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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

"... And the person doesn't even know..." This dude is bad at this.

Y'all, if you work in my field and I buy you lunch, it's because I'm trying to hire you.

But you won't have to wonder. I'll start the conversation with something subtle, like "I'm buying today because I'm trying to hire you."

It...uh...works. Really well. Stay tuned for more insightful tips, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The guy is joking. It's obvious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So many people not catching an obvious joke 💀

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's most of lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The world would run so much better if more people would just say exactly what they mean or are trying to do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't know what jokes are, do ya

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, my AI model is only trained to understand good jokes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Your ai needs to grasp context

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What "I'm interviewing someone and they don't even know" means is he reckons he's going to head hunt them at some point.

Of course there's always the possibility they'll turn the offer down. Also they do know because you get notified by linkedin whenever someone looks at your account. So they'll see this guy continuously creeping on them and pretty much know what's coming. The fact they haven't reached out themselves already probably indicates they're not interested.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yep. And I'm saying that when he gets better at it, he will call them, ask them to grab lunch, and openly say at the start of lunch "I'm buying because there's this thing I might want to hire you for, and I want to talk about it during lunch".

I've head-hunted people over the course of five years, myself. But they knew it, because I bought them lunch at least once per year to talk about how I'm a fan of their work.

This dude is likely to be disappointed because while he's been thinking about job fit for 5 years, his ideal candidate hasn't thought about him at all.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After 5 years of dating, either hire them or propose to them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What if I fire them and propose to them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Just do like Ipji from Futurama

Leela: But you never wore a ring, I didn't know you had a wife.
Ipji: And my wife doesn't know I have a job, I keep my personal and professional life separate.