Dear Mr. Dunham,
>From the text of your post, below, you are forgetting a couple of essential things. First of all, technical recruiters are, for the most part, not professionals. The vast majority of them are not knowledgeable about (1) what they are doing, (2) what you do, or (3) how to deal with people. Second, you are nothing, unless you tick all their boxes. If you tick all their boxes, you are next-to-nothing. If you are next-to-nothing and willing to work for next-to-nothing, you may be presented. Once you are presented, you are slightly above next-to-nothing. If your technical recruiter does not hear from him-or-her-to-whom-you-have-been-presented, you revert to nothing, or less-than-nothing. So, being nothing or less-than-nothing, you are asking technical recruiters to waste their time on you? Get real. HR people are another story. They are something special, and recognize that you are nothing. They are professionals. Most of them have Masters Degrees, and Important Jobs. Their most important job is to Protect The Firm. The greatest threat to The Firm is IT staff and wannabe IT staff (i.e. nothings.) Therefore, for them to correspond with you when you are Not Selected would be to threaten The Firm. So, give it up. You wont win. Expend your energy on something else, like sending in your unemployment forms every fortnight. $450 per week that The State Of California pays their top unemployed earners is enough for the average citizen of Bangladesh. You should be able to live on it too. Or take that job in Hyderbad. I hear they treat their employees very well. Happy Friday, Art Been there, Done that Douglas From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Craig Dunham Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 11:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] <MISC> - Regarding <JOBS> postings.... I'd like to ask a favor of all of the recruiters and others on the list that post jobs to do something for me and, really, for all of the list members and anybody that contacts them regarding the offered position. When somebody takes the time from their day to inquire further about the position being offered ... <OR> When somebody earnestly applies for said position - contacting you via e-mail, sending you their résumé, their history, their contact information and any/all other information that may be deemed appropriate to send... ... could you (Mr. or Ms. Recruiter, HR Manager, EDI professional, etc.) do them the courtesy of at least ACKNOWLEDGING what they have done...? Could you at least have the common & professional courtesy to say "Thank you for your interest in said position, it has been filled" or "thank you for your interest in said position, we will review your submission and contact you later, if needed" or - well - SOMETHING - to let us KNOW what is going on...? Instead of just leaving us out here in a void of not-knowing a thing...? It would be a professional step in your dealings with anybody - everybody - on this list and in other places where you may advertise, offer, submit, place and present the job opportunity (whether temporary, contract or permanent). Sorry to put this out there, but I had to vent. I (for one) am tired of contacting somebody about something they are offering and to be so rudely ignored. Yes, I know that you may receive dozens - hundreds - THOUSANDS - of applications and résumés each and ever time you post a job. But for crying out loud - as a professional courtesy - as a COMMON COURTESY - let the person know - even with a simple form letter - let them know that at least you received their information. It would be appreciated. Thank you. Craig Dunham Bear Necessities Computing EDI Sherpa Author/blogger RetailEDI.com EDITalk.com PS - yes, I realize that this may make me "persona non-grata" in your eyes, but still. It had to be said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
