HR specialist Maria-Victoria Borukh planned to make her first LinkedIn post something inspiring, but instead it came out about an inadequate recruiter.
HR specialist Maria-Victoria Borukh planned to make her first LinkedIn post something inspiring, but instead it came out about an inadequate recruiter.
"Yesterday I received a cooperation offer. The format is not mine, I politely refused. The recruiter's response is a complete dud (the screen speaks louder than this text)," Maria wrote .
According to her, a recruiter named Roman contacted her on Telegram. The job description said they were looking for a recruiter. The working day lasts from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, they even provide lunch at the company's expense. They offer a weekly rate of 4,000 UAH and 2,000–8,000 UAH for a closed vacancy.
Having immediately received the vacancy information, Maria noticed the lack of information about the company, namely its name, type of activity, and location. Not to mention the employee's responsibilities and general working conditions.
To this, Roman replied: "We don't have a company name. We have an open sole proprietorship. We provide all the tools for your comfortable work."
After this answer, Maria refused the offer, but Roman continued the dialogue by asking what format of cooperation she was interested in.
Maria explained that she was interested in the position of HR manager in a company that has strategic planning, development, and a valuable end product. To which she received a rude and even incorrect response: "You idiot, I'm writing to you about recruiting, not HR."
Maria shared screenshots of her correspondence with the recruiter on LinkedIn.
In the comments to the post, it was noted that this looks like a "sharashka divorce office for a buck" or a "scammers' office."
When asked why she didn't immediately answer that she wasn't considering the position of recruiter, Maria replied: "I wanted to get a competent answer from the recruiter regarding basic information on cooperation, because in the future other candidates will receive the same scripted messages and a large number of people who want to be recruiters will waste their time trying to find out the simplest information about a company that turned out to be not a company at all."
Maria also noted in the post: “This case is not about insults.
It's about why there are still people in the professional environment who cross all ethical boundaries; about how one phrase can completely ruin the impression of a company; and about why communication culture matters more than any procedures or buzzwords in a job description."
