I need to vent about this because it keeps happening
Found a job listing last month for a marketing role at a mid-size SaaS company. Title said "Global Marketing Manager – Remote." The description mentioned "global team" and "international markets" like 8 times. Sounded perfect
Applied immediately. Got through the first screening call. The recruiter was great, seemed excited about my background. Then I asked about the "global" part
"Oh so this role is open to candidates in the US, Canada, and the UK"
Three countries. All English-speaking. All with similar timezones. That's not global, that's the anglosphere plus a timezone preference
When I said I was based elsewhere she got awkward and said they "might be expanding eligibility in the future" which is recruiter speak for no
and this wasnt a one-off. i've had this happen at least 5 times in the last 3 months. "Global" in a job title apparently just means "not restricted to one specific US state." Canada and UK getting included is the company feeling international
the worst part is you cant filter for it. there's no way to tell from a listing whether "global" means actual global or just "we also accept Canadians." you waste hours on applications and screening calls just to find out they never intended to hire outside three countries
has anyone found a reliable way to figure this out before applying? because I'm running out of patience doing free discovery work for recruiters who already know I'm not eligible