Resume Spamming Redux

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Friday January 25, 2002 @05:51AM from the can't-say-it-surprises-me dept.

wiredog writes "Remember this story about the guy who spammed his resume? Well, now the Washington Post is reporting that resume spamming is a trend. Enough of a trend to have generated a backlash!" Amusing fallout from an amusing story, and hopefully a lesson for others too.

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Programmer for hire by drew_kime · 2002-01-25 05:52 · Score: 3, Funny

Anyone want to hire me? I can do ... Oh nevermind.

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1. Re:Programmer for hire by Stavr0 · 2002-01-25 05:55 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  No, no. Do it right:
  Anyone want to hire me? IF you don't I'll sue you out of existence you motherfscker!
  Ecxpect a call from my lawyers you sh1thead!!!
2. Re:Programmer for hire by IAgreeWithThisPost · 2002-01-25 05:59 · Score: 0, Funny
  
  don't forget to add "you didn't hire me because you are obviously biased against [blacks|gays|martians|corpses|add your own]
  
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Hrm...lets load pine... by wo1verin3 · 2002-01-25 05:56 · Score: 5, Funny

1. Free Viagra
2. Hi, I took naked pics
3. Programmer For Hire
4. University Diplomas Cheap
5. MCSE seeking Job

I think I'll delete #5 first.
Well at least.... by wo1verin3 · 2002-01-25 05:58 · Score: 5, Funny

.... if these resumes qualify as spam it wouldn't be hard to prosecute. We have the name and phone number of the person responsible.
Re:Doesn't seem wise... by Courageous · 2002-01-25 06:02 · Score: 4, Funny

I'm accepting resumes from potential job candidates. All applications must include resume, social security number, date of birth, and mother's maiden name. :)

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Bet the new guy read slashdot by AnalogBoy · 2002-01-25 06:08 · Score: 3, Funny

After the first guy was publicised on /., I had more than one new entry in my e-mail box from someone spamming their resume.

Now.. I see three possibilities here:

(I'm using "he" as the subject here. Women, typically, are not this dumb.)

1: He formed the idea himself, out of extreme desperation for a job (Been there, done that.. just didnt spam)

2: He got the idea from the original guy.

3: He got the idea from slashdot. THANKS SLASHDOT.
:)
1. Re:Bet the new guy read slashdot by doorbot.com · 2002-01-25 10:00 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I'm using "he" as the subject here. Women, typically, are not this dumb.
  
  Wrong. Women are not smarter than men, nor are men smarter than women. People in general are not very smart and rarely take the time to think through their actions. The "it seemed like a good idea at the time" mentality is played out over and over throughout the world.
  
  So, reading your post, I will guess that you are more intelligent than the individual that spammed you. However, by your logic:
  
  If the spammer is a man, you are a woman (contradictory because your username is AnalogBoy)
  
  If the spammer is a woman, you are smarter than her, thus you must be Wonder Woman (which would also explain the AnalogBoy handle as that is your "super-hero cover" designed to confuse the bad guys (who, again by your logic, would be unable to see past such an obvious ruse))
  
  It is possible that you are a man, and therefore the spammer must have been a lower form of life.
  
  ;)
Re:Spamming for jobs is not good by wo1verin3 · 2002-01-25 06:39 · Score: 2, Funny

You must keep in mind alot of these resume spammers are former @HOME employees which have been laid off. :)
I just love lazy asses by Uttles · 2002-01-25 07:09 · Score: 3, Funny

"I just didn't have a million dollars to run a commercial," he said.

OK, so go online and submit your resume via the many various accepted methods. Just about every corporation has an ability to accept resumes, there's Monster.com, thingamajob.com, all sorts of others. There are job recruitment agencies all over the place that take online resume submissions... basically, get off your ass and work for it, don't just send your resume out to everyone and their brother and expect a kind response!

PS - most resumes have confidential information in them, it would be great irony if these resume spammers suddenly suffered from "stolen identity."

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Re:Goes down on Your Permanent Record by scubacuda · 2002-01-25 07:16 · Score: 1, Funny

Ask this same women what she would think if a guy asked her out...AFTER propositioning everyone else in the bar first.

"Hey baby...wanna f---ok, that's cool...hey you over THERE, wanna f---...no?...ok, how about you, then?"
Another failed buisness model. by sporty · 2002-01-25 07:49 · Score: 3, Funny

Apparently this guy thought wrong:

1. Spam resume
2.
3. Profit!

Maybe he'll figure out 2 someday.

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Re:Resume? Resum�? R�sume? R�sum�? R�s�m�? by Fencepost · 2002-01-25 07:50 · Score: 3, Funny

no matter how you write it, not need for high-ASCII characters.

Are you sure it's not supposed to be curriculum vitæ?

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Re:Resume spamming works by MrFancyPants · 2002-01-25 07:55 · Score: 2, Funny

IMO it's not as illegitimate as the previous stories seemed to imply, provided you use a sensible list of address (jobs@company.com for example), and not a grep of Usenet addresses.

What about jobs@apple.com?
Does that go to Steve or HR? :o
Re:Spamming for jobs is good! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-25 11:00 · Score: 1, Funny

Spamming for jobs can be useful. I was recently laid off, and I'm not complaining. I'm eligible for unemployment benefits for the first time in my life, and I really want to take a few months off and hack on some of my own stuff. The "problem" is that I'm a reasonably skilled and specialized coder, and in spite of the economy, if I so much as make eye contact, I've got job offers. Resume spamming allows me to "look for work as directed" while at the same time drastically reducing the odds that the people that get my resume will bother to look at it. Resume spamming is great if you want to be a slacker.

Perhaps the illustrious HR offices of the McDonalds, Burger King, and Jack In The Box corporations and their IT departments have a need for embedded crypto this week.