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A recruiter from LinkedIn mistook the app for Tinder and decided to write an “offer” but not a job.
There are more and more stories of users who misuse personal data to achieve different purposes.
LinkedIn is one of the most important social networks of the moment, as it has become the go-to platform for many new workers and entrepreneurs. In it, an incredible dumbbell has been made between recruiters and applicants, since it is no longer necessary to wait to meet the person in a job interview, but there can be a prior process of consideration by both parties. Therefore, it is important to understand that the data provided is for the sole purpose of finding the best job offer.
According to the portal Statista, the network that was launched in 2003, operates in more than 200 countries around the world and has an estimated 645 million self-reported users. For this reason, LinkedIn is one of the most popular social networks in the world. In the United States alone, in 2019, LinkedIn had registered more than 58 million users, and by the end of 2022, it is expected to exceed 66 million.
This data, not least, shows that the California-based social network has managed to fulfill its mission: to serve as a social network that occupies the personal data of people and companies to generate more and more jobs. However, this is something that not everyone has understood, as some use LinkedIn to make a completely different use of this information.
Recruiter confuses LinkedIn with Tinder and offers date instead of job
On the Twitter social network, a user exposed an email message that, although it is not specified if it was she who received it, shows the new way of “linking” of some users. As if it were Tinder, It was through LinkedIn that a “recruiter”, to call it in some way, obtained the data of a user of the social network and “confused” its function. The person, whose name was not revealed either, contacted the young woman to offer her a position, although not exactly a job.
This is the email from the recruiter who confuses LinkedIn with Tinder:
which Bumble, which Instagram? Today’s thing is to flirt by mail and Linkedin hahahahahahaha wow pic.twitter.com/IodaywbDIZ
— daydreamer (@quiensabeequien) March 29, 2022
In the email you can read “Before we begin, I would like to acknowledge the status of LinkedIn as a professional platform that defends moral rectitude in the conduct of its members; however, I couldn’t help but fall in love when I came across your profile.” And he adds, “Without trying to take up your time, I’d like to cut to the chase, which is to let you know that I appreciate who you are and that I would be delighted to meet you.”
The user’s reaction was to share a tweet attaching the screenshot, where she mentions “Which one bumble? Which Instagram? What today is flirting by mail and LinkedIn“.
The only comment that is visible within the publication highlighted the “quality” with which this message was written, commenting that the wording was typical of a “business language”.
The bogus contractor closed his invitation by commenting “Since I don’t know your marital status and I have no desire to disturb you, if you are single and looking for someone, I would like to know more about you.”
Even though in LinkedIn’s privacy policy notice specifies that the data that is shared from your profile can be visible to everyone if you do not configure the option, it is also true that it is a business social network, and should not be used for different purposes.
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