Mmm, leftovers.
I got an email from IT Talent recently. They’re not a company I’ve dealt with before, so I found the contents surprising. I’m interviewing five Developers and Designers tomorrow for a client based in...
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…. at least, that’s how Parisa UK describe their service. So why on earth are you sending me emails with candidates like this? Operations Manager, Logistics and Transport Logistics Director, full P+L...
View ArticleG2, again.
Should I even bother starting, what with all the ‘praise’ they’ve received on this site? Thankfully this time it was just an email. Just one. It was hopelessly irrelevant, as ever. I tried to...
View ArticleNot very good you say?
Names have been changed to protect some people who aren’t innocent… The agency? Harvey Nash. — Email 1. Them to me. Hi, I hope you are well? I haven’t spoken to you before therefore please accept my...
View ArticleHow to look super professional
I had an unsolicited email from a recruiter. Of course that’s not unique, or special, as this blog is testament to. This one was a bit special though. It’s from someone who claims (spelling their own)...
View ArticleScraping the barrel?
Good Morning, I hope you are well. I have recently made a note of candidates who have registered in the last few years with [recruiter name here] and wanted to get in touch for a catch up. I may have...
View ArticlePage after page after page of Page Personnel
Wow… been a little while since I’ve posted. I don’t know about you dear reader, but I’ve noticed a positive uptrend in recruitment over the last year or so; don’t know if this is down to the...
View ArticlePremier league ignorance…
Whether they’re called Premier IT, Premier Media, or Premier Recruitment, I don’t care… what I care about is that as an organisation they don’t seem to be able to action a simple request to remove me...
View ArticleKings of crap mails. Monarch.
Here boys and girls is my favourite email in quite some time. They’ve (Sarah Hayward-White @ Monarch Digital) sent an unsolicited email, to a random info group (not even used the jobs@ email address),...
View ArticleWhoah Computer Futures, how many CVs?
And I quote… “Hi Matt, I’ve attached 10 .NET developers that are all based and looking for a new opportunity in West Yorkshire.” Yes, TEN, unsolicited, ID’d instead of named, completely unneeded CVs....
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