“…but I kept that on the inside.”
Details changed to protect the innocent my job.
What the recruiter says:
“No, I understand totally. If you want a sysadmin job, then this help desk job is not right for you. Thanks for your time.”
What the recruiter means:
“Then why the HELL did you send me a help desk résumé? Do you LIKE wasting my time? Maybe you’d get the job you wanted if your résumé actually reflected what that job was.”
February 13th, 2006 at 4:43 pm
It works both ways. My online resume very clearly and prominently states that for personal and family reasons, I am interested only in full-time or contract-to-hire in [hometown metro area]. Still, I get at least two solicitations a week for positions all over the US, and most of them read as if they were sent by a real person.
I usally just delete them, but I’ve responded a couple of times. Once I suggested that I would consider a position for $250/hour–considerably more than my credentials would otherwise bring. The guy actually wrote back, irritated at how unrealistic _my_ expectations were.
I also included a statement for a while that told ‘em I’d just delete such requests–even if they made noises about wanting me to pass it on to other “interested” peers. I ended up removing it though, because I couldn’t find wording that was insulting only to the ones with their heads up their butts.