#recruiting

I stopped waiting around after the last round of cuts, and I've been sending out resumes for weeks now. Got a call yesterday from a recruiter at a smaller firm. First interview is Thursday. I'm nervous but it feels good to be doing something instead of just waiting for my turn on the list.

Why are CRG branch and market managers celebrating Finet recruits? Are they combining?

I’ve been applying at centene for years, probably going back to 2019. What’s it take to get an interview? I’ve never even been contacted by a recruiter after having referrals. Are remote job openings on the company site legit?

I had to reactivate my account because recruiters kept asking for it, but the constant posts about nights out, people partying with coworkers, and random personal photos feel so unprofessional. Does anyone actually use this platform to help others find real work? It feels more like a social feed than a job tool most days.

Looks like more rounds of layoffs are hitting, and this time recruiting is being hit. When will it end?

https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/s/pMBsDDfUjI

https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/s/pMBsDDfUjI

As someone that is on the recruiting team, just letting you know, if you came from this old region, there is a talked about stigma. Saving you time. Don’t bother applying to any roles. Take that for what you will. It su-ks but it is what it is. So many people rubbed the wrong way 3 years ago won’t hire you. Sorry.

For the record, I’m about to bounce from this BS. Figured I would get it out.

I'm taking it this is not intentional and we're having trouble attracting good talent? Which wouldn't surprise me one bit.

I applied for a job during my 30 day post lay off, when I was still “internal”. I was in screening status and spoke with manager and was moving forward. Then my last official day came. Now I’m “external”. I just found out that this job isn’t hiring external applicants and can’t move forward. The recruiter supposedly tried to get approval. Not sure who or what is behind all these decisions but none of it makes sense.

I recently accepted a Microsoft teams meeting from a recruiter who said they worked for a medical device company. It sounded like a real good deal until they wanted me to deposit an electronic check into my bank account. Of course I did not deposit the check. I told them that I put the check into my PayPal account and they went ballistic. They wanted me to use that check to purchase equipment for my job from their authorized vendor. This was a red flag so beware of the scammers out there you job seekers.

Seems like Impulse is taking advantage of all the property that Space Park is letting go for cost savings . They are growing fast and have a lot of frustrated NG alumni that have left who were always constantly brought down by status quo NG leadership. Hopefully they’re able to pick up anyone looking for coverage. Also I heard leadership here, at NG, is trying to stop them from recruiting 😂.

Jump ship now.

For your job seeker out there, beware of the Indian recruiters who immediately wants you to sign a right to represent. Once you sign this right to represent, your résumé goes in the trash and they promote their Indian friends and family. Just don’t sign it and tell them thank you very much. It is a deceptive practice on their part. I have been the victim of this so I speak from experience.

I was part of the mass layoffs in December. The other day I received an email from a recruiter about a few contract to hire openings that they felt I’d be a good fit for. They found my resume on one of the job boards that I’m using. I stated that I was part of the mass layoffs and the recruiter stated the were aware and had roles they needed to fill.

It’s sounding like they know they sc--wed themselves and are scrambling to fix it.

What a giant slap in the face.

I've been getting so many fake job offers lately it's ridiculous. You're desperate for a job and thinking it's a lead, but it's just someone trying to steal your info. Please double-check every recruiter before you respond. These people prey on our vulnerability.

Anyone attended a town hall meeting this morning? During their laughable TED talk, it was brought up that India has the largest headcount of State Street employees at 19,000. Let that sink in. At this rate, the only people will have jobs in the US are the SVPs and their Indian H1B1 workers.

There is something definitely going on with the requirement process where Indians are getting preferential treatment over other ethnicities and locations. Right now, all recruiters are based in India and it seems they are mainly focusing on candidates that are from India. I noticed even for local job reqs, Indians living in the US are being selected over other candidates for jobs and promotions. Its fine if someone is more equalified should get the role or promotion, but most of time I find out these Indian workers were just good at lying on their resumes and interviews and we have to pick up their responsibilities.

While the company is doing rounds of job eliminations a few of us were asked to give input into new recruitment ads. Absolute madness.

Why even post a position when they had a reduction in staff rolls available for this year? I’m assuming due to layoffs.

APAC cut few employees, and now starting to be recruited back. Why can’t they be on the same project to help restore knowledge?

So I was on a call with the recruiter. They were doing everything to sell the company. Kept mentioning diversity etc etc. I don’t want to be a diversity hire but the pay and company is nice. It all seems a bit suspicious.

Have there be layoffs in the HR department?

When applying for a job, the recruiter doesn't respond to emails - even after they specifically said to let them know if we didn't hear from the job interviewer after one week?

Too many recruiters posting shocker posts on LinkedIn. What is that about ?

Pharma Companies Hire Laid-Off Novo Nordisk Staff

https://medwatch.com/News/Pharma___Biotech/article18956256.ece

Novo Nordisk laid off 5,000 employees in fall 2025. CEO Mike Doustdar initiated these redundancies on September 10, 2025. These layoffs affected the Danish part of the company. Several pharmaceutical firms are now recruiting these former employees. Gubra, Bavarian Nordic, Lundbeck, and Rias are among the active recruiters.

I see job posting by PepsiCo with a title “Admintest iCIMS test job”, and I do get a notification every time there is a new one.
Does anyone know what these are?

I’m a external candidate wondering if they have started rehiring

WTF is up with your job reqs? Applied for a job (perfect quals on paper), went through Recruiter screening then to hiring manager (a B3) interview. Job description they provided was nothing like the posting nor what the Recruiter described.

Soon Statestreet will be in the news for fraud in recruiting. Postings already have a preferred candidate. Managers do fake interviews involving external
candidates. Even internal
candidates are taken for a ride. Recruiters will be fired for being accessory to all this.

https://fortune.com/2026/01/15/oracle-nashville-world-headquarters-reported-recruitment-struggles-tech/

I learned from a recruiter yesterday that when you submit an application to a job board etc., do not put work history on your resume over / past 20 years. Apparently, the AI screening tools will automatically reject the resume if "they" see anything older than 20 years. Good luck out there!

I will have to re-do my resume!

Remember

People who are:
Conscientious
Educated
Loyal
Ethical
…often suffer more in systems that quietly reward politics.
You didn’t fail the system. The system failed you.
That realization is painful — but also freeing.
You are not behind.
You are not broken.
You are transitioning out of a place that could not hold you with integrity.

Onward and Upward!

121 open positions alone in Waterloo, OpenText is hiring lots

For those who have moved jobs internally, did the recruiter reach out to coordinate an interview with the hiring manager or did the hiring manager reach out directly to you? Also how long did it take to hear that you made it to the next round after your initial HR screening. Thanks!

I joined T-Mobile late last year and was let go on Tuesday. I'm in my late twenties with a technical degree and passed on another offer because the role seemed stable. It's hard to understand how hiring keeps going when cuts are clearly coming. Staying in touch with recruiters turned out to be the smartest move I made.

Joined BNY as a senior associate full stack developer in the collateral area in February. My recruiter told me bonuses at that level are around 10%. My VP coworker said she gets 10%.

I've seen some posts saying because I got 10 RSUs in November/December that I won't get a cash bonus. Is that true?

I was laid off at the end of last year and have since landed a new job, so I’m in a good place. Still, getting contacted and encouraged to reapply at Nielsen completely threw me off. The role sounds very close to what I used to do, which makes it even more confusing. After being let go, this kind of outreach feels tone-deaf. I’m not going back, but I’d love to understand what’s actually going on behind the scenes when this happens.

When can we expect more jobs to be posted by TIAA? Jan. 2026? February?

Can this be true or is this a worrisome rumor?

https://www.businessinsider.com/former-tech-employee-struggling-find-job-work-shares-journey-frustrations-2025-12

A former AT&T worker has been job hunting for 3 years. Recruiters keep telling him to embellish his résumé.
By Jacob Zinkula - Dec 7, 2025, 4:40 AM ET

Miles Bradley has struggled to find work for three years after losing his AT&T contract role.
He believes some companies are seeking the perfect "Goldilocks" candidate in a competitive job market.
Bradley said he's coped with long-term unemployment by minimizing expenses and staying optimistic.
After more than three years of job hunting, Miles Bradley suspects his best chance of getting hired may be a strategy he refuses to try: lying on his résumé.

Bradley has been searching for work since October 2022, when he was let go from a contract software engineering role at AT&T. He said he's connected with several recruiters during his search, and that some have asked him to tailor his résumé to better align with a job posting — requests he's been happy to accommodate.

However, Bradley said some recruiters went a step further — making significant changes to his résumé without his approval, which he felt didn't accurately reflect his experience and qualifications. These changes appeared to help him land a few interviews, but once he realized which résumé had been used, he declined the opportunities and stopped working with the recruiters.

"I was like, 'wait, this résumé doesn't represent me at all, and I'm not ethically going to do this,'" said Bradley, who's in his late 50s and lives in New York.

Bradley is among the dozens of Americans Business Insider has spoken with over the past year who are struggling to find work. Amid economic uncertainty, the early effects of generative AI adoption, and a trend toward streamlining operations, US businesses are now hiring at one of the slowest rates since 2013. Job openings have fallen sharply since peaking in 2022, when they exceeded 12 million, to about 7.2 million as of this past August, the most recent data available.

In a competitive job market, some job seekers are willing to try just about anything to get hired. While stretching the truth on a résumé or during an interview, for example, might pay off, the strategy also comes with significant risks.

Some companies could be holding out for the perfect candidate
Bradley said he's concerned that a competitive job market encourages résumé embellishment by both recruiters and job seekers — and that it's hard for him to compete with fabricated applications.

If companies are patient enough, he thinks someone with the ideal résumé — embellished or not — will often eventually come along. And when that happens, Bradley said, he can't blame companies for choosing the candidate who appears to be the safe, logical option — even if they might not actually be the best person for the job.

"The industry has become addicted to finding the 'Goldilocks' candidates," he said. "They want to have somebody that exactly fits what they're looking for."

There's evidence that companies have become slower to fill job openings, whether due to economic uncertainty or the desire to find the perfect candidate. In October 2019, about 91% of job postings from companies in the Russell 3000 — a stock market index that tracks the performance of the 3,000 largest US public firms — were filled within six months, according to data shared with Business Insider by Revelio Labs. Of the jobs posted in October 2024, fewer than half were filled within the same six-month timeframe.

While Bradley prefers to be as honest as possible on his résumé, he said he's become comfortable being somewhat flexible with certain details. For example, he said he might present certain skills or experiences as more central to his past work than they actually were. However, he's careful not to include anything that he believes would misrepresent who he is or what he's actually done.

Coping with long-term unemployment
In his final days on the job at AT&T, Bradley said he did his best to "exit gracefully," which included training his replacement and ensuring his main project was in as good a shape as possible.

Once he officially left, he began searching for work, targeting engineering manager- and director-level roles. As his job search has dragged on, he said he has also explored product management and business analyst roles, and even applied for a barista position at Starbucks. Despite submitting hundreds of applications, he's still waiting for an offer.

Job-hunting for three years has taken a toll on Bradley's finances, but he said he's fortunate to have support from his partner and family. In addition to that financial help, Bradley said he has been able to get by because he has become a "hyper minimalist." He said he used to have multiple cars, but now drives a single 15-year-old vehicle.

"It means I don't get anything that I don't need," he said. "I've reduced it down to a couple of backpacks' worth of stuff."

Bradley is among the Americans dealing with the economic consequences of long-term unemployment. While the unemployment rate remains fairly low by historical standards, it has risen to its highest level since 2021, when the economy was still recovering from pandemic-related disruptions. The share of unemployed workers who've been searching for work for 27 weeks or longer rose this year to the highest level since early 2022, and remains near that level as of the most recent data.

Bradley said he often reminds himself that, in the big picture, he's fortunate to have the lifestyle he does.

"I still live at the top percentage of the world's population," he said. "So what do I have to be upset about?"

Going forward, Bradley said he's at peace with the possibility that his job search luck may never change — but he still plans to keep looking for work.

"I love to help companies be successful," he said. "But at the same time, if nobody wants to hire me, I shrug my shoulders and keep going."

Pls help us find more people

I took one of those Capital One job test. 4 questions in 1 hour and a few minutes. There is no way you can complete it. At the question 3, everything starts scrambling itself.

they collect some confidential data like last 4 of SSN and ID with DOB.
it seems like data harvest scam to me. and they always turn out tons of jobs on the job boards.