Guy contacts government worker on LinkedIn demanding he find him a $100k job because they had small talk in 2018, claiming it’s his civic duty as a public servant to help: ‘He asked me to send him my CV so he could copy it’

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Etai Eshet • Editor
Aug 3, 2025 6:00 PM EDT

LinkedIn gives casual acquaintances remarkable abilities to transform five-minute conversations from seven years ago into lifetime career consultation contracts. These professional beggars approach distant connections with the expectation that exchanging pleasantries once creates permanent job placement obligations, treating LinkedIn like a magical employment vending machine operated by anyone unfortunate enough to appear successful.

The art of weaponized helplessness has reached new heights among adults who somehow navigate complex social media platforms but claim formatting resumes requires divine intervention. These career tourists want all the benefits of professional success without any of the tedious work involved in actually earning it. They've mastered the skill of transforming personal inadequacy into other people's emergencies, approaching job hunting like a customer service experience where strangers handle all the difficult parts. The beautiful irony lies in their ability to confidently demand six-figure salaries while simultaneously admitting they can't figure out basic application requirements that teenagers manage daily.

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  • "You’re a public servant. I’m the public. Get me a $100k job"

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  • What elevates this behavior from merely annoying to genuinely impressive is their creative reinterpretation of civil service when rejected. These constitutional scholars suddenly develop expert understanding of government employee duties, convinced that public servants exist to fulfill individual citizen requests for high-paying employment. They perform mental gymnastics that would make Olympic athletes jealous, transforming "I work for the government" into "I owe you personal career services." The logic resembles children who believe teachers live at school and exist solely for their benefit, except these are allegedly functioning adults with driver's licenses and voting rights.

    Our bewildered civil servant discovered that some networking requests come disguised as casual conversation but reveal themselves as elaborate schemes to outsource entire career development to unwilling volunteers.

  • A bit of a doozy but I thought I'd share this... A guy I met once back in 2018 through mutual work friends at the RSL,
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  • and who I've only ever exchanged hi's and hellos with, messaged me out of the blue on LinkedIn about a month ago.
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  • We had the usual pleasantries, he asked if I was still in hospitality and that if I was looking for a new role.
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  • Nice to meet you you owe me from now on

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  • I told him I left the industry five years ago, worked in recruitment and aviation for a bit, and eventually, after hundreds of applications,
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  • tweaking my CV and cover letters countless of times, chasing feedback, and a handful of interviews, I had finally managed to land a government role,
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  • but I'm always open to new opportunities and asked if he had something in mind. That's when it got weird... G
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  • Hey we met seven years ago stop everything you're doing and help me

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  • He said, "Yeah, I'm looking too, as long as it pays the same or better than my current job." I said that that was understandable,
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  • it ain't cheap to live in Brissy, cost of living anywhere really is completely insane. But then he hits me with: "Get me a job there!!"
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  • I was honestly confused. I thought he was about to tell me about a role, not ask me to go out and find him one
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  • I asked if he meant in government, and he said "any company really," just as long as it pays $100,000 dollars or more and practically started begging me to find him a job!!
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  • Like, my guy... first of all, I don't even make that much, nowhere even near that amount!! I wish!! Second, I'm fairly new so absolutely not in a position to recommend anyone,
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  • especially someone I barely know. We're basically strangers with LinkedIn profiles. I thought of not responding but I know what it's like to be desperate for a new job..
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  • so I responded the next day and told him that there are roles in government within that pay bracket and the best advice I could give was to register
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  • on the official government job site and sign up for notifications for what he wants and be across the latest roles.
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  • He responded saying he did have a look BUT didn't know how to format his CV or write a suitable cover letter.
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  • He asked me to send him mine so he could copy it. At that point, I was too dumbfounded to reply any further.
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  • Honestly, it just felt off. If he had asked me for help or advice from the beginning, I probably would've offered to look over his CV.
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  • I actually enjoy working on resumes and cover letters, and I've done it for friends before. But this just felt like he expected me to find him a job,
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  • fix his documents, and maybe even sit the interview for him? Also, he could always Google it right?
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  • And then, a week later, I get this message: "Thanks for not responding. Thought you worked in recruitment and would want to help.
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  • You're a public servant, am I not the public, its your job to to help me"
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