An independent recruiter reached out to me for a position that should be urgently filled. She asked me if she could call me as soon as possible. I agreed, shared my CV and phone number, but then silence. Am I being scammed?

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Posting as :
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Is the recruiter legit? Meaning does she / he have a history on LinkedIn?

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Likely no. Every time I’ve asked for a timeline on something I’m interviewing for it’s “ASAP/ urgent / needed to be filled yesterday” and then its taken months for me to even get an officer

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Perhaps she’s filling quotas for an agency so she can bill them. Like, she supplied 20 applicants for a fee. That can happen.

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Probably just another scatterbrained or flaky recruiter. With your CV and number, i doubt you gave her any info that couldn’t have been found via LinkedIn or your site.

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Fever dream during a nap?

Sounds like you were a part of a quota cattle call. As in you helped the recruiter reach the minimum they needed to get paid. Recruiters like this give their industry a bad name.

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