I get a lot of email messages.
Since I'm in the job market I get most of them from recruiters.
In this economy you'd think that was a good thing but it isn't always.
I work with a few decent recruiters who know better than to waste my time but it seems they are in the minority. What I get most of the time is fly by night operators usually a day late and a dollar short making empty promises.
These are the "Resume Stackers" or recuriters that collect a large quantity of resumes to try to fool a potential employer into thinking they're offering something they don't really have. Most just scan monster.com job listings for promising openings and dig up the phone number to HR.
The first tip-off to a "stacker" is jobs that don't match your background and that nobody in their right mind would even consider you for. They usually have a tag line at the end that says something like:
"If you or someone you know would be a good fit please send us your information"
That means they didn't pay the recuriter fee to be able to access candiate information for DICE, Monster or Careerbuilder, They have no idea who you are as they can only see publicly accessible information likely provided to them in the same manner as those services that provide sales leads for specific zip codes.
I suppose it could be fun to be submitted for a CEO's job if you were a landscaper but not likely to be productive. That and your chances would be better by just sending your resume on your own.
It's the reason why you see so many job listings that say "No agency referrals" That means they've been buried by the "Stackers" and got sick of it.
I've taken to doing more than just adding them to my junk email filter. I encourage them to seek alternate career paths. Here's a recent email response to a job I had absolutely no qualification for...
Feel free to use my response at the end as a form email response, just replace Resume Stacker with the stacker's name. It's constructed as a form email for both candidate and employer use.
Excerpt of Email I received:
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Hi,
My name is "Resume Stacker" and I'm
a Staffing Specialist at Resume Stacker Intl., a
Global IT Services & Staffing Company. We are constantly on
the lookout for professionals to fulfil the staffing needs of our clients, and
we currently have an Opportunity that I thought may interest you. Enclosed below
are the details:
Client: We really don't care inc.
Job Title: MS Infrastructure
Manager
Location: Somewhere at least 1000 miles from where we are.
Type: Direct
Placement
Job
Description
SUMMARY
STATEMENT:
As a member of the Enterprise Infrastructure leadership team, the Manager, Windows Administration/Engineering plays an important role in helping to define the direction for the team and enabling the technology demands of the business. Drives and manages platform and/or service lifecycles in alignment with We really don't care inc. vision and strategy with a service-oriented, solutions-focused, and progressive approach. Manages the development, deployment and management of enterprise-level Windows operating systems.
As a member of the Enterprise Infrastructure leadership team, the Manager, Windows Administration/Engineering plays an important role in helping to define the direction for the team and enabling the technology demands of the business. Drives and manages platform and/or service lifecycles in alignment with We really don't care inc. vision and strategy with a service-oriented, solutions-focused, and progressive approach. Manages the development, deployment and management of enterprise-level Windows operating systems.
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My Response:
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Resume Stacker, you sir/madam are what we in the consulting business call a resume
stacker. What that means is that you collect dozens of resumes after getting
wind of a possible opening somewhere then shotgun them at the HR department of
your target company. The most contact you have with the client is an email and
you could give a damn less about the people you submit.
I can prove that from this very email. You've simply scraped my resume/job listing off
Monster.com looking for keywords without even reviewing my qualifications/reruirements. In short, you're not qualified to represent me or anyone else to this company/candidate. By the
way, this very job was posted a month ago, I watch job listings too. It’s old
information and I really don't appreciate being lied to. Yes Resume Stacker, even a
half truth makes one a liar.
In fact, Resume Stacker, I get so many email messages like yours every week seeking
to waste my time that I think I should go into the recruiting business myself.
It’s apparent that there are far too many unqualified individuals like yourself
out there further complicating an already complicated process.
Now I'm going to add you to my junk email filter confident that the only
thing I'm missing out on by ignoring any further communication from you is
disappointment and rage focused in your general direction.
Try to have a good day, Resume Stacker and please consider another career, you're not helping anyone in this one.
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