Fake jobs on Jobserve

[Churchill]

[Doggy Styles]

I spotted a couple CVs which have a very similar wording as what I saw 1.5 years ago when I was looking for a contract. Even the agent name is the same

I can see a plan B idea - an archive of Jobserve ads to make it easier to spot fakes.

I don't follow this. Whose CVs were they?

[NetwkSupport]

Spotting the fakes comes with experience, these days i can read about two lines of an advert and have a "gut feeling" its fake. Sometimes i test my gut feeling and sure enough 99.9% of the time i am asked for two references....

[Doggy Styles]

Well if the CVs has the exact same requirements, the same description of the client, and the same contact name, the chances of it being legit are pretty slim.

If I'm in doubt and I match the reqs I usually just apply and followup with a phone call as it takes barely a minute anyway.

Ah, do you mean job adverts, rather than CVs?

[Doggy Styles]

Yeah. Not sure I even care about fake CVs...

No, but you said you'd been reading CVs and they were the same as a year or two ago. Mine's the same as a year or two ago. With some bits added since then of course.

[Spacecadet]

I saw an advert last week for a very well paid contract based just around the corner from me and in a line of work in which I have at least 10 years experience.

Anyway - I phoned the agenct as I've contracted through them in the past and asked if there was anything available.
Shock... absolutely nothing going, although could I please send him an updated CV

Now, he's either bulltulipting me and already had enough CV's for the client
OR
he wasn't bulltulipting me and the advert was fake
OR
he's just a retard

[bored]

No, but you said you'd been reading CVs and they were the same as a year or two ago. Mine's the same as a year or two ago. With some bits added since then of course.

Bah, edited.

[Purple Dalek]

What's even funnier is watching a fake job appear, then over the following hours and days watching other agencies doing a chinese copy of the same job and posting their version of the advert on jobserve.

You get this chain of fake jobs triggering fake jobs, which trigger more fake jobs, until in the end you see this chinese-whispers effect leading to the most bizarre adverts, which get posted on this forum for us to laugh at.

[tim123]

I saw an advert last week for a very well paid contract based just around the corner from me and in a line of work in which I have at least 10 years experience.

Anyway - I phoned the agenct as I've contracted through them in the past and asked if there was anything available.
Shock... absolutely nothing going, although could I please send him an updated CV

Now, he's either bulltulipting me and already had enough CV's for the client
OR
he wasn't bulltulipting me and the advert was fake
OR
he's just a retard

bound to be 2 AND 3

tim

[minestrone]

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