tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37578987412143337062024-03-19T06:34:59.990-04:00Life with RecruitersChronicles of warding off clueless Recruiters.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-42755620785269998322021-11-01T12:31:00.002-04:002021-11-01T12:37:44.213-04:00Latest Recruitor Scam on L1nkedin?One offshored recruitor prefaces his <strike>spam</strike>message with: <blockquote><PRE>
Note: Please accept In Mail even if you are not
interested so that we can have the credits back
which we can use for sending In mails.</PRE></blockquote>
Umm? Help them send <i>more</i> spam? How dumb can they be?
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-ulianovUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-29558379803664898272021-03-01T13:17:00.003-05:002021-03-01T13:17:43.578-05:00An Innocent Recruiter Gets Snagged by my TrapsSJ of Andover, MA writes:<blockquote><PRE>Call/email me if you’re interested, because you’re profile on
Monster is too confusing and deters recruiters like me
from contacting you without a clear concise email or
phone number.
I tried to call you the phone kept ringing.
</PRE></blockquote>
Unfortunatedly my PBX system was out of disk space because of random SIP attacks and malfunctioned so his call did not get thru. Incidentally calls from Mass get no phone IVR, they go straight to my cell.
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However the obstacle course is <i>supposed</i> to be confusing and hard to make sure only a determined recruiter whcih can show me the proper rate gets thru.
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-ulianov
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-77343504802203597952020-12-15T14:29:00.003-05:002020-12-15T14:31:09.269-05:00New & Improved Recruiter Spamming Method: SMS/TextThis is so fishy it borders on scam, nevermind I am not qualified to do an Office Manager job:
<blockquote>
Hi <i>My Name</i>! Are you interested in exploring Office Manager opportunity at Spectrafɵrce Technologies Inc?
Please reply YES if you consent, NO for not interested (or) STOP if you do not want to receive texts about Spectrafɵrce Technologies Inc Job opportunities
</blockquote>
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Have I mentioned this is an offshored agency and probably a home for H1-Bs?
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-ulianovUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-47309774595040057732020-11-05T12:19:00.000-05:002020-11-05T12:19:05.554-05:00The Lifecycle of a Silicon Valley H1-BLook what landed in my Inbox! AFAIK $40/h violates the terms of the H1-B visa [$70k salary is way worse as the statutory floor is $90k] but who else would accept $40/h in the Valley?
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-ulianov
<P>
Hello,<br>
Bottomfeeders IT is hiring for multiple roles.<br>
I am a Part of Bottomfeeders IT which has been in the California bay area Tech industry for the past 10 years and has helped 1000 + candidates find both Contract and Permanent positions with bay area and nationwide Technology clients like [<i>all the majors in the Valley</i>] and many other Fortune 500 organizations.
We are looking for highly driven candidates who want to make a career in Java/ Mern Stack /full stack /Devops and AWS/ PYTHON, AI, ML, HADDOP<br>
[...]<br>
Bottomfeeders IT assists organizations to achieve more productivity from existing employees by coaching them on advanced skills which the ever-evolving field of technology demands. Bottomfeeders IT works to increase the competencies of existing employees, which reduces the cost of hiring new employees and provides existing employees with growth opportunities within the organization.<br>
Our dedicated recruiters provide our clients with talented and innovative professionals. Bottomfeeders IT connects skilled professionals with the best IT companies within the contract, contract-to-hire and for permanent positions as well. We are a full-service staffing and software development firm that adheres to the principles of service, integrity, and competence.<br>
We have an excellent reputation with the clients; hence candidates who get Skill enhancement by working with us and are valued by clients due to their technical competency. Our goal is to match a candidate’s skill set with the requirements and if Skill enhancement is needed, we provide that to our candidates to match up the client expectations.<br>
Why Bottomfeeders IT?<br>
1. We have been in the Silicon Valley bay area industry Since 2010 and have a deep network of clients and have a solid reputation of quality candidates.<br>
2. Our Skill enhancement is not to just get you a job alone. It ensures you have a long term stable career in the technology industry.<br>
3. We make you work on current Technologies and Skills needed by clients. As we are more in touch with the Tech industry and clients we offer dynamic skills and technology enhancement.<br>
4. Unlike other organizations we offer no binding contracts for 12 months to 24 months to work for us or any of our clients and you are free to choose any Client and location where you want to work.<br>
5. Our candidates get Salaries ranging from <b>$70,000.00 - $120,000.00</b> per annum for permanent positions or </b>$40-60/hr</b> for contract positions.<br>
6. No relocation needed for either Skill Enhancement or even for job placement for majority of the candidates.<br>
7. We provide on the Job technical assistance and also marketing for 1 year from the date you start working at a job.<br>
8. We have our candidates working at [<i>all the majors in the Valley plus + manufacturers + banks</i>]. Please ask to see our past candidates details. <br>
To match up to client expectations you need to be better than other candidates in the job market both technically and functionally. Once you achieve technical superiority over other candidates and have projects which reflect the same then you can be assured that you will be able to get multiple job offers and have a long-term career in software development.<br>
Technical competence enables you to choose clients rather than clients choosing you. We look forward to partnering with you to help you achieve success in your pursuit of a programming career.<br>
Click here to go to Bottomfeeders IT Website to know more about us.<br>
Please research more about us and I would call you to continue our conversation.<br>
Please goo through our blogs as well.<br>
If you want to know about our coursework you can click to our services and then click to technology upskill program you can see the coursework of all the technologies.<br>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-85005042731223227452020-10-13T15:51:00.001-04:002020-10-13T17:40:10.553-04:00A New Gem from Offshored AgenciesI've seen many things in my time but this takes the biscuit:
<blockquote><PRE><b>Client : TCŠ/TIAA
QA Mobile Lead
Location : Iselin, NJ
Rate : Best Minimum in Market
</b></PRE></blockquote>
<b>Best Minimum in Market</b> must be a new econo-mathematical concept which most people <i>can not able</i> to comprehend, do not have a <i>defination</i> for and are <i>not comfortable with the requirement</i>.
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Mind you TCŠ is an in-famous employer with luxuriant benefits so no surprises here however, H1-B visa conditions stipulate a minimum salary of $90k/year which works to $45/h.
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But I <b>have</b> seen <i>H1-B specials</i> at $40/h.
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-ulianov
<P> P.S. Another gem caught my eye... is this even legal?<blockquote><PRE><b>Only H1B and H4EAD
Must be 10+ years IT experience
</b></PRE></blockquote>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-38110988370523918202020-07-30T15:32:00.000-04:002020-07-30T15:39:58.076-04:00Most Useless Job Board?<P>
Of the majors when it comes to <i>applying</i> for jobs:
<ol>
<li>I might have hooked a job on mônster.{ca,com}
<li>I have hooked a job on mônster.at
<li>Nada on dïce.com.
<li>LïnkedIn <i>nada con niente</i>.
<li>I did clinch a job on apec.fr but that was in France and I took a 55% pay cut for the privilege.
</ol>
Of the majors' "private email" channels of communication:
<ol>
<li> mônster.{ca,com}: mostly offshored pukes trying to land me on "H1-B minimum wage" (aka. $45/h) in the Bay area.
<li> LïnkedIn: got some calls from bona-fide ones.
</ol>
On the recruiter's side: my recruitress buddy prefers LïnkedIn (as she has a recruiter's account).
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Historically Canada's Workopolïs declined into a recruitors' hangout and now is just a cesspit.
<P>
Ïndeed & somesuch are basically just Resume fishing holes for who-knows-what purpose.
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So to me of the majors Dïce takes the cookie. Its only use nowadays is to monitor in real time recruitors' feeding frenzies, and it's mostly t he bottomfeeding agencies.
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-ulianovUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-85852840864690094182020-07-30T15:10:00.003-04:002020-07-30T15:17:38.765-04:00Dumbest Job Board Ad?I keet getting this useless job ad (for a month!) as a Dïce job alert:
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Drilling down in the actual Dïce job ad I see this gem from an offshored agency which in characteristic fashion keeps boasting about "awards" and "recognitions" nevermind that wrecks the job alerts and pisses of candidates:
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-ulianovUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-72164410652783643782019-10-31T18:22:00.000-04:002019-11-01T11:25:47.126-04:00Hotlist? Spam?Got this never seen before weird plea for help cum inducement from
some random puke. The "CANSPAM" footer is even more interesting:
we may virus you but eff-off and don't call back. Nevermind the fact
that the retard spammed me on a .CA address hosted in Canada and
US Bill 1618 does not apply here.
<blockquote><PRE>
<b>Subject</b>: Need Hotlist
Hi,
Please share hotlist and add this email to your distribution
list. I have so many direct client requirements at hand.
[...]
Note: We respect your Online Privacy. This is not an
unsolicited mail. Under Bills 1618 Title III passed by
the 105th U.S. Congress, this mail cannot be considered
Spam as long as we include contact information and
a method to be removed from our mailing list. To be
removed from our mailing list, please reply with
"REMOVE" in the subject line and your email address
in the body. Include Complete Address and/or
Domain/Aliases to be removed. We sincerely regret
any inconvenience. The recipient should check this
email and any attachments for the presence of viruses.
The company accepts NO liability for any
damage caused by any virus transmitted by this
email.
</PRE></blockquote>
-ulianovUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-78636991108363613162019-08-30T17:30:00.000-04:002019-08-30T17:31:00.255-04:00Unconfined Idiocy?This crap is going out of hand: this idiot recruitor never spoke to me, lets me see the notes passed to him by the hiring manager, <i>unfeigns</i> me <b>and</b> appends useless "legal" disclaimers. Aargh! -ulianov
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">It was nice talking to you over the Phone.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I,__________ , Authorize <b>Avanc1ers</b> to represent me for the <b>Senior C++ Engineer : Santa Clara, CA with XYZQ.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: yellow none repeat scroll 0%;">Keywords to look –</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">Location: Santa Clara CA<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the system
manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only
for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not
disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender
immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this
email from your system. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-21598455912703211312019-08-21T23:28:00.000-04:002019-08-21T23:28:19.944-04:00Some Hook from Mumbo-Jumbo UniversityGot this Hinglish word-salad spam masquerading as a jd from some fly-by-night outfit. The last paragraph is quite bizarre... is it the stream of consciousness of the spammer expressing itself?
<blockquote>
<b>Subject</b>: Career opportunities of Data Science
<P>
Greeting from the Achârya,
<P>
This is regarding an education venture aimed at enhancing and upgrading your skills for the careers of the future. Our aim is to bridge the demand -supply gap high demand career,
<P>
Achârya is an education venture promoted with the sole purpose of creating on industry-ready workforce. The venture operates through a platform and partnership model of empowering educational institutions of different kinds by augmenting their internal and external capabilities in terms of helping then develop and deliver high demand and job oriented programs. At the core of its universe are learners of all age groups . We pride ourselves in using the latest technical tools and machine learning and artificial intelligence in customization of our programs according to learners and industry needs. Our core themes center around the tapping the residual capacities of the existing educational system and empowering it to create an industry-ready workforce.
<P>
<i>Also as I started try to research about the candidates and preferably set a pitch based on their background.</i>
</blockquote>
And this is utterly idiotic for a piece of spam... legal folderol with no legal use or effect:
<blockquote>
Disclaimer: This e-mail communication and any attachments to it are confidential and privileged to Achârya and are strictly intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message along with all attachments thereto.
</blockquote>
-ulianovUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-17293047534425436912019-08-12T17:16:00.000-04:002019-08-12T17:16:41.271-04:00D1ce: Dumb, Dumber or DumbestLately D1ce.com put up in the right-hand corner a bell icon with a number of "unread" alerts superimposed.
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If clicked it reveals a pulldown of "insight" news and pro-tips, mostly clickbait and dumbsh*t such as <tt>Taking a Personality Test: What to Know Beforehand</tt>
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The quality of the copy seems to issue from the machines in the sub-basement of the <b>Ministry of Truth</b> (think "<i>1984</i>").
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And this drivel is supposed to be "important"?
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-ulianov
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-5186211908360632532019-08-09T18:30:00.000-04:002019-08-14T17:00:45.470-04:00A New Low, Lower than Scum, Your Name is AIHolly macaroni this job spam is the biggest pile of turd on this side of Y2K:
<ol>
<li>my e-mail address was scraped by <i>something</i> from Monster
<li>am I to have a "conversation" with an AI?
<li>"It can learn more about you beyond just a resume"? Like what?
<li>"it’s difficult to communicate who you are" -- sure... to an AI?
<li>this is priceless... of all the bullcrap recruiters message me this is the most outré:<blockquote><i>As an AI Recruiter, I help you to expand upon your experience and skills. I understand the requirements of the job and give you the opportunity to elaborate on how your skills and experiences relate to the position in your own words.</i></blockquote>
</ol>
This is a good excerpt of their spam template:
<blockquote><PRE>
Subject: Chat with Wendy about <i>blah jd</i>
My name is W3ndy, and I'm helping the XYZ hiring
team. I should also mention I'm artificially intelligent
Recruiter. Yep, you heard that right!
I'm working with XYZ to hire for their Systems
Engineer position in Colorado Springs, Florida<sup><b>1</b></sup>.
I came across your resume and thought that you might
be a good fit for this role.
My goal is to learn more about you beyond just a resume.
Through a simple conversation, I can help you get in front
of the hiring managers faster. My aim is to be your advocate,
presenting you in the most relevant way possible.
To get started please click the button below to begin
chatting with me. I'm looking forward to meeting you!
Happy Chatting!
W3ndy
AI Recruiting Partner
Powered by Wad3 & W3ndy
*FAQs:*
*What if I have questions or run into any problems?*
If at any point you require assistance, please email the Wade & Wendy
human support team at help@XYZQ.ai. They're eager to help!
*Will the hiring manager see this chat? What happens next?*
Yes. The hiring manager uses the chat, as well as the rest of your
application, to determine next steps. If the hiring team chooses to move
forward with your application, they will reach out via email.
*Why are we doing this in a chat format?*
It's difficult to communicate who you are and what you can do in a
bullet point on your resume or in the summary section of your LinkedIn
profile. Those tools are two-dimensional you='re not. As an AI
Recruiter, I help you to expand upon your experience and skills. I
understand the requirements of the job and give you the opportunity to
elaborate on how your skills and experiences relate to the position in your
own words.
</PRE></blockquote>
<b>1</b> = There is no such place. Just nitpicking.
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-ulianov
<P><b>Aug 14 update</b>: a clear-eyed recruiter suggested that I might be used as training material for the AI. Also that the AI funnels/weeds out candidates to flesh&blood recruiters.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-43357899509456569722019-08-07T19:11:00.000-04:002019-08-10T14:13:00.276-04:00A "419" Note from Recruitor?A "recruitor" spammed me like so:<blockquote><PRE>
Hi <i>Myself</i>
Hope you are doing great!
This is XYZ. I’ve got your profile from one of my portal and
it is looking efficient for this job role. Your profile has also
been shortlisted for the position.
I have opportunity regarding your skill set with a good pay rate.
Please share your updated resume on the same mail if you are
feeling comfortable for this position.
</PRE></blockquote>
I've seen bad Engrish in recruitoirs' notes before but this spam is bizarrely full of lies:
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<li> "one of my portal" -- eh?
<li> "it is looking efficient" -- Borg speech.
<li> "your profile has also been shortlisted" -- <b><i>by whom?</i></b>
<li> "I have opportunity" -- <i>yes, we get signal</i>
<li> "feeling comfortable" -- why are all Engrish notes asking me that?
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-ulianov
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-87705691133200884472019-08-02T13:58:00.000-04:002019-08-10T14:20:10.803-04:00Amz0n Calls Again!They found me, <i>again</i> and they had my gmâil address as well!<blockquote><PRE>
Subject: We need your Coding and Designing expertise -
Amazôn Primê Air / Dronê Delivêr; Sêrvice
I wanted to check in with you to see if you are interested
in helping us make history as we define the new generation
of package delivery through autonomous drones? The Primê Air
team here at Amazôn (Seattle, WA) is looking for Software
Development Engineers with your skillset and I would love
to consider you for one of our openings. Relocation
assistance provided!
Are you interested in discussing Software Development Engineer
opportunities with Amazôn Primê Air?</PRE></blockquote>
A further exchange netted a bigdata-devops jd.
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I might have lashed out at the corporate recruiter:<blockquote><PRE>
I have interacted with Lâb 126, Alexâ [teams] and
I am terminally unimpressed by the hiring process which seems
geared towards new grads.
If Amazôn wants badly expertise/experience that needs to change.</PRE></blockquote>
I guess they <b>never</b> read Resumes at Amazôn. Why am I bothering? Perhaps if I do a <i>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...</i> followed by a keyword salad it would net me the same pitiful result?
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-ulianovUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-39324177880545381392019-07-04T14:26:00.000-04:002019-08-23T14:30:33.109-04:00Pipelining?Had a chat with a recruiter about her talking to candidates even if no position is currently open.
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The natural weeding out of candidates makes the interview process a funnel and they need to have viable candidates at hand when the hiring restarts.
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While this may make sense from their point of view for me (the candidate) it's a waste of time. Thus I refuse to talk to any recruiter who coes not fess up in 30 seconds jd, location, rate and start date.
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-ulianovUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-17112852517362888032019-04-26T22:29:00.000-04:002019-08-10T22:37:42.572-04:00High & Dry in DCThis is a new one for me: the satmodem company I've contracted with announced me on Tue that Fri is my last day.
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Which came as an unwelcome surprise as three weeks prior they asked me to <i>extend</i> my contract another two months putting me back home mid-September.
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Luckily I gave in to my laziness and did not lease a flat... the hotel I was at was 500m from work, in decent & clean shape and not too expensive compared to 3-month DC area leases. So I did not have any losses.
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After a bit of ferreting it turned out that they ran out of money and cut loose all my contractor colleagues... they even pulled the extension crap on one of them as well.
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What irked me was that my agency was notified 2 weeks prior but they did not bother to tell me.
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-ulianovUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-20317536383316824862018-12-21T19:41:00.000-05:002019-08-12T19:50:55.016-04:00Applying to jobs on L1nkedIn is a Mug's GameI think I might have applied to ~200 jobs of interest for me on L1nkedIn and got precisely 0 responses.
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L1nkedIn was supposed to be for professionals yet since it got bought by M$ it went down the turd chute: sponsored posts, incessant spams about Lynda courses and the likes.
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The only job-related incoming pings on L1nkedIn was from either B1tc0in fraudsters or recruiters who carpet-bombed me with connection requests (to get at my contacts who need to be spammed too!) or jds which are no match for my experience of skills.
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Not much different from Dice or Monster yet L1nkedIn is always trying to scam me into a paid subscription.
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-ulianovUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-77963185644947718552018-11-02T14:55:00.000-04:002019-08-12T20:05:24.104-04:00Some people G00gled "HR drones", Why am I Not Surprised?I wonder what they mean by "HR drones"?
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On the <strike>recruiting</strike>"talent acquisition" (don't we all love a PC turd?) they may or may not be bombarded with Resumes. I commiserate with them on this.
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Then they have to weed out Resumes [if a recruiter is not in direct contact with the Hiring Manager] -- based on what criteria? ... their technical acumen is n/a.
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Then they need to do a face to face with candidates and that's when it gets sticky: some discuss freely based on a common sense agenda, some subject people to a questionnaire lifted from <I>Recruitering for Dummies</i>. Ouch.
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In the end if hired on f/t one has to deal with them, [if you are lucky and they are not offshored] however they are not there for YOU but as a CYA for the employer. Oh, and they can be super annoying with some dumb mandatory trainings.
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The worse for me was about 10 years ago when they were subjecting me to OSHA training, nevermind I went thru that 5 times before.
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Luckily as a contractor I only deal with them when they take my photo for the badge.
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-ulianovUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-71953972356391853072018-10-21T12:40:00.000-04:002019-08-12T20:08:37.751-04:00Bad Agency Deal in FranceBeing bored out of mind by the nature of my job in Miami and in need of a change of scenery I took a contract (CDI) in Grenoble/Sophia Antipolis, France.
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I kept telling my French agency that I need relocation assistance (no, I would not insult their highfalutin selves with a request for reimbursement of relo expenses) by which I meant "help finding a flat to rent" [this can be tricky in France].
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Also my contract had some <i>interesting</i> S&S clauses (scummy & scammy):
<ol>
<li>the salary of 55k € was to be paid in 13 1/2 tranches... 12 monthly, 1 extra at X-Mas and 1/2 at the end of the year -- I asked around other recruiters in France and they deemed that "unusual";
<li>if I were to quit before hitting X-Mas and end of contract year in their employ I would forfeit the respective tranches(sweet!);
<li>altho legislation of France notes that the 25 days of vacation accrue monthly and can be redeemed after the <b>first</b> month they would only pay for them after the <i>second</i> month;
<li>CDI employees are entitled to daily 10 € lunch vouchers yet I saw none of that... in a year that adds up to a nice bob!
</ol>
The net result was that my net salary was 3.3k€/month. Now the French are sticklers for rules & laws -- one such iron rule (but not law!) that I did <i>not</i> find on expat blogs is that <b>one can rent for up to 1/3 of his net income</b>. Paying in advance for one year is forbidden by law -- the poor need protection!
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<b>Protip</b>: The probation period is (customarily) 3 months in France during which nobody won't rent to you.
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Alas on the Riviera area max 1.1k€/mo won't pay for 3 bedroom places, nevermind I <i>could</i> have paid one year in advance from my lawful gains in Miami. The agency overlords kept feigning deafness until I gave them the customary [for me] Two Weeks Notice.
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<i><b>Then</b></i> they took notice and offer enthusiastically to "help" (seeing them do that was a <i>John Hurt moment</i>). Help came in the form of sending me to rent a flat in a cheap-ish area with superbad schools... luckily I asked what's what of my French co-workers.
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<b>Protip</b>: The agency in concert with my employer ended the probation period then&there so I can rent. Sigh.
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Two weeks came and went and Friday I told them "I'm outta here". So the fun began... the CEO of the agency started threatening me with lawyers and demanding money (isn't that called extortion? hmm perhaps not in France).
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I did the only reasonable thing... I flew to Belgium the next day to drown my sorrow in Trappist beer. Telling the hapless CEO I'm no longer in France did not go down well ;)
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I left word for my friend the CEO that:<blockquote>If anybody is asking I am in Tijuana making it rain on blow, tequila and mamasitas.</blockquote>
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Alas I incurred some buttpain as my fly-by-night airline went bust and I had to fork 500 quid to <i>yet another</i> fly-by-night airline to fly me back home... to Tijuana.
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-ulianovUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-47215073055855045662017-09-11T19:10:00.000-04:002017-09-11T19:10:00.525-04:00The JD of a Recruiter based in IndiåSo this is how they get minted.
<blockquote><PRE>
<b>Job Title</b>: IT Recruiter (US Staffing)
<b>Duration</b> Full Time
<b>Positions</b> 20
<b>Job Description</b>:
Experience in working on Contract, Contract to Hire,
Full time requirements.
<font color="red">Experience with Job Boards like Monster, Dice etc.
with Strong Experience in placing IT Professionals
in US market with clients</font>
Work effectively as a team member as well as an
individual with minimal direction
Good communication, interpersonal skills, and
leadership skills
Looking for long term relationship.
<b>We will consider candidates with no experience
if other qualification criteria’s are strongly met</b>
</PRE></blockquote>-ulianovUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-12114211314744367862017-05-08T21:01:00.000-04:002017-05-09T17:16:46.874-04:00Is this the Laziest Recruitor Ever?I have heard in my life about mail merge and bad recruiters but this outsourced one combines and bests both (noticed the verbatim fill-in-the-blanks). This is a new low in bottom-feeding <i>recruitors</i> for me.
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Dear <i>Myself</i>,
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My name is A... and I'm an IT recruiter at Tech Mahïndra. Our records show that you are an experienced IT professional with experience in ______________. This experience is relevant to one of my current openings.
The opening requires ______________ in addition to the above skills. It is located in __________, __________.<br/>
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... <small><i>short relevant jd blurb</i></small> ....
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Knowledge in _______ is a plus.If you are qualified, available, interested, planning to make a change, or know of a friend who might have the required qualifications and interest, please call me ASAP at (844) 555-2579 Ext.70685, even if we have spoken recently about a different position. If you do respond via e-mail please include a daytime phone number so I can reach you. In considering candidates, time is of the essence, so please respond ASAP. Thank you.
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Sincerely yours,<br />
A...<br />
Business Associate<br />
Tech Mahïndra<br />
</blockquote>-ulianovUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-28336588254637193452017-04-23T15:00:00.000-04:002017-04-24T10:42:42.947-04:00On Mõnster US's Message CentreSo far after about 50 <strike>spams</strike>ahem <i>messages</i> they have all been low-pay <i>H1-B specials</i> propositions. Totally effing useless feature which Mønster uses as a pretext to spam your real inbox with "Yaw've got Mail". Sigh.
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-ulianovUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-84551244352097998552017-04-17T18:51:00.000-04:002017-04-17T18:52:38.205-04:00On US Contract Rate EscalationThe key in dealing with marginal/offshored agencies is patience and persistence.
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The verbatim jd in question [which appears to me as a Sr. position] was this:
<blockquote><PRE>
Title: Linux Embedded Software Developer
Duration: Long Term Contract
Overview:
- Experince in Linux Embedded Software Developer
- EXPERIENCE WITH 16/32 BIT CONTROLLERS.
- EXPERIENCE IN LINUX KERNEL LEVEL PROGRAMMING.
- EXPERIENCE IN KERNEL CUSTOMIZATION, GRAPHICS
LIBRARY USAGE/PORTING & SW ARCHITECTURE DESIGN.
- EXPERIENCE IN TOUCH PANEL LCD, NAND MEMORY,
RAM MEMORY, USB, MMC CARD & PROTOCOL DEFINITION
OVER UART
- experience coding in C/C++.
- Agile project experience.
- Knowledge of wireless network protocols (Wi-Fi,
BLE, ZigBee, IPv4, IPv6, etc.)
- Develop and design software that will interface
with various embedded stacks (BLE, Thread, ZigBee)
Secondary Skills:
- GOOD WRITTEN AND VERBAL COMMUNICATION
- Experience with the spectrum tools used for
source code management and development/test
environments: VS, TFS, GIT, SVN, Bit Bucket,JIRA etc.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
capable of writing appropriate documentation,
and interacting with other engineering disciplines.
- Strong ability to communicate deep analytical
results in forms that resonate with scientific and/or business collaborators, highlighting actionable insights.
</PRE></blockquote>
Here's the rate escalation e-mail exchange I've had with this drone:
<blockquote><PRE>
<b>ulianov</b>: <i>What's the W-2 rate? Split per-diem offered?</i>
<b>Recruiter</b>: Duration is long term & rate $45/hr on W2.
<i><b>Commentary</b>: <font color='Red'>This is the bare minimum ($90k/year) which
an H1-B is allowed by law.</font></i>
<b>ulianov</b>: <i>[Not replying for 3 hours.]</i>
<b>Recruiter</b>: Duration is long term & rate $58/hr on W2
without benefits or $65/hr on 1099.
<b>ulianov</b>: Thank you for the rate adjustment. However
my customary W2 rate for outside California is $NN/h.
<b>Recruiter</b>: Please make it $70/hr on 1099
<b>Commentary</b>: <i>This is less than I charge on W-2.
Also 1099 is unsuitable for me as it does not provide
per-diem.</i>
</PRE></blockquote>
Mind you most of these bottom of the barrel agencies do not want to provide split per-diem as they labour under the impression this is extra money they have to pay me... it's not. It's an IRS untaxed allowance for people working 60mi+ from their place of abode.
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Educating them in the ways of the per-diem is painful so my advice is this (should you qualify for per-diem): <i>if a recruiter is clueless about the per-diem then hang up</i>.
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-ulianov
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-34182220145228950282017-03-29T16:07:00.000-04:002017-04-06T12:11:51.989-04:00On J0bDïva's Email TrafficI've blocked them in my in-app firewall for the past 5 years but I was getting 1000's of hits a month which made me curious so I changed my mail server tarpit logic to collect (but reject) samples of their wares.
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I noticed that the following agencies use this spamhouse:
<blockquote><PRE>
artechïnfo
cõmpnova
damcõsoft
enterprïsesolutioninc
eteamïnc
fïrst-tek
hanstaffïng
ïttblazers
lancesõft
mr-hadlïkon
pyramïdci
shorewïseconsulting
systelïnc
usgrpïnc
vegåzva
</PRE></blockquote>
These agencies are mostly lowballers, based in 1ndia and cater to the H¦-B crowd via low-low hourly rates.
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More random H¦-B lowball specials:
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cynêtsystems
expedïteinc
mïndlance
pinakïtech
sageïtinc
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-ulianov
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757898741214333706.post-27454013338802161412017-02-28T13:13:00.000-05:002017-04-24T10:44:02.184-04:00Weird US MarketI've been trying to find some gig in New England since November and I got positively no bite.
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The only outfit doing Embedded Linux contracts seems to be Bôse in Framingham and not much else. Something was happening on Washington St in downtown Boston but no bite.
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I've never experienced this before... usually it was enough to raise my hand to land a gig paying my rate (which is basically the market rate). Perhaps this is due to the uncertainty following the elections?
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It seems that there's the same vibe going on as in May-Jun of 2008.
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