It just amazes me at how many people think that all they have to do is post a message looking for work on a social media platform like Glassdoor, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. and people will just come to them without even taking the time and effort to actually look for opportunities themselves and apply for them. By just posting a message looking for work on a social media platform, the only work you will find is having scammers coming after you.

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I constantly have this same thought. People think that opportunities will just come to them and that is definitely not the case. You have to put in the work to land a role.

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And then you have people who actually use their real names when posting a message or a comment which just further helps the scammers.

But sometimes I see people getting opportunities that way. Especially on LinkedIn. Not always but sometimes it works.

Are they real opportunities though or people who get scammed and are too embarrassed to admit it?

OP, how do you know what they're doing in addition to posting on social and job platforms? I would think that is just part of their wider effort of applying and networking.

Yes that is surprising. I remember watching a commercial for LinkedIn a few years ago and thought," I wonder why the commercial looked so easy".

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