This guy set up a nonsense LinkedIn account to see if it would get job offers and it did – hook, line and sinker
A chap called Alejandro Ramirez thought he’d see how far he could go making up a nonsense LinkedIn profile and still get job offers.
And it’s fair to say that he really did go for it.
And guess what? It worked – hook, line and sinker – and people loved him for it.
I was curious to see if a nonsense LinkedIn account would also receive job offers. It does! 😀 pic.twitter.com/jEx5f0KzKg
— Alejandro Ramirez (@j4n0) May 6, 2019
Someone detected something fishy however, and asked him for identification. So he did this.
Got suspended, they are asking for my fish passport 🙁 argh, I look terrible on this photo pic.twitter.com/xvFaWEVhu2
— Alejandro Ramirez (@j4n0) May 6, 2019
And here are just some of the comments it generated.
Some recruiters…cast a wide net!
— Ian McDowell (@ian_mcdowell) May 6, 2019
“We just lost our best iOS developer to our competitors!” “Don’t worry, there are plenty of fish in the sea”
— Andrea (@akira28) May 6, 2019
I’m just sad there isn’t some dynamic string parsing involved that resulted in “Your iOS development game is strong, and your experience in I LIVE IN A PINEAPPLE would be an asset to this position.”
— KairuByte (@KairuByte) May 6, 2019
I’m just sad there isn’t some dynamic string parsing involved that resulted in “Your iOS development game is strong, and your experience in I LIVE IN A PINEAPPLE would be an asset to this position.”
— KairuByte (@KairuByte) May 6, 2019
Glass walls, usually no ceiling for fish.
— Sam Pullara (@sampullara) May 6, 2019
Please add me to your profishional network.
— Ketan Anjaria (@kidbombay) May 7, 2019
Most fish aren’t looking for jobs, they are in schools
— Steve Hiehn (@cloakedstudios) May 7, 2019
This one’s the winner …
The bait and switch, eh?
— Tehn Yit Chin (@tehnyit) May 6, 2019
To conclude.
This seems a bit fishy https://t.co/wU01q9sPyQ
— The State of LinkedIn (@StateOfLinkedIn) May 7, 2019