Over the last two weeks, I’ve gotten a deluge of recruiters emailing me about jobs all over the place. Normally, it’s some idiot that didn’t take the time to read my resume and is promising a job somewhere in the US. Among the most popular over the last two weeks are NJ and FL. I got one today that just takes the cake and I’m awarding him the idiot recruiter of the month award. Tell me, what would you do if you saw the following email in your mailbox? (Names changed to protect to stupidly inept):
Note: I’m normally not mean spirited. I’m normally a nice person to get a long with, easy going and typically try to have fun but I’m tired of recruiters. I’ll even throw in that my last job: I was recruited. I even told the recruiter no on first contact (recruiters that are reading this: how many of you actually get replies saying “no thank you, not in my skill set”? Seriously?!)
Hi there,
My name is _XXXXX______. I am a senior recruiter with _XXXXXXXXX_____. I use a search engine that identifies resumes that match key skills that are needed for an exciting job opportunity that I have open. Your resume is a match!
Please read the job description below and if you are a fit and are interested in being considered for the position, then reply to the email and attach a word document copy of your resume along with your contact information, and I will call you as soon as possible to discuss. Thanks for your interest:
(Job Summary) [SharePoint requirements]
[removed to protect the client and shorten my story]
Now, the underscores around the names - yea, sir dumb ass left them there. This is a form letter he cut and pasted and was apparently too stupid or lazy to even remove the underscores. Now, this guy takes it one step further - are you going to reply when you don’t know the location? Are you going to reply when every other offer like this is in NJ or FL - places you don’t want to be? This position could be here in Germany and I still wouldn’t take it.
The reason: My focus at the last job was .Net development. This guy sees one word on my resume and emails me hoping to hit pay dirt. The pie in the face after all of that, at least to me, is how simplistic and “energetic” the letter is. I really consider that type of letter a slap in the face - the last line of the requirements was “Some familiarity with Browsers”… If I’m going to be a developer for Sharepoint, I think I’d know what to do with a computer, browser, coding platform, server, database - give me a break.
[Since writing this, I've been "recruiterized" twice since writing this for NY and NC...grrr]
