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[-] manmachine@lemmy.world 78 points 8 months ago

you, SUBJECT NAME HERE, must be the pride of SUBJECT HOMETOWN HERE

[-] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 33 points 8 months ago

I still have a headhunting agency who refers to me as "B42857". Apparently some bug is getting emails to me addressed to their internal reference number.

[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 17 points 8 months ago

That really tells you what they think of you.

[-] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

That's why they filter directly into spam.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

In fairness they probably send the same emails over and over each day, and best case automating them could save a lot of time and let them send longer more comprehensive emails without having to type the entire message every time. But you gotta be careful and check your work.

[-] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

Your time card says that your name's Joe But we'll call you 6-3-0 - Dead Kennedies

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 26 points 8 months ago

Curious about that nested object.

[-] locuester@lemmy.zip 52 points 8 months ago

The “nested” typo is likely why it didn’t do the token replacement.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 18 points 8 months ago

So many job applications suck...i tried to fill out one with a required "social media link" but didn't have any place to enter one. It had "LinkedIn url" and the next line was a text box, it had "github url" and the next line was a text box, it had "social media link" and the next line was just a submit button... There was literally no box to enter a social media url. I tried chrome, Firefox and Vivaldi because the job seemed good with good pay but literally impossible to apply to.

Nevermind I don't know why you need LinkedIn, github, and social media links to evaluate me as an employee but atleast give me a way to enter the data you want.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Depending on the position I could see any of them, but I can't imagine why you'd need all three for one application. Social Media Director of Programming Middle Management?

[-] vrek@programming.dev 9 points 8 months ago

Nope, junior software developer of an insurance firm...

[-] A1kmm@lemmy.amxl.com 8 points 8 months ago

Maybe they figure if you can't fix the form to make it submit, you wouldn't be up to their standard :-)

[-] vrek@programming.dev 6 points 8 months ago

Oh I didn't even think of that... That's evil but I kinda like the idea. That said there a notice that there are issues would be nice. Imagine applying for webdev role and on the first page it says "there are several issues with this application, being able to find the errors and correct them is considered a part of the interview process"

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