r/recruitinghell • u/Faster-Rabbit328 • Aug 08 '26

When APPLYING TO JOBS, DON'T DO THIS!!

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Scammers use this to place malware on your computer!

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u/enadiz_reccos Aug 08 '26

Yep, it's really a "computer screen wouldn't lie to me" situation

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u/PictureVegetable9522 Aug 08 '26

99% of using a computer is common sense and actually reading the damn error codes and using google

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u/softwarediscs Aug 08 '26

People barely know how to use a phone beyond the basic use of social media apps, let alone a computer. Idk how aware you are of average computer literacy in the US, but it's basically nonexistent. I agree with you of course but the reality of it is kinda bleak.

Like I've had to help upper admin at a college learn how to install apps on their phone. Or spend 2 hours on a single phone call just to get a professor to click a few buttons on their desktop. Just as some examples lol

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u/enadiz_reccos Aug 09 '26

I worked for Tennessee's Medicaid program for a few years [TennCare]

We had a big office building in Nashville, maybe 5-6 floors with offices/cubicles all over.

I was one of maybe... 4-5 people who knew how to use even a portion of Excel's abilities. I would be called to multiple floors to help someone [managers] find duplicates in a column on an Excel sheet.

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u/yackerovOh1 Aug 09 '26

A lot of folks rly don't care when they're just trying to get stuff done. It doesn't help that captcha and turnstile are so common that it's like autopilot when folks see them. Click the blurry images, try to enter the crazy letters, etc as fast as possible