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Rule

Skip ALL of these in job-search digests:

1. Posted by recruiters/sourcers/agencies — poster title contains: Recruiter, Sourcer, Talent Acquisition AT a staffing firm, Headhunter, Executive Search

2. Known staffing/consulting firms (skip list — case-insensitive substring match):

- Robert Half · Insight Global · Aerotek · TEKsystems · Beacon Hill · Randstad · Adecco · Manpower · ManpowerGroup

- Kforce · Hays · Michael Page · Jefferson Frank · Mason Frank · Major Players

- Hired · Triplebyte · Toptal · Andela · Crossover · Turing.com

- Cognizant · Infosys · Wipro · TCS · HCL · Capgemini · Accenture (consulting arm) · Deloitte Consulting · KPMG Consulting · EY Consulting · PwC Consulting

- Apex Systems · Mastech · Collabera · UST Global · CGS · DXC Technology

- Confidential Company · Confidential · Stealth Mode (only stealth-mode startups → ALLOW, but flag as "stealth — verify")

3. JD language signals (case-insensitive substring match):

- "Our client is hiring", "on behalf of our client", "for our client", "leading [industry] firm/Fortune 500 client"

- "C2H", "Corp-to-Corp", "W2 contract via [agency]"

- "1099 contract via [agency]"

- "Submit through [agency]"

Why

• Headhunter postings = ghosted resumes, opaque process, lower comp ceiling, no direct hiring-team contact
• Consultancy postings = staff-aug, not real product roles — different work, different career trajectory
• Direct-company postings = real hiring teams, real product work, comp transparency, fastest path

Allowed (NOT skipped)

• Direct postings from the actual hiring company on their careers page or LinkedIn company profile
• Stealth-mode startups (flag for verification but don't drop — early-stage opportunity)
• "Internal recruiter at [Company]" — where the recruiter works AT the hiring company (e.g. Anthropic Recruiter posting Anthropic role) — this is direct
• Series A/B/C startups posting their own roles

How to apply

• score_jobs.py — hard filter: any match on skip list (firm name OR JD signal) → score = 0, drop
• For linkedin_job_search.py — capture poster_company (the entity that posted) separately from hiring_company (the entity that will hire). If they differ AND poster_company is in skip list → drop.
• job_digest_email.py — annotate filtered count in footer ("47 postings dropped: agency/consultancy")