[THIN] Re: OT: Recruiters, what's up with them lately?

  • From: "Braebaum, Neil" <Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 15:50:40 -0000

Why don't they just cut to the chase and ask:-

"R U eL33T"? ;-)

Neil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Arthur Reyes
> Sent: 08 February 2005 15:35
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] OT: Recruiters, what's up with them lately?
> 
> 
> I haven't been a consultant for as long as some of you, maybe 
> 7 years or so, but it seems to me that the quality of 
> solicitations from recruiters has progressively gotten worse 
> in the last couple of years or so.  I've gotten job req's 
> from free email accounts (yahoo, msn, hotmail), and the 
> grammar and language has gotten progressively worse as well.  
> Granted, it's common and accepted for the initial call to be 
> fielded by a recruiter or intern who isn't knowledgeable 
> about every IT job out there, but come on!  The following 
> solicitation seemed so absurd to me that I've been saving it 
> as an example of the worse recruitment attempt out there.  It 
> seriously gave me a giggle.  I'd love to see some more 
> examples out there, I need a good laugh.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: <. . .>
> > Sent: <. . .>
> > To: <. . .>
> > Subject: meta Systems Admintrator
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > Pl send me ur resume in word format with ur phone numbers if your 
> > interested for the below mentioned req.......
> > Here the req goes......
> > 
> > Req: meta Systems Admintrator
> > Duration: 3 Months
> > Location: Sunnyvale, CA.
> <. . .>


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