When Job Boards Become Sales Targets: The Cruelty of Recruitment Spam

This personal account exposes a troubling industry practice: targeting vulnerable job seekers with unsolicited sales pitches. When someone endures six months of unemployment with mounting debt and family obligations, every email referencing a job board triggers hope—only to be shattered by a service pitch. The post serves as a wider critique of how tech professionals often weaponize human desperation for business development, treating job seekers not as people but as sales opportunities.