The Polished Ones Are the Dangerous Ones

As someone being made laid-off next week, I have been spending hours back in the job market and researching how it works now. I've already been watching fake recruiters up close. They have changed. The old ones were easy to spot. The new ones are not.I used to spot a fake in two seconds. Too good to be true. Bad grammar. A salary with too many zeros. A stock-photo headshot. The tells were loud enough to bin the message immediately. That era is over. (Thanks AI!)They've tidied up the grammar, generated headshots, and now write intros that look better than the real ones. A quick search shows news reports that trace fake recruiters to North Korea. They are organised, well-resourced and target people who need work. Right now, a lot of people need work. Desperation is the product they farm.The old advice, watch for typos and dodgy salaries, is worse than useless. It trains you to trust anything that looks clean. The dangerous ones always look clean.Stop reading the message. Watch the…