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“… 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.

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The guy is joking. It’s obvious.

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So many people not catching an obvious joke 💀

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That’s most of lemmy.

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

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22 points

Don’t know what jokes are, do ya

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

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4 points

Your ai needs to grasp context

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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.

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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.

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You still haven’t figured out the story in the picture isn’t real? Nobody’s been interviewing anyone for five years.

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It’s a joke. I can only imagine working with you

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86 points

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

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What if I fire them and propose to them.

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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.

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Do it in reverse. Propose to them and then fire them.

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What kind of mythical position would that be for? Assistant to the branch manager?

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Wife.

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That’s got to be at least assistant REGIONAL manager

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The CEO of the c suite, not to be confused with the CEO of the company.

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oh my god you guys these are satirical

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