• MajorHavoc@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    “… And the person doesn’t even know…” This dude is bad at this.

    Y’all, if you work in my field and I buy you lunch, it’s because I’m trying to hire you.

    But you won’t have to wonder. I’ll start the conversation with something subtle, like “I’m buying today because I’m trying to hire you.”

    It…uh…works. Really well. Stay tuned for more insightful tips, I guess.

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      11 months ago

      The world would run so much better if more people would just say exactly what they mean or are trying to do.

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      11 months ago

      What “I’m interviewing someone and they don’t even know” means is he reckons he’s going to head hunt them at some point.

      Of course there’s always the possibility they’ll turn the offer down. Also they do know because you get notified by linkedin whenever someone looks at your account. So they’ll see this guy continuously creeping on them and pretty much know what’s coming. The fact they haven’t reached out themselves already probably indicates they’re not interested.

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        11 months ago

        Yep. And I’m saying that when he gets better at it, he will call them, ask them to grab lunch, and openly say at the start of lunch “I’m buying because there’s this thing I might want to hire you for, and I want to talk about it during lunch”.

        I’ve head-hunted people over the course of five years, myself. But they knew it, because I bought them lunch at least once per year to talk about how I’m a fan of their work.

        This dude is likely to be disappointed because while he’s been thinking about job fit for 5 years, his ideal candidate hasn’t thought about him at all.

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          11 months ago

          You still haven’t figured out the story in the picture isn’t real? Nobody’s been interviewing anyone for five years.

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            11 months ago

            They’re talking about stalking someone on LinkedIn.

            Hi so over here we understand the concept of figurative speech. Would you like to come over here and stand on this side of the line, or are you going to be an idiot over there by yourself?

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        11 months ago

        Just do like Ipji from Futurama

        Leela: But you never wore a ring, I didn’t know you had a wife.
        Ipji: And my wife doesn’t know I have a job, I keep my personal and professional life separate.

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    11 months ago

    What kind of mythical position would that be for? Assistant to the branch manager?

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    11 months ago

    A 3 fucking hour interview?

    A series of 1 hour interviews with different people is bad enough, but 3 hours?

    If someone wants that much of my time, they better pay me.

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    11 months ago

    That last bit he’s just confusing keeping your eyes open and ears to the ground with interviewing. (Hopefully it’s someone at his company and essentially a succession plan, in such case yeah the dude probably knows.)