Re: Fwd: urgent opening: Engineer-Transport - III

[Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com>]

The really scary and not uncommon thing now is for unethical recruiters to
take your CV from somewhere, copy/paste it into their own word processing
software, and start editing things in it (and removing your direct contact
information) without permission from yourself, and send it onwards to their
"clients".

Have seen this happen to at least five people I know.



On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 5:44 PM Javier J <javier () advancedmachines us> wrote:

> I made the mistake of posting a resume from a link on linkedin, luckily,
> with a google voice number, but unfortunately, not with a burner email
> address.
>
> I had 11 missed calls yesterday because for now I am keeping my phone on
> silent. I mean, for f's sake, just send me an email.
>
> So annoying. Thanks for reaching out, but if I don't pick up on the first
> call, LEAVE A VOICEMAIL.
>
> - Javier
>
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 8:37 PM William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 5:31 PM Javier J <javier () advancedmachines us>
> > wrote:
> > > Now I just feel like a sucker entertaining these fools. Sorry to spam
> > the board. I haven't really looked at the IT staffing game in a while and
> > it seems it has gone to complete trash compared to even how bad it was 10
> > years ago.
> >
> > The effing annoying thing is when the calls start at 6:00 am because
> > they can't be bothered to read the top of your resume which says
> > you're on the west coast and just figure hey, 703 number, must be
> > eastern time. Honestly, I'm not sure why I still own a telephone.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bill
> >
> >
> > --
> > William Herrin
> > bill () herrin us
> > https://bill.herrin.us/