Why “Recruitment” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Newspaper is ONE of the requirements. It needs to be posted across 5 sources. 2 mandatory and 3 of 10 other recruitment options. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/…
by testuser1984 · Oct 8, 2026
I think the colloquially Ponzi Scheme is a synonym for any pyramid scheme, where the people in the smaller upper layers rely on an ever growing sequence of lower layers entering…
by bonoboTP · Oct 8, 2026
It's only kind of accurate. It has to be 2 newspapers in the area the person is employed in. Hard to prosecute them for following the rules they are given. The rule is the job h…
by yesb · Oct 8, 2026
These are truly maddening. I’ve recently fallen prey to another trick - email from a famous-ish tech person starting a new company and asking to chat, but then responding with i…
by nsypteras · Oct 8, 2026
H1B does not cover high talents - these are available to anyone who have barely any college education and only 40-60% of H1B visas are used in IT - rest are used elsewhere. Pret…
by 453yuh46 · Oct 8, 2026
Scammers seem to use Hacker News heavily. Presumably the moderators keep the scam messages off Hacker News itself, but the moderators can't stop scammers from emailing people. P…
by btrettel · Oct 8, 2026
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Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "recruitment" over time.
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