The exact same thing happened to us when, on a lark, we posted on craigslist. I felt like asking in a revised post for people to follow a specific set of instructions embedded in the job specs, then setting an email filter to forward only the ones who followed the instructions and responding with a "here's why we're not going to call you..." to everyone else.
It really does seem that most of the people who are looking for work are doing so for a very good reason. I mean, literally 80% of our responses clearly violated the specs we asked for. In our case we were looking for a full-timer, and we quickly realized that we would need to find someone already doing the do. I've heard it many times that if you want someone really great, lure them away from their current engagement. It's kind of like women who only go after men who are already married with children, because it's a certification of sorts. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Get advanced intensive Master-level training in C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at ProductivityEnhancement.com -----Original Message----- From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 2:56 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Unbelievable! <rant> Whatever happened to attention to detail?! I posted a listing yesterday on CF-Jobs and included the following line at the end of the message: If you are interested, please send your resume and portfolio link to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words "WEB TEAM" followed by your name in the subject line. So far I've received a handful of replies. A majority of them have failed to do at least one of the steps listed in the line above. Some did not modify the subject line as requested and one replied directly to me. Failure to follow directions in replying to a job listing sets a very poor example of someone's capability to read! </rant> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:242213 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
