Unsolicited Bulk Resume’s?
Here’s something I never thought I’d see – Job Spamming!
We’ve had two people (both Indians) email the PBF’s public email address with their IT resumes (this naturally caught my attention because I didn’t know we had an IT vacancy…). Both were quite suspicious because they didn’t mention the company, nor anything specifically related to us, and of course the fact that they used the public “info” email address (any admin stuff would go to the boss or the office manager).
Here’s the text from one of them:
“Dear Sir/Madam,
Ref: Job Opportunity in Information Technology
I am writing to you with interest of exploring suitable job opportunity at your organisation. I have tertiary qualifications in IT and relevant work experience. I feel, I have requisite skills, aptitude and motivation for a satisfying career in Information Technology.
Please find attached my Resume´ for your consideration. I look forward to hearing from you and have the opportunity to discuss job possibilities.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
”
The resumes in both cases were glowing (which is surprising because you have to ask the question – then how come they can’t find work and why our company). Despite the presence of work experience on the resume – the referees listed were not work related and so I started to think the whole thing was made up.
I tried to call the mobile number (no other details were listed – strange on a CV huh?) but no answer.
Donning my private eye outfit and using highly specialised and advanced computer databases* I phoned one of the companies on the resume and found out that the person was actually legit (no I don’t need a reference thank you but I will call if we do). It was rather easy to get this bit of employment information and I’m sure I could have got more if I needed which was contrary to my expectations of an I’m sorry we don’t give out information on previous employees” considering that I had just rung their public number.
Upon trying the mobile number again, I actually managed talk to the woman and tried to find out where they got the job listing from so I could correct the mistake (one possibility was that someone was running a scam job vacancy site). The girl was rather quiet but claimed she got it off our company web site (no dice – hasn’t been updated this millennium!) and then she mentioned the Yellow Pages (they have a job section now do they?). I told her that if she remembers any more details to drop me an email because I wanted to get to the bottom of it and mentioned that hers was not the only email we got. She then helpfully suggested that these people were doing this in the hope for future opportunities.
So there you have it – they have tried to enlarge both your penis and your breasts, consolidate your debt, sell you a diploma, drivers license and now they trying to find job vacancies in companies! Will it ever end?
It amuses me because the practice of spreading ones CV around albeit using more traditional means (i.e. in person or by the post) is a common one – but usually it is forwarded with a letter saying “I am looking for work yadda yadda if you have a vacancy in the future, please consider me yadda yadda “. In this case it is definitely spam because they are on a “fishing expedition” looking to find companies which have recently advertised a vacancy (in much the same way spammers fish for people with low self esteem and high debts or customers of a particular bank). Fact is that had the email not contained the text: “Ref: Job Opportunity in Information Technology” then it’s (almost) legit.
Will the job agencies of the future be found in the form of Russian spam houses? In the opinion of this reporter, yes.
Will
Bike ODO
This morning, I rode 8.39km from home to work, with a max speed of 42.2kms in 22 minutes averaging 22.8kmph over the journey, apparently burning 119.6 calories.
Will.
From a BT Bus Recruitment Ad
“Brisbane Transport is an equal oppertunity employer.
Particularly, women and Aborigional or Torris Straight Islander people are encouraged to apply.”
Sounds equal doesn’t it?
