FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - I received the following email string yesterday from a fellow headhunter.
 | from | [Sales Headhunter] | |
| to | Thad Greer <thad.greer@soflasearch.com> | ||
| date | Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 2:08 PM | ||
| subject | Typical s*** | ||
Do you ever get this s***?
-----Original Message-----
From: [Sales Headhunter]
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 7:34 AM
To: Barbara, HR Director
Subject: Resume(s) of Joe Candidate for the position of VP of Sales
Importance: High
Barbara,
I came across Joe and he is by far the most qualified candidate I've seen
for this position. He brings over 7 years of senior level sales management
experience in the Solar energy space. He has worke in both residential, small
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 7:34 AM
To: Barbara, HR Director
Subject: Resume(s) of Joe Candidate for the position of VP of Sales
Importance: High
Barbara,
I came across Joe and he is by far the most qualified candidate I've seen
for this position. He brings over 7 years of senior level sales management
experience in the Solar energy space. He has worke in both residential, small
commercial and large commercial projects. He is familiar with your
marketplace and also ran a roofing company in the past. He also brings 15
years of corporate sales experience from the document imaging space running
teams in excess of 25 people. He has an excellent personality and his
compensation requirements are reasonable at $150K Base with OTE $250K plus.
Please indicate a next step for Joe in the process.
Sincerely,
Sincerely,
[Sales Headhunter]
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Barbara's response:
Hi [Sales Headhunter],
Joe does not meet the minimum requirements for our VP position; however,
please note that we sourced Joe's resume in 2008 when we were looking to
fill a Sales Executive position and we have his resume on file should we have
a need to fill another Sales Executive position in the future.
Please do not send us resumes for candidates who have their resumes posted
on Monster.com -- we have key word search engines set-up that automatically
send us resumes on a daily basis. Joe's resume came to us via two distinct
searches because of his "roofing" AND "solar/pv" related background.
Best Regards,
Barbara
Please do not send us resumes for candidates who have their resumes posted
on Monster.com -- we have key word search engines set-up that automatically
send us resumes on a daily basis. Joe's resume came to us via two distinct
searches because of his "roofing" AND "solar/pv" related background.
Best Regards,
Barbara
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My response:
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Hey [Sales Headhunter],
You're only going to see an increase in responses like this.
Everyone has their resume on a database somewhere, and any corporate recruiter with half a brain ought to be able to figure out how to take an excerpt from a resume and cross reference it using a keyword search in Monster, CB, LinkedIn. It's so easy for them to come back at you and say they found that candidate themselves.
What's going to throw another monkey in the wrench here real soon is that Google will be introducing job board/candidate sourcing technology within in the next year or so and it will be FREE, for both candidates and employers. Monster and CB will either have to start giving away database access or they will be out of business.
Sincerely,
Thad
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