Umm? Help them send more spam? How dumb can they be?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.
-ulianov
Chronicles of warding off clueless Recruiters.
Umm? Help them send more spam? How dumb can they be?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.
-ulianov
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.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.
However the obstacle course is supposed to be confusing and hard to make sure only a determined recruiter whcih can show me the proper rate gets thru.
-ulianov
Hi My Name! 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
Have I mentioned this is an offshored agency and probably a home for H1-Bs?
-ulianov
-ulianov
Hello,
Bottomfeeders IT is hiring for multiple roles.
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 [all the majors in the Valley] 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
[...]
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.
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.
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.
Why Bottomfeeders IT?
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.
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.
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.
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.
5. Our candidates get Salaries ranging from $70,000.00 - $120,000.00 per annum for permanent positions or $40-60/hr for contract positions.
6. No relocation needed for either Skill Enhancement or even for job placement for majority of the candidates.
7. We provide on the Job technical assistance and also marketing for 1 year from the date you start working at a job.
8. We have our candidates working at [all the majors in the Valley plus + manufacturers + banks]. Please ask to see our past candidates details.
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.
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.
Click here to go to Bottomfeeders IT Website to know more about us.
Please research more about us and I would call you to continue our conversation.
Please goo through our blogs as well.
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.
Best Minimum in Market must be a new econo-mathematical concept which most people can not able to comprehend, do not have a defination for and are not comfortable with the requirement.Client : TCŠ/TIAA QA Mobile Lead Location : Iselin, NJ Rate : Best Minimum in Market
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.
But I have seen H1-B specials at $40/h.
-ulianov
P.S. Another gem caught my eye... is this even legal?
Only H1B and H4EAD Must be 10+ years IT experience
Of the majors when it comes to applying for jobs:
Historically Canada's Workopolïs declined into a recruitors' hangout and now is just a cesspit.
Ïndeed & somesuch are basically just Resume fishing holes for who-knows-what purpose.
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.
-ulianov
-ulianovSubject: 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.
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Subject: Career opportunities of Data ScienceAnd this is utterly idiotic for a piece of spam... legal folderol with no legal use or effect:Greeting from the Achârya,
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,
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.
Also as I started try to research about the candidates and preferably set a pitch based on their background.
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.-ulianov
If clicked it reveals a pulldown of "insight" news and pro-tips, mostly clickbait and dumbsh*t such as Taking a Personality Test: What to Know Beforehand
The quality of the copy seems to issue from the machines in the sub-basement of the Ministry of Truth (think "1984").
And this drivel is supposed to be "important"?
-ulianov
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.
1 = There is no such place. Just nitpicking.Subject: Chat with Wendy about blah jd 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, Florida1. 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.
-ulianov
Aug 14 update: 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.
I've seen bad Engrish in recruitoirs' notes before but this spam is bizarrely full of lies:Hi Myself 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.
A further exchange netted a bigdata-devops jd.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?
I might have lashed out at the corporate recruiter:
I guess they never read Resumes at Amazôn. Why am I bothering? Perhaps if I do a Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet... followed by a keyword salad it would net me the same pitiful result?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.
-ulianov
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.
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.
-ulianov
Which came as an unwelcome surprise as three weeks prior they asked me to extend my contract another two months putting me back home mid-September.
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.
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.
What irked me was that my agency was notified 2 weeks prior but they did not bother to tell me.
-ulianov
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.
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.
Not much different from Dice or Monster yet L1nkedIn is always trying to scam me into a paid subscription.
-ulianov
On the recruiting"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.
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.
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 Recruitering for Dummies. Ouch.
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.
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.
Luckily as a contractor I only deal with them when they take my photo for the badge.
-ulianov
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].
Also my contract had some interesting S&S clauses (scummy & scammy):
Protip: The probation period is (customarily) 3 months in France during which nobody won't rent to you.
Alas on the Riviera area max 1.1k€/mo won't pay for 3 bedroom places, nevermind I could 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.
Then they took notice and offer enthusiastically to "help" (seeing them do that was a John Hurt moment). 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.
Protip: The agency in concert with my employer ended the probation period then&there so I can rent. Sigh.
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).
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 ;)
I left word for my friend the CEO that:
If anybody is asking I am in Tijuana making it rain on blow, tequila and mamasitas.
Alas I incurred some buttpain as my fly-by-night airline went bust and I had to fork 500 quid to yet another fly-by-night airline to fly me back home... to Tijuana.
-ulianov
-ulianovJob Title: IT Recruiter (US Staffing) Duration Full Time Positions 20 Job Description: Experience in working on Contract, Contract to Hire, Full time requirements. Experience with Job Boards like Monster, Dice etc. with Strong Experience in placing IT Professionals in US market with clients 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. We will consider candidates with no experience if other qualification criteria’s are strongly met
Dear Myself,-ulianovMy 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 __________, __________.
... short relevant jd blurb ....
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.
Sincerely yours,
A...
Business Associate
Tech Mahïndra
-ulianov
The verbatim jd in question [which appears to me as a Sr. position] was this:
Here's the rate escalation e-mail exchange I've had with this drone: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.
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.ulianov: What's the W-2 rate? Split per-diem offered? Recruiter: Duration is long term & rate $45/hr on W2. Commentary: This is the bare minimum ($90k/year) which an H1-B is allowed by law. ulianov: [Not replying for 3 hours.] Recruiter: Duration is long term & rate $58/hr on W2 without benefits or $65/hr on 1099. ulianov: Thank you for the rate adjustment. However my customary W2 rate for outside California is $NN/h. Recruiter: Please make it $70/hr on 1099 Commentary: This is less than I charge on W-2. Also 1099 is unsuitable for me as it does not provide per-diem.
Educating them in the ways of the per-diem is painful so my advice is this (should you qualify for per-diem): if a recruiter is clueless about the per-diem then hang up.
-ulianov
I noticed that the following agencies use this spamhouse:
These agencies are mostly lowballers, based in 1ndia and cater to the H¦-B crowd via low-low hourly rates.artechïnfo cõmpnova damcõsoft enterprïsesolutioninc eteamïnc fïrst-tek hanstaffïng ïttblazers lancesõft mr-hadlïkon pyramïdci shorewïseconsulting systelïnc usgrpïnc vegåzva
More random H¦-B lowball specials:
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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.
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?
It seems that there's the same vibe going on as in May-Jun of 2008.
-ulianov
Some things stay the same but as a contractor I get paid the same regardless of the outcome of the project I work for.
Take a minute to think about that... Did you think "slacker"? Think again.Most of the time I do not take on contracts/projects in which I have no intellectual interested. I still need to pay the mortgage.A contractor should be very good at what he (or she) [assume "he" henceforth] is doing and driven to deliver the goods on time. Or he should be canned quickly [doesn't always work this way, alas]. That's why they hire an expert for $$ more than an employee.
(In the US of A IMHO contractors are preferred to full timers because that offloads the healthcare costs from the company to the contractor. Just my 2¢.)
But things in the Software industry
don't alwaysrarely come with a happy ending... the custom RF hardware your super-perfect software runs on is terminally buggy and the project gets cancelled in disgust... the division of the BigCorporeshion just got axed and took all your year's work with it... or the project just got shelved.
I find that I take less vacation as-such than when I was a fulltimer. But I also work less hours... I do not have to warm up a chair 9-5 every day.
Yet there is no stick [not living any more from paycheque to paycheque takes that edge off]. A non-positive evaluation means early termination of my contract and that hasn't happened yet.
Sometimes I linger on a contract past its due date [I do not want to leave money on the table] and it gets extended and my tasks shift into swampy territory where a) the work derails violently outside of my area of focus, b) my work depends on too many externalities, c) the code becomes to complex [how about a 5-tier logic?] and d) it's been too long.
The most precious thing about being a frëelancer is that with contracts the end is always in sight.
-ulianov
He's RK of (allegedly) Richmond, VA, a moron who never read one line of my Resume (I am positively not a SDET).
RK shows developmental problems as he cannot follow written instructions. Low-grade English is just the corollary.
I admire and commiserate with the hiring manager who had to spell out in such detail the instructions for recruiters.
Here is his Neckplug production in all its glory & colour (italics are mine):
Hope you are doing Great.-ulianovWe have urgent position for our client are listed below. Please let me know if you comfortable with Position.
Title: SDET(Software Development Engineer in Test) Consultant
Location: Bellevue or Bothell, WA.Duration: 6+ months
These SDET’s will sit and be embedded with the business to create test automation right alongside the Developers that are developing. They will working Agile/Scrum environments and will help to transform and be a part of a team that guides the businesses into Agile/Scrum/Kanban best practices. Looking for thought leaders that help drive quality in an organization.
We are not looking for generic team members that just sit and take direction but rather looking for strong players that help drive results.
You will need to ensure you are finding SDET’s. These are coding individuals. These people develop automation code for testing. Please make sure you are tailoring your screening to identify those that spend their majority of their time coding for testing rather than developing. Please screen out those developers who see themselves as a developer and not an SDET.
- 5+ years of experience in software development/test.
- Fluency in one or more of: Java, C,C++ and familiarity with one or more of Python, Perl , PHP
- Working knowledge of Front-end web development.
- Expertise in data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysis in XP or Scrum environment.
- Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and project planning/execution skills including estimating and scheduling.
- UI or Device Test testing experience a plus.
- Strong practical knowledge and experience in mocking and stubbing tools including Junit, TestNG, EasyMock, Mockito, MockServer, WireMock, Bamboo, Hudson, Jenkins, GIT, Stash, Cassandra, MongoDB, SQL.
- Practical Knowledge and experience of Methodologies; Agile V-Model, Waterfall.
- ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Related Field.
Having pulled at the last moment from a "solid" career choice (see previous post) am wondering how the world has turned for me to go against the career path sought after by my parents:
-ulianov
Ironically 2009 was the year when I took a 2-year contract in Corning, NY and I had myself a desk at a window in the Sullivan Park site overlooking an expansive vista and a forest and cris-crossed by deer.
Last year I've contracted at a nice virtualised eNodeB startup in Boston/495. Being that my rate plus the agency rate were quite dear they've offered me a f/t with a promise of gc (which is something I've been seeking for a long time).
My reservation was that they give a pass to most US long weekends and the team seems to put in crazy hours. Alas I'm useless past 45h/week and I like my vacation time. This being a 3+ year engagement I asked for +1 week of unpaid vacation (no point working it as the IRS and Canadian Taxman gang up on me to take ~50% of my marginal take-home pay) and no sustained overtime.
These stipulations seem to have touched the unwritten pack rule of corporate USA. I just got this back after my declining of their offer:
Thank you very much considering a position at XYZ. I am sorry to see you come to this decision.Am really sorry I've hit this wall again, they've been really nice to me. As I am 40+ and have young ones at home I need all the free time I can get.I believe we have an extremely flexible work culture here that works for everyone and making an exception is unfair for the rest of the team.
As much as these concerns/requests you have highlighted can be taken care of within the bounds of the system we are all working in – this is not something than can be made formal or part of an employment offer.
These corporations like me as a contractor but not so much as an employee. Interestingly the situation is reversed in Canada.
-ulianov
My client is looking for an Engineer to work with Perl and improve some in house applications.I followed up with a call and it appears that U of Harvārd has some webapps of mixed Perl/PHP backends and they want to do a bit of cleanup. My position was along the lines of
Improving Perl applications can be tricky as Perl (unfortunately) allows people to write unreadable code.Alas it wasn't meant to be: the hiring manager wants people to pass a knowledge test and come interview in-person on a set date.I would like to see some of the offending code first (perhaps under NDA).
Being that atm I am busy and know better and am not jumping for joy at the thought of working for such a exalted institution I conveyed them my warm wishes of all the luck in the world finding a Perl guru interested in maintaining a (potentially disastrous) code base and bid them adieu.
-ulianov
P.S. The parking situation in Snottybridge is catastrophic so one more reason to "say no to the Tee" ;)
Q: opening lines for corporate recruiting
Q: best opening lines for a recruiter
A: If you are a recruiter be normal, brief, open and honest. Candidates will appreciate your lack of BS.
Q: are it recruiters useless
A: Alas 66.666% of them are as they have no technical background.
Q: why do recruiters send me jobs that i am not a match for
A: Because they use Ctrl-F to search for keywords and not read one yotta of what you wrote there.
Q: why do some recruiters meet face to face before representing you
A: In my experience this afflicts mostly Canadian recruiters. Basically if it sez so in "Recruitering for Dummies" they must follow it! Or they have a corporate policy set by a Chief Something-or-Another Officer who read "Recruitering for Dummies" which is much worse.
Q: sweet talk to recruiter for employment application
A: Everybody does it but don't lie. It serves no purpose.
Q: posting still up on W0rk0polis and have not been called yet for an interview
A: Me too! I must be doing something wrong!
Q: what do recruiter hits on W0rk0polis mean
A: Nada! Nix! Niente!
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Another version, more bizarre:Hello, We have an excellent opportunity for an apprentice applicant to join a rapidly expanding company. An at home Key Account Manager Position is a great opportunity for stay at home parents or anyone who wants to work in the comfort of their own home. This is a part time job / flexible hrs for Canadian only,This is in view of our not having a branch office presently in Canada, also becouse of paypal and ebay policies wich is prohibit to work directly with residents of some countries. Requirements: computer with Internet access, valid email address, good typing skills. If you fit the above description and meet the requirements, please apply to this ad stating your location. You will be processing orders from your computer. How much you earn is up to you. The average is in the region of $750 - $1000 per week, depending on whether you work full or part time. Region: Canada only. If you would like more information, please contact us stating where you are located and our job reference number - 6608/CH. Please only SERIOUS applicants.
And another:Good day, Let us introduce ourselves. Our company's name is InterTr*ns Consulting LLC. Our international firm well known from all over the world in the financial area. We commenced doing business in America. But today we doing business in different countries. Today we expanding business in Canada. We glad to inform you, that our firm is interested in your profile for the Financial Assistant opening. Due to the firm's enlargement and breaking into the new sectors, we are glad to provide you an opportunity to be a part of our ambitious corporation. Please, see our offer: Post title: Financial Assistant; Region: Canada; Payment: $1300-$2500 CAD/week; Flexible work schedule; Work from home; Basic requirements for the Financial Assistant job offer: Work permit in Canada; 18+; Ability to use the Internet; Mobile phone communication; For additional employment information, please answer us at: abcdef@example.com . Your Resume will be a plus for our decision. We are looking forward to your initiative. Have a bless day!
This is 110% scam as nobody in Canada refers to it as the Canada -- probably 419 by the services in the matter of flourish and awkward phrasing:New post is available nowadays in our Company at Canadian market. Attention: The number of openings is limited. Our Company works with dropshipping system. So you, as a part of our team, will represent Us in your state, get the post, correspondence or goods to your address, examine the goods, repacking/consolidation if necessary and send to an address given by your supervisor. This position will take only a few hrs of your time a day. You just need to stay in touch during working hrs, have a wish to get extra money and be 21+. You will have stable income with us. More goods or correspondence you handle more money you will have.
We considered your resume to be very attractive and we thought the vacant position in our company could be interesting for you. Our firm specializes in consultation services in the matter of bookkeeping and business administration. We cooperate with different countries and currently we have many clients in the Canada. Due to this fact, we need to increase the number of our destination representatives' regular staff. You will be responsible for shipping goods from multiple shops through our company to different places. Part-time and full-time employment are both currently important. We offer a flat wage from $1000 up to $3,500 per month.
I had to cut this love affair short as commuting from outer West-GTA (where I live) to outer-outer East-GTA (Oshawa) would take 2 hours on a good day in one direction.
So I sez "I'm not going to Oshawa" and hung up. So rude of me...
-ulianov
Wanted to see if you would be interested in intermediate / senior embedded systems C or Java on Linux developer position with our client , fast growing (100+ employees), transportation software development firm, west of Toronto. [...] Call meSo I started probing about jd, location, $. Being that I am in Boston I requested a phone interview first, to sort them out (the jd indicated that they wanted and Embedded Linux expert and a C#/MS-SQL maven in one body -- cruel, eh?).
He came back with
G**b liked your profile but would like to proceed to 30 min logic test online before scheduling phone call interview.Interesting: on one hand they are looking for
Myself I am not opposed to online professional proficiency tests but alas this was an IQ test, you known if 3 squares point this way how would the next 2 point?. But I never liked this kind of riddles and am not good at them as they bore me to tears.
The test did have 3 [simple] programming questions which I will show below. Alas they were phrased in VisualBasic and I only have the C transliteration.
I sent back the prog solutions and they insist on going thru the whole shebang.
So this lead nowhere and to me it shows how some Canadian employers are highly disrespectful with the candidates' time and competence (to me it would have been more fruitful to spend the same amount of time to chat with them on the phone than to waste it on dumb riddles).
(The connoisseurs have enjoyed thes antics with G**b, Mo*ega and other such shops with weird hiring policies.)
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1.======= int f(int x) { if(x == 1) return 1; return x * f(x-1); } int main() { int y = f(8); // What does it print? ==> 8! = 40320 } 2.===== #includeint XYZ(int Y) { int X = 20; printf("%d\n", X); return X*Y/3; } int main() { int X = 10; printf("%d\n", X); printf("%d\n", XYZ(X)); printf("%d\n", X); return 0; } /** What is the output? 10 20 66 10 **/ 3.======== #include int XYZ(int Y) { int X; int Z = -10; for(X = 1; X <= Y; X++) { if((X % 2) == 0) Z +=3; else Z++; } return Z; } int main() { int X = 10; printf("%d\n", XYZ(12)); return 0; } /** What is the output? 14 **/
The opening line comes in strongly stating that I've been "shortlisted". Ha?
Also the phrasing & rhythm of sentences is vaguely bizarre, 419-style.
Another variation on this theme:Your profile is shortlisted. Please share your profile. This position is with direct client. Skill :C++ developer Location : Montreal, Canada Req : #3039419 Looking for a Linux C++ developer, with a background of working with C++, Python and Networking. This is a role to work on the core networking technologies that make up our global low-latency trade plant. The candidate does not need to come from a finance background. Qualifications: · 5+ years of professional experience with C and C++ on UNIX/Linux · A passion for design, problem solving, AND hands-on development · A strong knowledge of object-oriented design, data structures, systems and applications programming, and multithreading programming are a plus · Good communication skills · Financial knowledge and project management experience are a plus but not necessary
But wait! there's more of this (does this one think I'm a fellow bottomf^H^H^Hrecruiter?):I came across your resume on Monster as one of the top few individuals that met the requirements for this role and wanted to reach out to you to see if you would be interested in an opportunity for a Developer with XYZ with one of our major clients located conveniently in Toronto's downtown core.
And a bubbly one:Hope you are doing good! I have gone through your hotlist, hope you have consultants for the below requirements kindly go through them and let me know if you have any apt profiles.
And one which is a straight lie:Hi Friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is J. from XYZ which MI based and I am into Recruitment, all friends who are into sales kindly add me in your distribution list and gtalk
Hope you are doing good! I got your resume from your employer, I would like to submit your resume to my client for the below position, if you are interested I request you to provide the details given below
There are two not-so-nice things about this:
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Subject: As Discuss Hello, Greetings from XYZ. The Implement client is TCS. Role name: Embedded BSP Systems Developer – WEC7 - Lewistown, PA [...] Please fill in the following details if you feels interested in Above position 1) Full legal name (Mr./Ms./Mrs.) : 2) Reachable contact number : 3) Visa Status & expiry date : 4) Current Location : 5) Availability : 6) D.O.B. (mm/dd/yyyy) : 7) Skype : 8) Employer’s Contact Detail (if any) : 9) Name of the highest degree you have done : 10) University from which you completed your highest degree : 11) Percentage / Marks scored in highest degree : 12) Start date and End date of highest degree : 13) Please attach updated resume : 14) Probable Flexible Interview Timings : This is mandatory Time Slot 1: Time Slot 2: Three References with Official Email ID's Name: Company & Designation: Official Email ID:
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You may have received this email previously because we have been challenged by our client to find highly qualified candidates who are interested in this position. Our intent is not to impose upon your time and apologize in advance if you do not believe this is a good fit, or if you are currently unavailable. If you are not interested in this opportunity, I kindly request that you reply to this message with 'DECLINE' in the subject line, or body of the email with a brief note as to why, so we may better serve you in the future. If you are interested in finding out more about this position, please reply to this message with a current Word version of your resume and the hourly rate/salary that you are seeking [...].
I updated my Resume to say "Don't use the Message Center". 95% of the creeps who use it haven't read my Resume anyhow and spam me with Windows Sysadmin jobs. I block them.
Also another Monster dumbshit idea is BeKnown which I think is their DOA answer to LinkëdIn. Another gem is the "Apply to FlyByNight College X" page which manifests itself on their US site.
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Today I've got called by the recruiter who posted the ad, and he was based in Ottawa. He asked a few questions and wanted me to customarily embellish my Resume to look good to his client. Also he indicated that the job was in Ottawa and f/t (2nd red flag).
Then he says "Let's set up a Skype interview tomorrow".
Me says "Sure, with whom? Who's the client?"
He says "With me. I need to build a profile of yours." (3rd red flag).
Me says "I am on the phone with you let's chat".
The arsehole insisted that he must, he must Skype me which for a recruiter in general is a weird thing to do, however Canadian recruiters haven't got past the 1st chapter of "Being a Recruiter for Dummies".
The only thing I could do was to indicate it's a waste of time (having dealt with 100s of recruiters in my time) and bade him farewell. I was lucky he did not want me to move my carcass to Ottawa for a face-to-face with him.
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Hope you're having a great day in beautiful Toronto!All nice et flattering but I started asking the basic-trio of questions: jd? pay? location?I recently reviewed your previous conversations with G00gle recruiters including previous interviews with us. I'd love to check in and learn how everything is going with your current work at XYZ.
Are you available for a quick call this week or next? No pressure - it's totally informal! (I'm part of a specialized group here at G00gle which focuses on speaking with engineers and scientists who are top performers and happy in their current roles, therefore not necessarily looking for new roles.)
This seems to have thrown them for a loop [got ping-ponged between two internal recruiters], especially the jd as apparently they feed the candidates to some sort of recruiting pool.
Being that I am employed and have no particular burning wish to become a G00gle minion I insisted on jd and the trail got cold. I expect to hear from them in 5 years.
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So I started to reel the usual info out of the dunderhead: salary? "80 thousand a year is the budget". Status? "f/t".
Right after my name the masthead of my Resume has spelled in big bold block red letters in the language known as English the warning "only call for contracts". I tried to keep it as simple as messages found in airplanes or subway carriages. Also my Resume on Monster.ca carries in the masthead the message "do not call for US jobs". Hmm.
I should have cursed the heaten at this point but I just hanged up. Must apply enchantments to my Canadian line if calls come from outside Canada but my VoIP provider is too thick to provide such a filter.
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The interview was geared around support of network monitoring systems in a network ops environment. The have mountains of Perl code that need maintaining/fixing and that was cool. All well except at the end I queried them about how much Python they want and they said perhaps & possibly a lot and that was the end of it as that's a "P"-word for me (Python).
The other steps that I did not take were solving a non-trivial problem in Perl and a face-to-face with the team.
This is a comical situation: they have a pressing need for a Perl guru (which are not as easy to find as people may think) to keep their code base alive and they go thru a lot of trouble to probe a candidate's Perl knowledge yet they forfeit that for a nebulous future need of a Python minion.
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My name is J.P.and I work for Låb 126. If you’re not familiar with us, Låb 126 is a wholly owned R&D subsidiary of Amazon located in Silicon Valley. We design and engineer high-profile, portable, hand-held consumer electronics products, including the hugely successful line of Kindle eReaders and HD tablets.In fairness he actually looked at my Resume however he did not put forth a job description or spoke of the the-what-that-corporate-recruiters-do-not-name ($$).I read a little about your work and extensive technical background, specifically your deep expertise with embedded systems, Linux kernel programming, ARM architecture, and divers SW development experience. I have a couple of development teams that would like to speak with you about some very interesting engineering opportunities here at our R&D site in Cupertino and Sunnyvale, CA. We're selectively looking for highly talented engineers to join our design and development teams working on both existing and next generation products, as well as number of "stealth projects" in emerging technologies that we feel will be "game changers" and soon be seen and used by millions of people.
Having interviewed with this outfit before and having wasted my time on boring-to-tears whiteboard exercises [they did not bother to make it interesting] I kind of snapped at him:
Has Låb 126's interviewing style improved since my last in 2008? [...] As recall it the interview was dreary. [...] I have a strong preference for recruiters who come forth with a job description as the conversation has a subject. I do not like to discuss vague opportunities.Not all battles are to be won, eh?
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Being that the contract is local I engaged the recruiter. All went well, client wants a phone interview [3-cheers!] but after that the recruiter wants me to go to the HQ of the Agency so they get to know me. The said HQ is quite far and I have no wish to waste 1/2 day to see their faces but she insists on being their procedure.
She was shocked, shocked, shocked when I told her flatly that I won't move my carcass to Vaughan to make their acquaintance.
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So I've been going to great lengths to disguise the baggage -- I have morphed the skills into:
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When will these Canadian pukes get in their heads that senior/competent guys have busy lifes an no time to waste on their HR flighs-of-fancy?
It is true that the amount of half-dimwit and/or straight incompetent developers out there is staggering [and I speak from experience working with them or recruiting them] but a 30-min phone call/interview can probe very well into a candidate's experience and competency. The HR person/hiring manager must then be competent as well which is now always the case.
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so if he did not succeed at first he tried again...TPgPEU: 24.89.179.91 hav_j=y
TPgPEU: 24.89.179.91 red_r=y
TPgPEU: 24.89.179.91 lnx_j=n
TPgPEU: 24.89.179.91 emb_j=y
TPgPEU: 24.89.179.91 loc_j=y
TPgPEU: 24.89.179.91 msft=n
TPgPEU: 24.89.179.91 loc_a=y
TPgPEU: 24.89.179.91 bad_a=n
TPgPEU: 24.89.179.91 bad_a=n emb_j=y hav_j=y lnx_j=n \
loc_a=y loc_j=y msft=n red_r=y
TPgPEU: 24.89.179.91 lnx_j=y
TPgPEU: 24.89.179.91 bad_a=n emb_j=y hav_j=y lnx_j=y \
loc_a=y loc_j=y msft=n red_r=y
BTW I put a bit of JS/AJAX code on the on-line form so I get a log entry every time them recruiters click on a button... just so I know what they think ;)I saw your resume on dice.com and thought you
might be a good fit for an Embedded Engineer position
in Norwood MA. Would you be interested? I have attached
the job description below for your review.
Position Summary: 5+ Year of Experience
§ Device Driver development experience using Freescale iMX
series processors, preferably iMX53 series.
§ Knowledge of In-circuit Debuggers/Emulators (Lauterbach T32
Power Debug emulator is a Plus)
§ Expertise on Microsoft Windows CE 5.0/6.0/7.0
§ Hands-on experience with Win CE drivers development
§ Must have prior experience with Win CE BSP
§ .NET / C# experience is a Plus
§ Ability to use Oscilloscopes is a Plus
• Medical Device experience is desirable
Hello MyName...your resume has been auto-matched in our database as a qualified candidate for an Application Support Analyst permanent position in New York, NY.-ulianov
This DOES NOT necessarily mean that you are an exact match….
Your resume probably had some key-words which our system picked up on and automatically sent an Email to you for this position. If you are not the right fit, please disregard this message or feel free to share it with someone you may know whom is qualified.
If you feel like you have the right background and technical skills, please respond back with your resume in MSWord format.
Position: Consultant Software Engineer
About the Opportunity
Our client is looking for talented and creative individuals to join its engineering team and help realize its marketing vision of the future. Successful candidate will work on development of ε e-mail platform, including new features development and extensions and enhancements of existing product. The Consultant Engineer is expected to assume technical leadership responsibilities on assigned projects with minimal guidance from the manager or team lead. The Consultant Engineer will be required to understand and analyze business and product requirements, properly interpret and translate them into technical software requirements, design, implement, document, maintain and support software modules following company software development practices and provide leadership to other engineers. Tremendous opportunity for career growth and personal development in a fast-paced, rewarding environment.
Key Responsibilities/Job Functions:
* Qualified individuals will be able to demonstrate past contribution in all stages of SDLC from conception and design through to delivery.
* Expert technical knowledge and proven software engineering skills in advanced technical languages and tools are a must.
* Candidate must be capable and comfortable operating in a team environment and as an individual. Candidate should be a self-starter and motivated individual who is able to work with minimal guidance and is able to provide guidance to and lead others.
* Must have the ability to serve as a technology consultant and team leader and provide consultation on critical organizational and corporate objectives.
* Must have the ability to provide supporting documentation for implemented solutions and provide necessary support with a sense of urgency for implemented and deployed solutions are required.
* Must have the ability to interact with internal and external customers or represent organization as primary customer contact.
* Ability and desire to learn new technologies and concepts are a must. Strong verbal and written communication skills with a varying degree of technical content are required.
* Must enjoy what you do and have fun while contributing to your team and organization's success!
Required Skills:
* Understanding and experience in engineering activities for all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
* Advanced understanding and experience with software engineering concepts and best practices
* Expert knowledge and experience in object oriented design and C++ development
* Advanced level experience writing and debugging complex scripts in Perl or other scripting language
* Experience analyzing application resource contention: memory, synchronization, and I/O bounds.
* Experience analyzing end-to-end system performance: finding efficiencies, estimating volume capacities, and extrapolating processing rates.
* Understanding and experience in service oriented architecture designs (SOA)
* Solid knowledge of internet technologies, network protocol, TCP/IP, SMTP
* Ability to perform software engineering tasks for applications in Linux, UNIX, and Windows environments
* Demonstrated expert analytical/problem-solving skills on unusually complex problems
* Ability to provide technical expertise by determining and developing approaches to solutions for a wide range of complex software engineering problems
* Demonstrated good judgment, creativity, and ingenuity in proposed technical solutions
* Ability to anticipate issues and address proactively
* Ability to create and have responsibility for project plans, budgets, and schedules
* Ability to work with minimal guidance/competing priorities
* Ability to complete work, and lead others in, following engineering standards and best practices
* Provide highly innovative, creative solutions to tasks/problems
* Ability to develops new software engineering methods or processes, and re-evaluate existing processes
* Proactively expands breadth of knowledge by developing proficiency outside immediate area of technical expertise.
* Proactively helps develop others by mentoring junior engineers and championing knowledge sharing initiatives
* Excellent interpersonal skills, both written and verbal
* Ability to work collaboratively across functional groups and effectively lead or influence others
* Ability to provide high quality technical documentation
* Strong understanding of overall business environment
Required Qualifications and Experience:
* Bachelor's or Master's Degree in IT or Computer Science/Engineering, or equivalent level of demonstrated knowledge
* 8+ years experience in software engineering, or equivalent level of demonstrated knowledge
* 7+ years of demonstrated working experience with C/C++.
* 7+ years developing sever applications integrated with databases.
* Team leadership experience
Nice-to-Have Skills:
* Experience with agile development methodology
* Experience with Tibco technologies
* Understanding of software and internet security
* Understanding of SMTP and e-mail applications
* Experience in large scale, 24x7, service oriented environment
Folks the new and the 'upgraded' Resume stuff is BEEPING braindead. I can no longer upload my Word resume correctly. You have a SEVERELY BROKEN Resume parser which scraps only junk stuff of the Resume.-ulianov
I am considering DELETING my Workopolis account as Workopolis is now CRAP. Moreover it seems that only bottomfeeder recruiters post job ads on Workopolis nowadays.
"Why don't you want to take a f/t (perm) job?"It's not like I don't spell out clearly at the top of my Resume posted on the job boards:
Please CALL/EMAIL ONLY FOR CONTRACTS.and I expect
Nick - IT Recruiter wants to keep up with you on TwitterNo "How are you?", no "I have reviewed your resume and I have an exciting opportunity"?
Attention Mr. Myself-ulianov
During some recent applicant screening for interviews here we were impressed with your resume.
Your qualifications and experience do not match our specific current requirements. However, we could offer to refer you to a company we know who do focus on working with select individuals like yourself.
We would, of course, need your permission to pass along your information. Simply reply to this email and re-attach your resume if you are seriously searching at this time. Otherwise we wish you the best in your career.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
XXX YYY,
YYY Consultants
They told me that the road I took would lead me to the Sea of Death; and from midway I turned back.(free translation by A. Strugåtsky after Yosanø Akikø)
And ever since, all paths I have roamed were entangled, and crooked, and forsaken.
Veteran Unix admin trait No. 8: We know more about Windows than we'll ever let onFor me things that I know but would never list on my Resume lest swarms of recruiting drones would fall upon me [their cognitive abilities/reading proficiency extend only as far as looking up buzzwords by hitting Ctrl+F in Word] are: