem and asking if I wanted to come in for a job interview. (Since this was my real account they knew perfectly well who I was and presumably looked up my LinkedIn profile, or something, since I told them that the filled in resume was faked just to get their attention.)
Moral of the story (maybe?): Just fill the thing as needed to get through the automatic gate-keeper, then wow them in your cover letter and real uploaded resume. Maybe some - maybe even most - will be pissed off, but you only need one job!
- mqus 4y agoMaybe this is the way to contact google in case of issues! /s
- TuringNYC 4y ago>> Moral of the story (maybe?): Just fill the thing as needed to get through the automatic gate-keeper, then wow them in your cover letter and real uploaded resume. Maybe some - maybe even most - will be pissed off, but you only need one job! Unless Taleo blocks you centrally and now you cant apply to half the companies in the world.
- Kwpolska 4y agoCare to share more? How and why did you get blocked from Taleo?
- TuringNYC 4y agoThis hasnt happened to me, but I was countering the original post -- doing strange things (scraping, automated resume submissions) are not things that just jeopardize you from one company -- they could theoretically jeopardize you from all the companies that use a single platform (Taleo, Greenhouse, Lever.co, etc.)
- abrax3141 4y agoScraping Taleo (or any such thing) is not what I proposed. I proposed highlighting your positives (perhaps burnishing them a bit, but you’re not under oath, and who doesn’t!) to get through the automatic agism filter and then clarify, amplify, and convince in your real resume and letter.
- sigstoat 4y ago> Unless Taleo blocks you centrally and now you cant apply to half the companies in the world. is anyone ever hired through dumping a resume into those big systems? doesn't seem like a loss.
- albrewer 4y agoI haven't looked in awhile, but I used to just back out when I encountered a Taleo-powered job application website. Their search interface was terrible, and there was no way to open job descriptions in a new tab with middle click. No idea if they've fixed their garbage interface but it left such a bad taste that I avoid it entirely.
- BeFlatXIII 4y agoNone of those companies are worth working for. If they were worthwhile, they wouldn't use Taleo.