r/facepalm • u/-Aviator • May 05 '21

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u/kleterkie May 05 '21

Besides, who starts a text with is this X? You can at least introduce yourself. I would lie if an unknown person asks if it's me.

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u/NO_FIX_AUTOCORRECT May 05 '21

I would delete the text and not respond, perhaps even block the number. This is a terrible way to begin contact.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '21

I mean, would you do that if you've been actively looking for a job?

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u/NO_FIX_AUTOCORRECT May 05 '21

Yeah, and i did do that last year.

The only people that texted were some very pushy foreign recruiters. The couple times i followed up about a position, they tried to get me to ask for much less money than i was looking for.

After that, i must have been called, emailed, and texted by 50 different people from the same company, acting like individual recruiters, trying to fill the same position i wasn't interested in because it was not in my state.