The Hot Job Lead That Wasn't

from the cruel-tricks dept

Not quite sure what happened here, but Business 2.0 has a blurb about a guy who received an email from a recruiter saying he was perfect for a job. They emailed a bit, and set up a time to meet at a Starbucks in Palo Alto. He showed up to find approximately 50 other people there in suits waiting to be interviewed and no recruiter. In other words, someone played a pretty mean joke in this day when there are tons of ex-dot commers looking for jobs. Either that, or it was an enterprising Starbucks employee…


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