alt Hacker News> confirming the recruiter’s identity and requiring employers to periodically confirm that the position is still active.
If a position is only listed due to a requirement, and is already basically guaranteed to someone making an internal transfer, knowing the recruiter's identity and having a manager pinky-swear the job offer is real does nothing.
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BelVisgarra • yesterday at 11:27 PM
That definitely makes things harder. Roles posted for internal transfers or compliance reasons are tricky because they may never have been intended for external candidates. Maybe verification would need signals showing that the role is actually open to external applicants. I wonder if something like an “externally open role” label would help.
Add a visible count of how many verified applicants got verified jobs at the verified business. Higher count increases confidence.