The search for a job can often seem long and unforgiving.
And one woman discovered the hard way that sometimes recruiters aren't always the most complementary of people:
Lily Rose-Wilson, who is originally from London, was looking for work in Perth, Australia, a few years ago and was not having much luck.
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That was, however, until she applied for a position at STS Health, who seemed keen to speak to her about a role.
Things took a turn, though, when she missed a call from one of the company's recruiters, Michelle Lines, who left a message, which at first was nice enough, explaining that she would get a call back the next day.
But Lines failed to hang up the call properly, and her following conversation with colleagues in the office.
"Not answering the phone now,” Lines said.
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One of her fellow employees then joked that she's 'probably getting another tattoo', with Lines saying 'she’s probably doing her fake tan'.
The other employee then asked: "Did you really like, Facebook stalk?".
To which Lines replied: “That’s what you got to do, babe."
The man added: “Yeah, well it’s very thorough, good on you."
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He then told Lines that he wouldn't have to go through a man's Facebook page.
“Yeah, if it was recruiting a guy, a technician, nup,” he says.
Lines replied: “Like here she is right, she looks really nice here. I said, like, we really liked the resume and then I looked at these and went aww. I don’t like her anymore. She’s taking selfies all the time.”
When she heard the exchange back, Rose-Wilson said that she was shocked.
Speaking to A Current Affair, she said that she thought they 'really liked' her and that she was in with a good shout of getting the job.
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“The thing that really gets me is that she loved my resume, she really liked my resume, I could have been a possible candidate for that job until she saw my photos on Facebook,” she explained.
"I was obviously a clear applicant for that job yet she wasn’t going to give me a chance, she wasn’t going to call me in because of my looks, because of my tattoos and that’s just not right … that really upset me."
The outlet managed to track Lines down, confronting her outside a supermarket.
Apologising for her comments, she said: “I did just want to say sorry to Lily if I did hurt your feelings and it certainly wasn’t my intent and it was an immature moment for me in the office."
Featured Image Credit: A Current AffairTopics: Australia