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Aria worked for years in public health, but when she found herself between jobs recently, she logged on to sites like Indeed and ZipRecruiter to look for something short-term, flexible, and online, like data entry.
“I submitted a bunch of really quick applications for jobs like that,” says Aria (whose name has been changed at her request and who lives in Atlanta).
This wasn’t the first time she had worked remotely, and she knew that “sometimes these companies operate a little differently. It’s not quite the same as the traditional in-person interview with HR. It’s a lot less formal.”
So, Aria didn’t blink when she received an email from a Belgium-based company saying that they liked her resume and wanted to schedule a virtual interview. Yes, it struck her as odd that the interview was for the following day, a Sunday morning, but that didn’t matter, because the job sounded so good: a signing bonus, full benefits, paid time off, a 401(k)… the whole package.
The interview was held on a messaging app called Wire that Aria hadn’t used before, but otherwise, it went as expected. They discussed her work history and skills and what the data entry job would require. The recruiter was impressed and got right to it — could she start Monday? Aria said, “Sure!”
