Here’s another example for you. I know it’s minor and it happens all the time, but emails like this one just infuriate me. This whole trend of, let’s face it, completely superfluous people who make a living running searches on various job boards trying to match up words and acronyms they don’t understand has really got to stop. Now they’re just being rude.
Hi Darrin,
My client has a need for experienced LOCAL .Net developers for a 6 month project. Ideally they want someone with current, strong Visual basic.net and Asp.net development skills as well as a strong background with analysis and design. Your resume on Indianapolis Moonlighers looked like a perfect fit.
Please only respond if you are a local candidate to Columbus, OH.
C# is a plus.
Please send resume to c*rl.gr*ss@aj*1on.com and er*c.b*ll*ng*r@aj*1on.com
So, hey, my objective section on my resume clearly states that I’m looking for a full-time position as a Business Analyst or Project Manager — I mean there’s no point in leaving a full-time position for a six-month contract, right? Also, don’t @ me, I know we’re not supposed to have Objective sections on our resumes anymore, but I thought two or three quick sentences to summarize what I want in a job might actually help recruiters and save them time playing find-a-word with the rest of my resume. I’ll give him something of a pass, in that the name Indianapolis Moonlighters does imply side jobs and contract work, though almost everyone who uses it is up for full-time if they can find it. I have a hard time believing he didn’t catch the Indianapolis part if he was looking for Columbus, OH local, so I assumed maybe there was some sort of hybrid work model in play where you only need to be in the office once or twice a week.
Not wanting to lose a good opportunity, however, and because I figured since he’d only seen my resume on my website, I decided I should probably send him a current Microsoft Word version for his records, along with a nice note saying hey, thanks for thinking of me, but I’m really only looking for full-time BA/PM work here in Indy. Here’s my resume for your file, hope to work with you in the future, blah, blah, blah.
His reply was a very stern admonishment for not reading the part of his email that said I should only have responded to him if I was a local candidate to Columbus, OH, and how apparently my lack of attention to that detail, and lack of thoroughness in not reading the entire email would not make me a poor candidate for a BA or PM, where those skills are crucial. Yeah, thanks for that tip, I happen to be a pretty good BA/PM.
So let me get this straight? They’re essentially saying, “If we’ve just wasted your time by sending you an irrelevant query, please don’t waste ours by responding. We don’t care.” How about: “If you’re going to skim 20% off the top of my hourly rate for making an introduction, at least be polite about it?!”
