During a dire UK job market, LinkedIn has become riddled with fake vacancies and improbable hiring stories that go viral
When a blood-splattered job applicant tumbled into Michael Kovich's office, covered in dirt, grass and jet fuel, he knew he had to hire him. Tweets: @firstdraftnews , @jaspjackson , and @newstatesman Tweets: First Draft / @firstdraftnews : LinkedIn bills itself as a more professional space than other social networks, but as @emilyklbeater writes for @newstatesman, bogus recruiters are posting fake stories about unusual hirings, deceiving desperate jobseekers https://www.newstatesman.com/ ... Jasper Jackson / @jaspjackson : Really interesting piece by @emilyklbeater on the fake hiring stories posted on LinkedIn, and the broader problems with work-related fakery on the network. https://www.newstatesman.com/ ... @newstatesman : “I'd stay up until 3am applying for a job on LinkedIn, and then discover it was fake.” https://www.newstatesman.com/ ...