[LRUG] [NOTJOBS] mid-week recruiter bashing

[Stevie Graham]

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

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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