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job application scams
Coverage of job application scams in the Nexus archive.
- We posted a job. Then came the AI slop, impersonator and recruiter scam
The Markup's job posting for an engineer attracted over 400 applications, many of which exhibited signs of AI-generated content, impersonation, and scams, including repeated contact information, identical resume designs, and formulaic application responses. The article highlights red flags for employers and job seekers in an era of AI-driven application fraud.