Why “recruiter” is being discussed
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Any lawyers on this thread? About 2 years ago I applied for a job at Spectrum Cable... under veterans hiring initiative. When I asked why I didn't get the job,(At the very least…
by chad_strategic · Oct 8, 2026
We need to have RCAPTCHA where the recruiter is quizzed on job images. CLICK ON ALL IMAGES OF DEVOPS PIPELINES CLICK ON ALL THE OKR IMAGES
by m463 · Oct 8, 2026
An HR recruiter at an old job told me that they would post a job they preferred or only had budget for a h1b that they would post to obscure job boards and post the job on colle…
by cricketsandmops · Oct 8, 2026
I think the problem is that people aren't cloud capacity you spin up / down. There was very definitely a shortage of qualified SWEs pre-AI, during the boom times from 2010-…
by safog · Oct 8, 2026
You can still easily spot actual work, whether in website design or recruiter messages. Isn't that the whole schtick of the article? But low-effort spam will always dominate, th…
by stephbook · Oct 8, 2026
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Recruitment is the overall process of identifying, sourcing, screening, shortlisting, interviewing, and hiring candidates for jobs within an organization. Recruitment also is the process involved in choosing people for unpaid roles. Managers, human resource generalists, and recruitment specialists may be tasked with carrying out recruitment, but in some cases, public-sector employment, commercial recruitment agencies, or specialist search consultancies such as executive search in the case of more senior roles, are used to undertake parts of the process. Internet-based recruitment is now widespread, including the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Read more on Wikipedia