Hotlist? 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.

Subject: 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.

-ulianov

Unconfined 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, unfeigns me and appends useless "legal" disclaimers. Aargh! -ulianov

Hi,

It was nice talking to you over the Phone.

As discussed , Kindly Acknowledge with Resume.

I,__________ , Authorize Avanc1ers to represent me for the Senior C++ Engineer : Santa Clara, CA with XYZQ.

Keywords to look –

• C++11/C++13/C++17,  STL/BOOST.
• RDP, RTSP, RTCP, Gstreamer
• FFMpeg and Video streaming at Linux/windows.
• (MP4/H.246/Video encode, decode)/(Video Streaming)
• SSH X11/Xfree86/X.Org/Xvesa/TinyX, (Window Manager)/mwm

Also please avoid profiles stressing on following –

• Embedded Devices
• Codecs
• Imaging Algorithms
• ARM and other CPU architecture

Duration: 12 Months

Location: Santa Clara CA

  

Unfeigned Regards The Idiot

Disclaimer : This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are 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 that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.

Some Hook from Mumbo-Jumbo University

Got 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?

Subject: Career opportunities of Data Science

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.

And this is utterly idiotic for a piece of spam... legal folderol with no legal use or effect:

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

D1ce: Dumb, Dumber or Dumbest

Lately D1ce.com put up in the right-hand corner a bell icon with a number of "unread" alerts superimposed.

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

A New Low, Lower than Scum, Your Name is AI

Holly macaroni this job spam is the biggest pile of turd on this side of Y2K:

1. my e-mail address was scraped by something from Monster
2. am I to have a "conversation" with an AI?
3. "It can learn more about you beyond just a resume"? Like what?
4. "it’s difficult to communicate who you are" -- sure... to an AI?
5. this is priceless... of all the bullcrap recruiters message me this is the most outré:

   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.

This is a good excerpt of their spam template:

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.

1 = There is no such place. Just nitpicking.

-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.

A "419" Note from Recruitor?

A "recruitor" spammed me like so:

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.

I've seen bad Engrish in recruitoirs' notes before but this spam is bizarrely full of lies:

1. "one of my portal" -- eh?
2. "it is looking efficient" -- Borg speech.
3. "your profile has also been shortlisted" -- by whom?
4. "I have opportunity" -- yes, we get signal
5. "feeling comfortable" -- why are all Engrish notes asking me that?

-ulianov

Amz0n Calls Again!

They found me, again and they had my gmâil address as well!

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?

A further exchange netted a bigdata-devops jd.

I might have lashed out at the corporate recruiter:

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.

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?

-ulianov

Pipelining?

Had a chat with a recruiter about her talking to candidates even if no position is currently open.

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

High & Dry in DC

This is a new one for me: the satmodem company I've contracted with announced me on Tue that Fri is my last day.

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