Yes lets talk about Robots...
Not the South African kind - those are just plan traffic signals... Look l am no techie, but this is what l know, and l would like you to take care... out there, on the "WWW"... Online jobs are fake. We really need to stop going to online websites looking for jobs. I spent about six months of my life, dedicated, to sending CV's out online, adapting them and rewriting them to "fit" the HR company's requests, and then posting these "new CV's" to online job boards, for "specific" jobs. It never ends, l think l may have rewritten my CV on countless occasions, to fit the "profile" advertised. I believe during that six month period, l sent over 1000 CV's (that is no joke), and l got a handful of positive replies, in the two dozen, followed by five "interviews". What l have learned is that these online employment websites are engaged in essentially fraudulent practices, the jobs they advertise are not really there, but are "data collection and assimilation exercises" (DCAE). I am starting to wonder if the Internet, and especially social media are actually fueling these DCAE's. Because like most graduates l am "desperate" to find work, you are willing to hand over personal information. Please don't. These internet driven DCAE's represent a clear and present danger to our human rights, privacy and civil liberties. I will discuss some of the issues raised, such as DCAE's in future posts.
When seeking employment online, you encounter "robots", email replies that look legitimate, but are actually programmed replies. The usual pattern is as follows, apply for a "job", mostly one of those "telemarketing jobs", see our "You-tube" advertisement, and join our "Facebook page". Once you have done the two latter, you are actually allowing the firm to monitor your posts, so avoid doing that. Robot based email reply systems, search for key words in the recipient's, and select the best possible response. If you want try to "catch" a robot, all you have to do is send a subsequent email, with something specific and unusual - "I am currently in town, and l would like to meet you...", or "your you-tube video is so funny! I want to join your company!". The next email always is, "thank you for your email, however after due consideration... Blah Blah Blah!" The worst websites for these "robots", in my opinion are Glassdoor, Monster, and several UK websites. Recently l have had to add EURES too, for it too is a snake oil salesperson's website, a lot of jobs are just trying to collect CV's, email, DNS (that is your phone number and its generally attached to any email you send - except when you "supposedly use" TOR) and personal digital data on potential employees to, data-mine and sell on to clients. These clients can then use that data, such as Facebook used to, and sell the personal information they have collected on you to clients, to target them with goods, opinions and services.
There may be legitimate websites, if you know of any, please contact me!
Take care, Mr. X,
Not the South African kind - those are just plan traffic signals... Look l am no techie, but this is what l know, and l would like you to take care... out there, on the "WWW"... Online jobs are fake. We really need to stop going to online websites looking for jobs. I spent about six months of my life, dedicated, to sending CV's out online, adapting them and rewriting them to "fit" the HR company's requests, and then posting these "new CV's" to online job boards, for "specific" jobs. It never ends, l think l may have rewritten my CV on countless occasions, to fit the "profile" advertised. I believe during that six month period, l sent over 1000 CV's (that is no joke), and l got a handful of positive replies, in the two dozen, followed by five "interviews". What l have learned is that these online employment websites are engaged in essentially fraudulent practices, the jobs they advertise are not really there, but are "data collection and assimilation exercises" (DCAE). I am starting to wonder if the Internet, and especially social media are actually fueling these DCAE's. Because like most graduates l am "desperate" to find work, you are willing to hand over personal information. Please don't. These internet driven DCAE's represent a clear and present danger to our human rights, privacy and civil liberties. I will discuss some of the issues raised, such as DCAE's in future posts.
When seeking employment online, you encounter "robots", email replies that look legitimate, but are actually programmed replies. The usual pattern is as follows, apply for a "job", mostly one of those "telemarketing jobs", see our "You-tube" advertisement, and join our "Facebook page". Once you have done the two latter, you are actually allowing the firm to monitor your posts, so avoid doing that. Robot based email reply systems, search for key words in the recipient's, and select the best possible response. If you want try to "catch" a robot, all you have to do is send a subsequent email, with something specific and unusual - "I am currently in town, and l would like to meet you...", or "your you-tube video is so funny! I want to join your company!". The next email always is, "thank you for your email, however after due consideration... Blah Blah Blah!" The worst websites for these "robots", in my opinion are Glassdoor, Monster, and several UK websites. Recently l have had to add EURES too, for it too is a snake oil salesperson's website, a lot of jobs are just trying to collect CV's, email, DNS (that is your phone number and its generally attached to any email you send - except when you "supposedly use" TOR) and personal digital data on potential employees to, data-mine and sell on to clients. These clients can then use that data, such as Facebook used to, and sell the personal information they have collected on you to clients, to target them with goods, opinions and services.
There may be legitimate websites, if you know of any, please contact me!
Take care, Mr. X,
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