🚨 We’re at war—and no one wants to talk about it. 🚨

And yes, it’s spilling over into the job market, leaving job seekers frustrated enough to want to put their head through a wall.

Remember when the worst intrusions were telemarketers interrupting dinner or salesmen knocking on your door Saturday morning? Then came the “No Call List” when spam hit our cell phones.

Fast forward to today: more than 100 billion spam messages—emails, DMs, and texts—are blasted out daily. That’s not even counting the endless robocalls. In fact, I got one spam call and one spam text while writing this. By the way, your car warranty has apparently expired.

Behind it all are data collectors and brokers who scoop up our personal details and sell them like a commodity. Buyers include advertisers, banks, insurers—you name it. And then there are the darker players: scammers who want your identity, your accounts, and your life turned upside down.

But here’s the part no one wants to say out loud: resume harvesting.

Yes, your resume has become the new gold mine. Think about how much personal data you hand over in that single document.

Phantom jobs flood the internet—including LinkedIn. Ever notice companies like Pivotal Solutions, Higher Group, Primer, Stealth Startup, Meridian Partners, or MeeDerby? They post the same recruiter jobs over and over, year-round. Spoiler: they’re fake.

Why do it? Real companies sometimes use fake listings to pad their internal database and build a “bench” of candidates. Meanwhile, shady groups collect resumes to sell your data—or worse.

This is the new wave of data harvesting: tricking you into voluntarily sending over your life story. It’s efficient, it’s profitable, and it’s dangerous.

So be cautious. Because if you think LinkedIn, Facebook, or any of the platforms are going to protect you…forget it. They’re in on the game, too.

Sure, you can hit the “Report” button—but that’s just a Band-Aid.

I’ll be digging deeper into this (and sharing more solutions) when I launch my new blogsite soon. In the meantime, stay sharp out there. We have to watch each other’s backs—because clearly, no one else will.