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Resume Spamming Creates Storage, Legal Snags

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the laws-that-make-you-say-hmmmm dept.

selan writes "Did you know that federal law requires companies to store a copy of every single resume they receive? This applies to emailed resumes too, regardless of whether the applicant got the company's name wrong or is applying for a job that doesn't exist at the company. Employers not in compliance risk being fined and could lose government contracts. The resulting storage problems are creating massive headaches at companies who are overwhelmed with bulk-emailed resumes. The Baltimore Sun has the story."

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  1. What are we waiting for?!! by levik · · Score: 5, Funny
    Let's all apply for the newly opened CEO position at Microsoft!

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    1. Re:What are we waiting for?!! by anagama · · Score: 4, Funny


      Forget that. I want a job at SCO!!! Don't you all?

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    2. Re:What are we waiting for?!! by crazyphilman · · Score: 4, Funny

      Amusing thought: what if people decided to send the resumes in, written in permamant marker on clay shingles? Or better, engraved on lead plates?

      "Um, Sir? We just got a shipment of 973 new lead-plate resumes. Some are several pages long, mostly system administration experience."

      "Crap. What next? Put them in the file cabinet."

      "We did, sir, but they fell through the floor and killed Bob in Accounting."

      "Damn! Send someone down there with a come-along and move them down to the basement with the others..."

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  2. Company looking for experienced developers... by Lugor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Send your resumes here: careers@microsoft.com.
    Bulk mailers welcome.

    1. Re:Company looking for experienced developers... by ichimunki · · Score: 4, Funny

      Forget that. I'm going to encode mine using CSS, that way not only do they have to store them, but reading them would violate the DMCA.

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  3. use /dev/null for storage by stonebeat.org · · Score: 4, Funny

    you can always use /dev/null for storing all the resumes - bulk or non-bulk ;)

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    1. Re:use /dev/null for storage by tato+(and+tato+only) · · Score: 5, Funny

      I use /dev/urandom. Given sufficient time, I can retrieve any resume; from it.

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    2. Re:use /dev/null for storage by fastdecade · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's a coincidence - most recruiters use /dev/urandom to choose the best CV for the job.

  4. Simple solution by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    I know by now I filled a few hundred hard-drives. If they would just hire me, dammit, I would stop filling their hard-drives with resumes and cover letters. Deal?

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  5. sic by XianDeath · · Score: 3, Funny
    "But Griesmar, the bank's recruiter and an assistant file every resume they receive.

    'We feel we have to keep everything that comes to us even if they want to be a message therapist,' she said. 'I'd rather spend my time doing productive things than fighting a regulator ... having to explain what happened to a year's worth of resumes.'"

    Personally, I'd rather be spending my time as a 'message therapist.'

  6. and who could forget... by H0NGK0NGPH00EY · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...our favorite resume spammer, Bernard Shiffman!

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  7. This is quite simply solved. by John+Penix · · Score: 5, Funny
    1. Buy a 100 gig hard drive
    2. Format it with random noise
    3. Give the random noise a PGP header
    4. If you're ever prosecuted for not keeping a copy of someone's resume, tell the prosecutor it's on this hard drive you've got, but you misplaced the encryption key.
    Remember, the burden of proof is on the prosecutor. He has to prove that your noise isn't encrypted resumes.
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  8. Well then ... by the+bluebrain · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think I'll start sending out resumes for the position of "Resume Collector and Archiver - You Know You Need One(TM)". Anyone got a link to the relevant federal reglementation?

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  9. Resume by grub · · Score: 4, Funny

    Send this to your various levels of government. Query them later via a freedom of information action to ensure they've kept it on file.

    Osama bin Laden
    Cave 273-b northern Afghanistan

    Dear Imperialist Infidel,

    Please accept this resume for your files concerning any openings
    you may have.

    Recently I've become newsworthy because of several operations my
    Al Quaeda teams have carried our successfully. This demonstrates
    a proven ability to plan and carry out large scale operations.

    I think my years of experience in strategic planning and covert
    operations would be an asset to your firm.

    Yours very truly,

    Osama bin Laden
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  10. terrific! by bilbobuggins · · Score: 3, Funny
    finally my career in storage systems sales will take off!

    1) mass mail resume
    2)*ring* 'what's that? you need more disk space? you don't say...'

  11. But that's against the law! by burgburgburg · · Score: 4, Funny
    If the original post is correct, their junking of > 90% of the resumes is a violation of federal law.

    Microsoft, violating federal law? I'm shocked!

  12. An excellent plan... by brooks_talley · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...just don't forget to make your resume a 2GB PDF file.

    Cheers
    -b

  13. resume spamming? by Spudley · · Score: 4, Funny


    They haven't even stopped yet, and we're talking about letting them resume spamming?! ...

    oh, wait... you meant "resumé", didn't you?

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