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there's someone from a company called vanhack who's been trying to recruit me sending emails to my college address and at first i thought they were just boilerplate standard emails but they're asking me to follow up on it and i don't know what to do ??
they're offering programmer jobs in canada and i'm worried that either there's a huge catch (i have to pay to work there, basically) or that i'm not qualified enough for their positions
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@LANthus yes but vanhack is a recruiter company and their whole shtick is getting people here to work there
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@squirrel oh so maybe they will? I dunno, I feel you are more qualified than you think, but also that's a huge commitment & life shift.
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@LANthus i super need a life shift
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@squirrel maybe this is the one you need then?
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@LANthus maybe, but with recruitment companies I'm just worried about it blowing up on my face
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@squirrel yeah that's what I'd be worried about too.
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I job-hunted in Toronto a couple of years back and have never heard of them. That being said, they seem legit but low-rent.
A standard tactic of agencies was to call or email implying that they'd found a job that was a good fit. When I'd call (out of curiosity), they'd ask for a resume and what I was looking for, then try to sell me on whatever vaguely related jobs they had.
Write them if you're looking but don't get your hopes up.
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Basically, if it's a full time position, the recruiter gets paid based on your salary, so they're motivated to max that out. (Contracts are different, though!) So you need to worry about the employer more than the recruiter.
BTW, my employer in Ottawa (static analysis product) is looking for a Java/C++ person. I don't think they do relocation or sponsorship, though.
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@squirrel canada 👀
that's nearby (or part of it at least it's also very big)
my partner lives there
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@squirrel is Canada a big move for you? because I doubt they'll cover that.