[nylug-talk] certs and such

[Paul Robbins]

Yeah, I got one like that, "Please attach your resume."  I was like, um, if
you really "found me online" then my resume was already attached.

On 10/3/06, Ron Guerin <ron at vnetworx.net> wrote:
>
> Paul Robbins wrote:
>
> > That being said, I think these firms search online job sites for
> > keywords, which definately includes certs.
>
> It's actually gone beyond that.  I was contacted a couple of weeks ago
> by a recruiter for a firm we all know.  The recruiter wanted to hire me,
> based on having "discovered me online".  If you've ever gotten a
> "Nigerian scam" or "419" mail, those words sound familiar, I laughed,
> but inquired as to where that was.
>
> It seems headhunters are cold-contacting subscribers to open source
> mailing lists. Most of them have archives in the search engines.  It
> seems things have gone past merely searching jobs sites.
>
> - Ron
>
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