Would you/do you send a resume to a blind CL email address?

Zeke · 06-14-2013, 01:33 PM

I've not had one reply to a CL job posting response...ever. I don't reply to many and the ones I do don't necessarily demand a resume. I don't think I'd send one anyway if I don't know where it's going. Seems to me like a good way to mine info.

BTW, with a little resourcefulness, I can usually figure out who the hiring company is. One yesterday defied my being able to identify them. I'm not sending my info beyond asking to be considered for the position. It was nothing anyway, some machine shop sales joint that needed a gofer. They actually advertised for retired.

Well...... I got that part down.

Scott Douglas · Scott Douglas's Garage

Hey, I got machine shop experience and retired too, send me a link...

Zeke · 06-14-2013, 03:06 PM

Hah! It's not hard to find on the Long Beach jobs list.

fingpilot · 06-15-2013, 12:12 PM

I'd send a resume for something really interesting as long as I was willing to accept that the resume might end up in my present employers' hands.

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

I have an in-person interview on Mon. as a result of doing this. Had the phone interview yesterday.

Henry Schmidt · 06-15-2013, 01:30 PM

I haven't sent out a resume in 32 years but it's a brave new world. Try anything that feels right.

Jferr006 · Jferr006's Garage

I got the job I have been at for the last five years from a CL ad.

AFC-911 · 06-15-2013, 03:06 PM

I've gotten a few jobs from CL ads.

Some of the bigger companies (I'll use MTV as an example) don't put their names on their ads, just a brief description like "national cable channel."

biosurfer1 · 06-15-2013, 04:34 PM

I answered a CL ad 8 years ago and it led me down the path to my current career. I'm not with that company anymore but I dont know where I'd be today if I hadn't replied.

Joeaksa · 06-15-2013, 05:21 PM

For real business contacts, try www.linked-in.com

I get people either looking for jobs or trying to hire me weekly there... and I am not looking.

Zeke · 06-15-2013, 06:42 PM

I was on Linked-in for a couple of years. No one asked me anything. I had a whole bunch of 'qualifications' listed such as contractor with superintendent experience and a thorough knowledge of historic preservation and duplication. Listed my 25 years of selling and installing all kinds of doors and windows and working through historic preservation advocates.

But there was this recession thing. 2 things I just about repudiate anymore, Porsches and windows.

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

While at a company training event in DC last week, I checked my email on my iPhone under the conference table. There was an invite from a competitor's recruiter. I accepted and he messaged me that he'd like to talk. I told him I had no privacy at all until this week. An hour later I checked LinkedIn again and the co-worker across the table from me was his newest connection from minutes earlier. Had a phone interview with him this week.

I emailed a client today and it bounced back. I looked her up on LinkedIn and it said she was at her org. until May 2013. Looks like she was canned.

john70t · 06-15-2013, 07:48 PM

Some downsides of internet job searching are that your personal information is now on the web, plus your current employer can discover you are moving and the reasons/record changed.

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

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Originally Posted by john70t

plus your current employer can discover you are moving and the reasons/record changed.

Pretty sure everyone in my company has their resume viewable on their LinkedIn profile. It's totally common nowadays. I'm a little concerned that bosses can see us connecting with recruiters and competitors, but that can also be a good thing. It's also great for getting ideas on how to craft a good resume when you know folks with the exact same job who are able to make it look good on a resume.

Brando · Brando's Garage

Welcome to the new world of internet recruiting and hiring. Posting jobs on CL is a good way to cast a dragnet. You get a whole range of applicants. It also tests your writing skills in job postings. The better written your Ad is, the better you can weed out Slackers and the unqualified. If you make the position sound like it's "too much work" you immediately get those who Are just looking for a paycheck off the list.

Linked-In is more professional in feel, but I'm not sure. They're trying to not become facebook. Only problem is that it is still a social media/social networking site. Posting to Linked-In is of higher cost, but it nets you better-qualified candidates. The onus is on the applicant, not the job poster. Recruiters love it because they can Access talent easily.

Zeke · 06-16-2013, 10:18 AM

I make a point of writing well worded and punctuated replies. I even write back to interesting jobs that have in the ad text, "If your looking for a......"

I know I'd have a hard time working for someone that has his "you'res" mixed up. But, maybe that's why I never get replies to my responses. I'm not stupid enough.

Maybe I should write back, "Dude, I really need that job. Here's my resume listing all the high schools I went to."