Toxicologist gets recruited for the job they just quit: 'This position was clearly listed on my profile'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Aug 30, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

Imagine feeling the sweet relief of quitting your horrible job only to receive a message online soon thereafter asking if you'd like to be considered… for the position you just left.

This complete lack of due diligence can be disheartening, to say the least. We expect recruiters to do the bare minimum and browse the resumes and experiences of job candidates that have been so clearly spelled out for them on their LinkedIn profiles. If those basic expectations were met, then this recruiter would have seen that the Redditor had literally just worked at the same company in the same positions. It's not like it was even a job they held a long time ago either. This lazy recruiter didn't even have to scroll down very much!

This story unfortunately confirms what many of us are likely thinking, which is that there are just as many incompetent recruiters as there are incompetent individuals in other positions, and yet they can hold immense power in the job application process. Here's hoping this Redditor gave the recruiter a piece of their mind. For more stories like this, check out this post about an employee who was kicked off a call when he was in the middle of getting let go.

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    "Recruiter tried to recruit me for [the] job that I had just resigned from"
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    Recruiter tried to recruit me for my job that I had just resigned from
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    I thought y'all might get a kick out of this one. I left this position back in June for another one across the country, and after settling into my new job, I received this message on LinkedIn. A few things I'd like to point out:
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    1. This recruiter says that the client is offering "up to" $44 an hour. This position requires a Ph. D in toxicology (fun fact,
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    there's not a whole lot of toxicologists on this planet). $44 an hour would have been over $20k less than I was already making at this very same job. Mind you,
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    this is a very high CoL area, and I was ALREADY being severely underpaid (yes, this was my first real job post- graduation, no I didn't know any better.
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    2. Wage WAS NOT hourly, nor biweekly. We were salaried and paid once a month.
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    3. "I believe your background and experience..." Full stop.... You clearly did not look at my background or experience at all,
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    seeing as this position was clearly listed on my profile... You can't make this up Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk
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    skeeloco 11h ago • Lmao. Tell him you are interested and you'd like to apply. See how far you can get before this idiot manages to figure it out. I HATE recruiters
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    with a passion...they're useless only interested in stealing a chunk of your salary. So this worthless is already trying to skim
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    at least $10/hr off the top, and hasn't even looked at your prior experience. Yep, you definitely can't make this up.
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    TheOnce... 8h ago Hi <REDACTED>, Hope this email finds you well. As it happens I'm intimately familiar with this position and this team and I know I'd be an amazing fit
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    for the job. One might even say it would fit like my own shoes. My years of experience at this very company should attest to that.
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    Last time I held this position, which was recently, I had the title of <REDACTED> and a salary of <REDACTED> per year. I would be willing to consider resuming my position
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    but I would need an additional title bump and a 50% pay raise.
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    If this is agreeable please feel free to call me at my earliest convenience. Thanks again, <REDACTED>
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    Yuri-the... 10h ago Of course they saw your last position, that's how they knew you were an excellent choice for the role.
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