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    Contract spam

    I thought I had got used to being spammed with contract opportunities that bore no relation to my CV, but I got one that topped the lot: locum doctor in Aberdeenshire.

    Out of spite I applied for it: they spam me, I spam them. I seriously hope I don't get this one.

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    Originally posted by expat View Post
    Out of spite I applied for it: they spam me, I spam them. I seriously hope I don't get this one.
    Why not? You'll be fine as long as you can go two or three days without sleep and not make too many mistakes.
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      #3
      Originally posted by expat View Post
      I thought I had got used to being spammed with contract opportunities that bore no relation to my CV, but I got one that topped the lot: locum doctor in Aberdeenshire.

      Out of spite I applied for it: they spam me, I spam them. I seriously hope I don't get this one.
      I've had a variety of utterly unsuitable roles, locations and of course permy spam, but never a locum medic in Northern Jockland, best of luck with the new career path

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        #4
        I get quite a few for medical based contracts. It must be a keyword they use that is the same as used in IT.

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          #5
          Originally posted by expat View Post
          I thought I had got used to being spammed with contract opportunities that bore no relation to my CV, but I got one that topped the lot: locum doctor in Aberdeenshire.

          Out of spite I applied for it: they spam me, I spam them. I seriously hope I don't get this one.
          It's an easy job. Toss a coin and write a prescription for tranquilisers/the pill/antibiotics/steroids.
          'Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual'. -
          Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Batcher View Post
            I get quite a few for medical based contracts. It must be a keyword they use that is the same as used in IT.
            Guess the words Scotland/Scottish on your CV translate to 'Snake oil' on the crook's dB ?!

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              #7
              Originally posted by FatLazyContractor View Post
              Guess the words Scotland/Scottish on your CV translate to 'Snake oil' on the crook's dB ?!
              Don't think so. It's on my CV that I did work as a snake oil salesman once so maybe that's it

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