What you can do
when your job
catfishes you
You’ve accepted a great new position at a fantastic company and can’t wait to get started. But,
when you arrive for
your first day, you discover that the amazing job you’d interviewed for is **thing like
What you’re facing **w that you’ve actually been hired.*
You’ve been catfished.
For anyone who hasn’t watched
Nev Schulman’s riveting documentary or subsequent TV spin-off, catfishing refers to the act of purposefully presenting false or misleading information or creating a fake identity to fool a**ther person.
Full disclosure: I was catfished by my first full-time job. Shortly after graduating college, I accepted an admissions counselor position with a private university. I was so excited to find such a great job so shortly after graduating; I couldn’t wait to work with eager students as I guided them through the admissions process. I envisioned myself reassuring nervous parents, decorating my first-ever cubicle, and building lasting relationships with my co-workers. Sure, I was a little idealistic, but this was also
What the hiring manager told me I would be doing.
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