I love when you get asked why your looking to leave , when you were not looking , you were recruited.

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S À M E like you came to me 😒

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Most outside recruiters in my experience just follow the same playbook.

1) Spam emails and calls
2) Suggest all kinds of roles
3) Ask dumb questions

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This was an internal recruiter for the big four

Oh I’m done with external recruiters

It’s kind of a basic interview question tho

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No way, u drove past Lowe’s and decided to go shopping 😂

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