[LRUG] [NOTJOBS] mid-week recruiter bashing

[Okpala Ikenna N.]

LMAO!! i got the first version of the same email twice..
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Ikenna


On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Stevie Graham <stevie at twilio.com> wrote:

> On Monday I pinned some of my business cards on the board at Google
> Campus. Today I get a phone call:
>
> "Hey Stevie, I saw your card at Campus. I looked you up on LinkedIn, I see
> you're a 'Polyglot Brogrammer' (a tittle I made to dissuade recruiters from
> contacting me), yea that sounds really cool. I know your profile says 'not
> looking for work' and that you're 'not looking to make friends with
> recruiters', but I'm a recruiter, do you want to meet up for a coffee and a
> chat?"
>
> Incredible.
>
> S
> LMAO
>
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Alan Buxton <alanbuxton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I know how much you lot enjoy a bit of gossip about recruiters - this may
>> tickle you. This one recruiter seems to have been quite busy today on the
>> email. I got two emails today from the same individual.
>>
>> One to a personal email address that said
>> =======================
>> Description
>> We are looking for passionate developers with Ruby and Ruby on Rails
>> skills, who have at least 2 years commercial experience. We are especially
>> keen to talk to those with talents beyond the constraints of those
>> languages, although our core functionality is currently being developed in
>> Ruby and RoR.
>>
>> The role requires a good all-rounder, someone who is willing to 'muck in'
>> when needed and take responsibility for processes and tools when required,
>> and someone who is keen to learn and apply new skills and techniques.
>>
>> ========================
>> Etc etc - the usual stuff
>>
>> And one to my work address that said:
>> ========================
>> I recently caught wind of an opening with MarketMaker4 for a Ruby on
>> Rails Developer. I have some good contacts of expertise who have some great
>> experience in this area and I wanted to find out if you were heading up
>> this particular post?.
>>
>> I have 10 years recruitment experience in the IT Industry. I appreciate
>> you may already have a PSL or established relationships with other
>> suppliers, however I would be very keen to work with you on this role and
>> I’m sure you will be pleasantly surprised by the results as I can provide
>> you with some great options for this post.
>> ============================
>> Etc etc
>>
>> Not that I do have an opening at MarketMaker4 but I'm almost tempted to
>> invent one so I can apply for it and see how far I get.
>>
>> a
>>
>>
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