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My takeaway from this is that I should use the same defense as when someone calls you "from you bank". When they reach out directly, go to the real company's si

by gtowey 3mo ago

My takeaway from this is that I should use the same defense as when someone calls you "from you bank". When they reach out directly, go to the real company's site to apply and contact a real recruiter. If you can't validate that the business is legit before, then assume malfeasance.

technion 3mo ago
Companies make this hard, a bit like various email scams where legit company communication comes from seemingly random domains (hello paypal). Often the company is legit, but theres no public contact that knows anything about the recruiter thats working for them.
- bombcar 3mo ago
  Healthcare companies are the WORST at this - they will send you legitimate email from h34lthc4re.biz with a heart-happy-health.phishing.info link that you HAVE to use - and it's all legit.
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paxys 3mo ago
Even if the attempt is legit, going to the company’s website/careers page to try and reach them is pointless. You application will just get lost among the thousands of others. Your best bet is to ask the recruiter to email you and check for a @<company.com> email address. And even if the attempt checks out don’t run untrusted code on your machine.
yieldcrv 3mo ago
it was in this moment, that gtowey’s outdated job solutions transitioned them from unc to boomer
- gtowey 3mo ago
  I think you misunderstood. I'm not talking about switching to cold contacting companies as a job hunting strategy. I'm saying if you get a suspicious outreach from a rando on linked in on behalf of a company THEN you only continue if you can reach out to the same person via official company channels.
  - yieldcrv 3mo ago
    in principle that makes sense but there is no vector of reaching anyone actual first party recruiter’s linkedin inbox is unusable full of candidates trying to take initiative, and there is no way to reach anyone from the company from the outside cold specifically to avoid that exact thing

by gtowey 3mo ago

technion 3mo ago

Companies make this hard, a bit like various email scams where legit company communication comes from seemingly random domains (hello paypal). Often the company is legit, but theres no public contact that knows anything about the recruiter thats working for them.

bombcar 3mo ago
Healthcare companies are the WORST at this - they will send you legitimate email from h34lthc4re.biz with a heart-happy-health.phishing.info link that you HAVE to use - and it's all legit.

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paxys 3mo ago

Even if the attempt is legit, going to the company’s website/careers page to try and reach them is pointless. You application will just get lost among the thousands of others. Your best bet is to ask the recruiter to email you and check for a @<company.com> email address. And even if the attempt checks out don’t run untrusted code on your machine.

yieldcrv 3mo ago

it was in this moment, that gtowey’s outdated job solutions transitioned them from unc to boomer

gtowey 3mo ago
I think you misunderstood. I'm not talking about switching to cold contacting companies as a job hunting strategy. I'm saying if you get a suspicious outreach from a rando on linked in on behalf of a company THEN you only continue if you can reach out to the same person via official company channels.
- yieldcrv 3mo ago
  in principle that makes sense but there is no vector of reaching anyone actual first party recruiter’s linkedin inbox is unusable full of candidates trying to take initiative, and there is no way to reach anyone from the company from the outside cold specifically to avoid that exact thing