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   Ricki Yasha Tarr (rickitarr@beige.party)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Oct-2025 03:23:18 JST Ricki Yasha Tarr

   Trying to get a job is the dumbest possible shit. What do you mean you have to prove you're worthy of LABOR?!

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     Man of Sand (sand@mindly.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Oct-2025 03:23:17 JST Man of Sand

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     @RickiTarr I applied for a job this morning where the application asked "Why do you want to work at XXXXX?"

     Like c'mon man...

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     Rob van Kan🔻 (edgeofeurope@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Oct-2025 01:25:32 JST Rob van Kan🔻

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     • Man of Sand

     @sand @RickiTarr This whole fakery, they even asked me this when I applied for a job as forklift driver in a warehouse full of toilet paper. Yeah man, it's always been my dream to provide the world with shit ribbon.

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     Man of Sand (sand@mindly.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Oct-2025 05:23:46 JST Man of Sand

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     • RRB
     • Alison Meeks

     @rrb @RickiTarr @Alison

     I went to their website's 'ABOUT' page and wrote "Because I agree with the company's vision of ...."

     You ask BS questions, you'll get BS answers.

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     RRB (rrb@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 31-Oct-2025 05:23:47 JST RRB

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     • Man of Sand

     @sand @RickiTarr "To pose an insider threat"

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     Man of Sand (sand@mindly.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Oct-2025 07:39:35 JST Man of Sand

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     • Pēteris Krišjānis
     • Marco Tietz

     @peteriskrisjanis @marcotietz @RickiTarr So from my perspective, employers get hundreds of applications. The quickest way to weed out applications is to qualify them by asking questions.

     If you fail to answer a question, your resume gets tossed. Didn't follow the company on social? Tossed. Anything that looks ridiculous, is just another qualifier.

     Hiring takes up so many hours and requires many resources. Weeding people out, regardless of quality, speeds up the process.

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     Pēteris Krišjānis (peteriskrisjanis@toot.lv)'s status on Friday, 31-Oct-2025 07:39:36 JST Pēteris Krišjānis

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     • Man of Sand
     • Marco Tietz

     @marcotietz @sand @RickiTarr I still wonder why employers ask this question.

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     Marco Tietz (marcotietz@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 31-Oct-2025 07:39:37 JST Marco Tietz

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     • Man of Sand

     @sand @RickiTarr

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     Man of Sand (sand@mindly.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Oct-2025 21:01:45 JST Man of Sand

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     • Pēteris Krišjānis
     • Marco Tietz

     @marcotietz @peteriskrisjanis @RickiTarr YES

     AND AND AND - Job postings lie all the time. So if you want to stand any chance, you gotta lie on your application.

     Just enough to get an interview. Then you can seduce them with your wit, charm and sexual chemistry.

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     Marco Tietz (marcotietz@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 31-Oct-2025 21:01:46 JST Marco Tietz

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     • Pēteris Krišjānis
     • Man of Sand

     @sand @peteriskrisjanis @RickiTarr sad but true. It's all part of the game. You want to play? Follow the traditions. You write up your cover letter with AI, someone else on the receiving end summarizes it with AI. The circle of life ;)