Tuesday, October 26, 2010

A New Fad in Identity Theft?

Each quarter Monster seems to sell their candidate database to whomever and his dog, preferably scammers & fraudsters. I got this letter on my 3rd ephemeral e-mail address I use for Monster.

I never contacted this "agency" so their explanation below is a lie. As I have been around the block a few time I know big corps ask you to self-identify after you have completed a job application. I think they are fishing for marks.
TO: POTENTIAL JOB APPLICANT

FROM: Superior Group includes Superior Technical Resources, Inc., Superior Staff Resources, Inc., SDC Information Services, Inc., Superior Design Co., Inc. and Sudesco Systems, Inc.

Superior Design International Inc. (SDI)

Superior Group and SDI comply with the Affirmative Action rules of the U.S. Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), which requires us to maintain data on the race and gender of job applicants. To comply with these rules, our recruiting software automatically sends the Voluntary Candidate Self-Identification link to persons whose resumes are attached to positions that we are trying to fill, as possible candidates for the positions.

To help us comply with the Affirmative Action rules, we ask you to please fill out the Candidate Self-Identification form by Clicking here.. Your response will not be seen by a recruiter or anyone making a hiring decision; however, because the form is voluntary, you are not required to fill it out if you do not wish to. If the Voluntary Self-Identification form is not completed, we will assume that you have declined to provide information on your gender and race/ethnicity. Please note that failure to complete the above referenced form will not subject you to any adverse treatment.

This email and the link for the Voluntary Candidate Self-ID are being sent to you AUTOMATICALLY either because you directly submitted your resume for a position we are trying to fill, or your resume was accessed by one of our recruiters during a search for candidates. Your resume may or may not have been actually reviewed by a recruiter. If you are actually considered for a position, you will be contacted directly by one of our recruiters.

We apologize if you have previously received this form. If you have already completed this form, please disregard this notice.

Thank you for your consideration.

Affirmative Action Department
Superior Group/SDI

-ulianov