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    Strange but interesting

    Strange but interesting

    picked up my mail last night, a letter from an IT dude.

    Not sure if the guy is a contractor but I found the approach very interesting.
    It was a covering letter (bigging hiself up) followed by a two page CV, signed.
    My first thought was, how many of these had he sent out ? who stuck all those stamps on ? who printed all this stuff off ?

    His targetting aint too good because I am not in the hiring market



    Last edited by EternalOptimist; 25 February 2009, 09:54. Reason: because i am a fkwit
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    #2
    Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
    picked up my mail last night, a letter from DVLC with my tax disk and a letter from an IT dude.
    At first I read this as the letter from the DVLA included the letter from the ITDude... which at least showed initiative ie Saved him 26Million stamps for a huge (if somewhat unfocused) mail shot.

    Maybe your CUK fame is spreading and all/any ITDudes think you are the first port of call on anything IT!

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      #3
      Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
      Strange but interesting

      picked up my mail last night, a letter from an IT dude.

      Not sure if the guy is a contractor but I found the approach very interesting.
      It was a covering letter (bigging hiself up) followed by a two page CV, signed.
      My first thought was, how many of these had he sent out ? who stuck all those stamps on ? who printed all this stuff off ?

      His targetting aint too good because I am not in the hiring market




      On the subject of targetting, I got an email yesterday about a staff job in Cambridge requiring at least a 2:1 from a "World Class" University.

      I responded with "Thanks for the email but I don't have a degree."

      The agent replied with "It doesn't matter, can I put you forward?"

      WTF?

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        #4
        Originally posted by zeitghost
        I can't teach here because they don't acknowledge the CEI Part II as a degree...

        Actually I can't teach here because I don't have an MSc...
        Actually I can't teach here because I don't have any students wot turn up.
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          #5
          Originally posted by zeitghost


          I can't teach here because they don't acknowledge the CEI Part II as a degree... agents simply have no idea what it is...

          (Actually I can't teach here because I don't have an MSc... )
          'cos I ate all my students
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