RE: Recruiters without clues

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

Recruiters' letters are the end result of a merge operation between a list
of possible candidates' addresses, gathered from some source, and a letter
prepared by the sales team of the organization. They have no resemblance to
fact.


Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com
 

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> Subject: Recruiters without clues
> 
> Be forewarned: I'm going to rant. But, to make this relevant, 
> I'd like 
> to informally poll you all to find out how often recruiters make this 
> kind of error:
> 
> "I have just viewed your resume on Monster and I have a 
> position for a 
> data entry clerk in [location]."
> 
> Well the recruiter may have 'viewed' my resume, but obviously didn't 
> READ a bit of it. The title is "Technical Writer/Editor" and there is 
> only one line which deals with data entry--from a job ten years ago.
> 
> I politely replied to the recruiter indicating that there is a 
> difference between a 'skilled job' and a 'professional job' and that 
> Data Entry Clerk was the former while Technical Writer/Editor is the 
> latter.
> 
> Would you have responded to the recruiter? If so, how? Moreover, am I 
> over-reacting?
> 


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