http://typo.mattbo.com/articles/tag/recruiters en-us 40 probably not what you're looking for <p>Is it national tech recruiters month or something?</p> <p>Seriously, I've gotten about three recruiter emails a day for the last 2 weeks. It's ridiculous. And a little flattering. But more ridiculous.</p> <p>The worst part is, most of these emails are totally vacuous. Here's a quote :</p> <p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Arial">Hi Matt,</font></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Arial">I am a technical recruiter working with some clients in both the Seattle and Bellevue area. I think your background is very interesting and I would love to discuss a new opportunity with you. Let me know when it is a good time to talk.</font></span></p> <p dir="ltr"></p> <p dir="ltr"><span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Arial">Looking forward to it,</font></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px;">Robin</span></p> <p>That, followed by 30 lines of signature. Oh, and don't look at the code. I copied the html directly from the mail, but it hurts. It's got a font tag.</p> <p>So after a phone call and three emails yesterday, I decided something needed to be done. And <a href="http://www.lindsaydayton.com">LindsayDayton</a> gave me the answer -- an open letter! So here it is <a href="http://www.codetastic.com/recruiters.html">A message to recruiters</a>. Go take a gander. Then write your own! Maybe together we can stem the tide of time-wasting, content-free crap flung around the internet. Well, maybe not, but at least we can point at it and snicker.</p> Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:23:09 -0500 urn:uuid:5ecb5102-cb5a-4ab8-969a-81ed5659e648 Matt http://typo.mattbo.com/articles/2008/01/25/fed-up-with-recruiters Random Thoughts Tech code life recruiters funny