The hell?

4 comments:

1. On November 20th, 2007 at 5:10 pm, Chris wrote:

   Everytime I update my resume on monster I get e-mails from the same 10 or so companies. Independent financial advisors are popular positions that are always being hired, apparently. They obviously just have a trigger and send an e-mail to anyone who sends their resume that has the string “finance” in it.

   Why spend all the time reading resumes when you can just get people interested to write YOU back? ;-)

2. On November 20th, 2007 at 5:35 pm, Maria wrote:

   I also get invitations to apply for geeky jobs that involve technical skills nowhere remotely mentioned on my resume or career objectives. I’m not even talking about ASP, Java, or C. The stuff they tell me I would be perfectly qualified to work on is so geeky and obscure I’ve never ever heard of it or can even remember it.

   I seriously wonder… What do recruiters (different than Petie) do these days? As far as I know, they don’t even interview you any more. They’re only supposed to screen resumes for the hiring manager, but apparently, they don’t even seem to be doing that.

3. On November 20th, 2007 at 7:58 pm, Petie wrote:

   It stinks for me, too, because a lot of people won’t write me back – assuming I’m just a spammer as well. I actually do take the time to find qualified people (based on their resume anyway) and only e-mail those folks. More than half don’t respond to me – someone with a legit job for their skill set. It’s frustrating.

4. On November 20th, 2007 at 9:28 pm, Maria wrote:

   Yeah… I can imagine your pain, because it’s much easier to dismiss an email than a phone call.

   Now, some recruiters just don’t help themselves when they send messages saying something like “I have a job opportunity I’d like to discuss with you, please send me an updated resume and call me”. No way I’m calling you if you didn’t send me a description of the job. Not even if I was actively looking for work.

   The other one I hate is the recruiter who writes me acting like we have already met, asking me to do a lot of work for him/her, like send an updated copy of my resume, answer a bunch of questions, and also call… Who the hell are you?… You’re the interested one: YOU call ME.

   In general, even if the job is relevant, I don’t feel the obligation to reply to an email invitation if the call to action is “contact me if interested”. If I’m not interested, then I won’t reply. A much smarter approach is something like this I once got: “We already looked at your online portfolio. We are interested in knowing what your desired salary is and if you are looking for full time or part time work”. These are straight questions I must answer. I reply to something like that even if I don’t think I’m interested.

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