this post from my friend literally made me see red with how fucking common this shit is. fun fact: this is literally the same email I get from Brazilian companies, it’s directly translated from that.
I applied to a job I’m super qualified for, received that email from them, then got an email from them saying new job posting I should apply for, same job, reposted. Applied again. Happened again. Applied third time:have interview in an hour.
Bon chance!
The cherry on top is when you see the same company re-post the same job opening a few days later
I love getting the emails 1 year after I applied. I’m still getting emails from positions I applied to several years ago
Ah yes the old “the system can only run a job listing for 1 year so we’re reposting the (fake) role” runaround.
The worst I’ve personally had was from Nintendo 3.5 years after the fact
I’m done with the bs game of looking for employment. I’m self employed now
What do you do? How did you get started?
I have a knack for repairing tech, so I put out advertisements - newspaper, store noticeboards, town hall - with an email and a promise to charge far less than out-of-warranty shops. I work locally and get quite a few folk who message me, from those who have simple problems but no tech-savvy family, to those who commission prebuilt PCs, or ask me to research and find quality products in the sea of trash because they just don’t have hours or days to research for themselves.
The HMRC gets a Self Assessment tax return once every April, I claim rebates, and regularly help local stores with donations to fund, sell or recycle.
It’s the best way I’ve found to work on my terms: with as little interference from governments as possible; not profiting from corporations or conglomerates hellbent on servitude, profit and extortion of the poor, neglecting employees or destroying environments*; and earning enough to afford breaks and occasionally give advice ehe
This is why I don’t work with or use the Job Centre or its affililates, Meta, Amazon, or Google.
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