As Dick Chaney showed us all last year - the "shotgun approach," isn't always the most effective, is it?
Thanks for your comment :-) ~w On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Ron Vutpakdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > W Evans wrote: > > Why can't recruiters read? > > > > I know I have had a resume posted on Monster since about 2003, and I do > > update it every 6 months or so even though I have never gotten a job > from > > monster - but what really burns my goat is that I very clearly say: > > 1. I have done IA and IxD work for a really long time > > 2. I have no interest in relocating for short term contracts > > 3. how much I cost > > > I think that a fair number of recruiters take the shotgun approach: if > you throw enough shot into the air, eventually, something will hit. Or, > they just blindly call/email whatever their automated tools hand them. > > I get the same sort of emails and calls from a local recruiting agency. > They are using a 9 year old resume, and when I send them an updated > resume and indicate that I now do IxD work, I'll still occasionally get > calls about C++ and Cognos BI tools (which I used 9 years ago). > > Ron > > PS: On the flip side, at the end of 2006, when we were trying to fill a > design/usability position, we had this one fellow apply. His main > qualification, as far as I could tell, was that he completed a month of > an automotive mechanics course. He also applied for every other > position that the company had open, from sales to support to those > requiring highly technical domain expertise. Again, shotgun approach. > > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
