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You have to think through the applicant issue. As a hiring manager every time I post a job i get hundreds of applicants and most are not viable for different reasons. A verified listing does nothing to help me deal with the influx of low quality and fake applicants.

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#103

I don’t want my application to be swallowed up in the deluge of bot applications either tho. Can you verify the other applicants too even maybe clearing that they meet a minimal qualification so my qualifying application actually gets reviewed?

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#104

Hiring is so broken that this just isn't enough. We really need an IETF RFC for open positions. A full-blown TCP-like protocol for an open position, with TTL, SYN ACK handshakes, and data encryption. Anything else is half-assing it. I'm only half joking. It's pretty bad today.

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#108

What’s an example of a job scam? How does the scammer benefits from it? I have never heard of this, just looking to learn more about it.

For one, it’s a form of personal information harvesting. People tend to apply with non-burner accounts

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#109

What’s an example of a job scam? How does the scammer benefits from it? I have never heard of this, just looking to learn more about it.

Identity theft: You have to verify your identity for the job, but in reality they trick you into handing over personal data, your SSN or id scans or completing some actual identity verification – that isn't just copying pixels or numbers – where you think you are verifying for the job offer, but in reality you complete the verification for e.g. opening a bank account in your name that they then control. Of course the…

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