Recruiter-Rater - Agency

I am unable to download your resume from monster...

Gryffyx — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:03:15 -0700

I'm sorry. This is just bad. It's clearly a blast-to-everyone email. This company may be 100% on the level, but it doesn't look like it from the unprofessional way things are written. Please, please, PLEASE!!! Don't run your business from a roadrunner email account. Or AOL for that matter.

This is one for the "Um, I think it's real" files

Gryffyx — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:43:54 -0700

Shore Corporate Recruiting
Point Pleasant, NJ
732-295-1163
http://www.shorerecruiting.com/

I really wasn't sure that this was even real. It's not well worded, has a generic link to a social website, has an AOL address for the reply-to, and really just looks, well, phony. It does appear to be a real company, but I really don't feel like taking that risk. Except for the location, this is exactly how it came to me, stray colon and all.

Contractors I have Known (and blocked)

Gryffyx — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:26:59 -0700

Most of the job boards allow you to block certain employers from finding your resume. The reasons vary a lot, from you don't want your current employer finding out that you're looking for a new job, to the fact that some of the users of job boards are useless and generally make themselves annoying.

ACTUALLY A GOOD RECRUITER

HRPRO — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:30:38 -0700

GLOBAL TALENT SOLUTIONS, INC.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW JOB FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. I FOUND THIS SITE AND HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT ALL THE NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH RECRUITING AND SEARCH FIRMS.

pls be more keen

Gryffyx — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:53:35 -0700

Kritika Saxena
kritika@mindlance.com
MindLance, Inc
80 River St Ste 4A
Hoboken, NJ , 07030-5619
www.mindlance.com
phone 877 965 2623 X105

This is a good example of poor communication. I'm guessing this recruiter triggered on the word "embedded." I did use that word in the profile this listing came from, but in a completely different way. I have no experience with any of the items listed.

Kindly be submitting the details!

Gryffyx — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:14:59 -0700

Hurix Systems Private Limited
3rd floor, Simran Centre,
30/H, Parsi Panchayat road,
Andheri (East), Mumbai - 400 069.
India
Tel: + 91-22-66774888/Fax: + 91-22-6677 4899

Another Indian recruiter. This one was thoughful enough to include a lifetime supply of "Darr Full-Floating Portable Apostrophes" for my use.

JEM Consulting Services - Columbus, OH

Gryffyx — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:52:42 -0700

JEM Consulting Services, LLC.
2101 South Hamilton Road
Suite 208
Columbus, Ohio 43232
614-322-1650 Ph
614-322-2824 Fx
www.jemcs.com

This company gave me the appearance of guys doing nothing but wanting to make a quick buck on your back. They lie to get you interested, and then play dumb and get mad when you call them on their lies. Probably the worst experience I've ever had with a recruiting firm. Don't bother going to the website, it's been under construction for years and has no actual jobs posted.

Modis - Jacksonville, FL

drewzhrodague — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:57:07 -0700

1 Independent Drive
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
Phone: 877 MOD ISIT
Fax: 904 360 2110
info@modisit.com
modisit.com

R J DePaul - Pittsburgh, PA

drewzhrodague — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:53:40 -0700

Brookside Office Park
Suite 208 71
McMurray Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15241
RJDePaul.com

Intermedia Group and The Broken Job Board

Gryffyx — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:05:20 -0800

INTERMEDIA GROUP, INC.
Ms. Jennifer Kowalski, Recruiting Manager
5 Hanover Square
New York, NY 10004
voice: 212-248-0100
facsimile: 212-248-0600
email: jkowalski@intermediagroup.com
www.intermediagroup.com

With all the talk recently about how job boards are broken and often don't work, it comes as no suprise to me when I get emails like the one below. This one comes from Monster.com.

It seems that one of the reasons job boards are not effective, is that it is too easy. Too easy to just send out mass mailings, and too easy to send mass replies. There is no incentive for the recruiter to tailor mailings to a target group, and, if you've been around for a while and know the game, little incentive for potential applicants to do anything more than send generic replies.

Take this email from Intermedia Group. If you'll read the job description, you'll see that it *requires* a US Governmental security clearance. An active one, not an expired one. So, you've probably already worked in/with the government before.

Now, Monster.com has a specific field for security clearances. You have to answer Yes or No. Employment history is also listed on Monster's resumes as well, and it's pretty easy to determine if an entry is a government position or related item. Pretty easy to find good candidates, yes?

GenTech

drewzhrodague — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:00:00 -0800

GENTECH
Corporate One Office Park
4055 Monroeville Blvd.
Suite 210
Monroeville, PA 15146
Phone 412-244-8400
Fax 412-244-8480
careers@gentechpgh.com
gentechpgh.com

WiPro - Bangalore, Karnataka

drewzhrodague — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:45:30 -0800

Wipro Technologies
Plot No. 72, Hosur Main Road,
Keonics Electronics City,
Bangalore, Karnataka 560010
IN
91 80 28520408
WiPro.com
careers.wipro.com

Binary Semantics - Edison, NJ

drewzhrodague — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:48:13 -0800

Binary Semantics, Inc.
7 Lincoln Highway, Ste 205
Edison, NJ 08820

http://www.binarysemantics.com

CAT Technology - Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

drewzhrodague — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:44:31 -0800

CAT Technology Inc.
Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey
www.catamerica.com
www.cattechnologies.com

Sonoma Solutions, or How To Look Like a Phish

Gryffyx — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:01:25 -0800

Sonoma Solutions
Southfield, MI
www.sonomasolutions.com

This email came to an address that I haven't used for job contacts in over 3 years. This company appears to be real, but do they expect tech people to just send off personal details to a company they may have never heard of? Not exactly the thing to do in the age of phishing scams...

Hello-

We are contacting you today because you may have worked with a recruiter here, sent your resume to us, or we considered you for a position in the past. We would like you to update your resume profile on our site www.sonomasolutions.com because we have many open positions not posted anywhere. In general, we usually have about 100-130 open positions that are never posted anywhere and are confidential. Updating your resume should take less than a minute or two. We appreciate you doing this for us.

Easystreetbiz.com - SPAM telling me I shouldn't SPAM.

Gryffyx — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:30:54 -0800

Easystreetbiz.com
4170 Canyon Crest Road
Altadena, CA 91001
No phone number given
www.easystreetbiz.com

This isn't technically a job offer, but a way for you to secure clients for your work-at-home or other business. It comes to me via a catch-all address that I have posted on a website that I maintain for the clients of my tiny enterprise to contact me. Nothing more. This is the 8th email I've received to this address, all in a series of emails designed to help me.

Now, my name isn't Corey Miller. I'm not sure who this person is. I'm sure there is a Corey Miller somewhere out there that wants to know about email marketing, but he isn't me. If anything, these emails should read "Dear lbinfo." I'm guessing that they believe I am stupid enough to look at this email, decide that even though it's not addressed to me, I would believe the information to be of enough value to use. Using easystreetbiz.com's services, of course. There has never been a single piece of email sent from the address these are coming to. It's in-only, replies come from an email account that is targeted towards the particular group. Easier for me to keep track of.

They also have to be the biggest example of chutzpah I've seen. This "installation" being the worst of the batch. All have dealt with targeted campaigns in some way or another, but this one is the best. A bulk, unsolicited email coming to an address that did not sign up for them telling me that bulk, unsolicited emails coming to an address that did not sign up for them is a bad thing, and you should never do that because you're going to tick off the person receiving them and it's best not to harvest addresses off the internet because you want to target to your audience. Ok!

Remember: When you send an UNSOLICITED EMAIL to someone -- when you invite yourself into someone`s emailbox without invitation or permission -- that`s called SPAM.

My hat is off to you Janis Yu. You have bigger balls than I do.

PSSI - Perez Software

OldPro — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:48:28 -0800

This ad has been running on ComputerJobs for 6 months.

The only person I know who worked for them said the paychecks were always 2 weeks late, and they got stiffed for the last month of work.
-----------------------------------
Business Analysts - Need 10

Provide analysis and facilitate communication between business units and IT to interpret and clarify business and systems requirements.
Interview management and customer department personnel to document workflow procedures. ... More
Required Skills:
Experience as a Business Analyst, Technical Writer, Software Tester, and/or Industrial Engineer. Background in Software Development process, storyboard, document management, process management/re-engineering, ...
PSSI Consulting Columbia, SC $20.00 - $50.00

Contract, Contrac

Synerfac is bad

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 03:28:39 -0700

DO NOT GET A JOB Thru Synerfac!!!
They were not honest and upfront about the employer that they worked with.

Turned out that the department head was an a@#$# and made everyone's life in the department miserable, he loved having the power to jerk people around and make them fear for their jobs. Any little thing he could find to critisize he did, including flat out firing people (this happened to four people) instead of laying them off when the work slowed down.

I will never work for Synerfac again due to the types of clients they work for.

Synerfac is a low rate company and will say anything to make money off of you. DO NOT TRUST THEM!

Iris Software

crosstalk — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:38:06 -0700

Hi, We have you profiled in our database. Currently, we have an urgent
need for the following project.

Project Description - Our fortune client is in urgent
need of a Websphere Portal Developer.

Must have worked extensively on Websphere Portal 6.0 and
RAD 6.0
Must have experience with XML, J2EE and JSP

There are multiple positions contracting as well as full
time.

PLEASE RUSH RESUMES!!! CLIENT IS CURRENTLY
INTERVIEWING!!

Please call me/send me a mail as soon as possible with a word copy of your
resume along with your contact details as we are in the process of short
listing candidates for our client. In case you are not available please
let us know your next availability date.

Regards,
Jatin Shah

Iris Software Inc.

Suite 300, 200 Metroplex Drive, Edison, NJ - 08817

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800

n/a

Niche Job Boards

DWize@firstchoiceny.com — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:11:36 -0700

The Career Specific network of sites has some great niche employment sites that are worth checking out.

www.careerspecific.com
www.careersinfood.com
www.careersingrocery.com
www.careersindental.com
www.careersinpharmaceutical.com
www.restauranthires.com
www.topbankingjobs.com
www.elitepharmacyjobs.com
www.ehscareers.com

verigent - Mooresville, NC

drewzhrodague — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:54:09 -0700

Verigent
704-658-9101 OFFICE
704-658-9102 FAX
jobs@verigent.com
verigent.com

Our mission is to constantly exceed the expectations of our clientsâ€™ and our technical associates. Our commitment to accountability will align us with their issues. We will be responsive, innovative and dynamic with our solutions. Integrity is the cornerstone for our success.

We manage the technical staffing needs for many of America's leading companies nationwide. We have something for you so give us a call.

Verigent
704-658-9101 OFFICE
704-658-9102 FAX

jobs@verigent.com

http://www.verigent.com

managementrecruiting.com

drewzhrodague — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:29:37 -0700

7979 E. Tufts Ave. Parkway, Suite 1400
Denver, CO 80237
1-800-772-4446
managementrecruiting.com
This company's website looks like those cheap "10 ways to make millions" books that adorn the shelves of your last incompetent manager. Anyone have any luck with these folks?

Bostonworks - Boston job blog

drewzhrodague — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:17:06 -0700

Bostonworks is a sortof job blog for the Boston area, with news and job-related stuff. They allow you to post a resume, and search through a bank of jobs. Check it out if you're in the Boston area.

Inter-CTM - Russian Federation

drewzhrodague — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:12:16 -0700

International CTM Group
Russian Federation
No real address given
www.inter-ctm.com
1-907-463-6900 voice
1-706-204-0080 voice
1-262-247-0631 fax
manager@inter-ctm.com
job@inter-ctm.com
Received via Monster.com

International company Inter-CTM offers the position of Local Assistant.
We are looking for the trustworthy person with excellent organizational
and communicative skills. The good knowledge of computer and business
practice will be your advantage. This is the part-time job, which can be
combined with any permanent or other part-time job; average workload is
up to 8 hours a week. No special experience is necessary. Excellent
benefit/compensation package, salary starts from $20,000 a year. If you
have any questions please feel free to ask. For more information please

technologywebsitehosting.com - SPAM / SCAM

drewzhrodague — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 18:38:27 -0700

I get mail from Technologywebsitehosting71.com, with no email address, no business address, and no phone number -- only a link to a resume-submission form. It is obvious that this is not a legitimate business, but in fact a scam.

Monster.com - Spam Haven

drewzhrodague — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:51:12 -0700

Monster.com is probably the largest job website on the whole planet. Unfortunately, they're more interested in revenue than in helping people find jobs, which leaves us all with spammed accounts, and bogus job postings. Have you landed a job through Monster? Have you been spammed by Monster? Post about it here.

UGA - North Richland Hills, TX - SPAM/SCAM

drewzhrodague — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:57:43 -0700

UGA Association Field Services
The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company
9151 Grapevine Hwy.
North Richland Hills, TX 76182
Multiple office locations

UGA/MEGA is Yet Another Insurance Company that spams people on Monster et al. The fun thing about this one is that the "interview" is in Kansas, which is a good two hour flight from where I live.

Verigent - Mooresville, NC

drewzhrodague — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:51:49 -0700

Verigent
236 Raceway Drive, Suite 6
Mooresville, NC 28117
(704) 658-9101

Josef Group - Guilderland, NY

drewzhrodague — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:53:39 -0700

The Josef Group Inc.
P.O. Box 676
Guilderland, NY 12084
518 355-8686
Fax 518 356-1210
thejosefgroup.com