Sorry, but even though I'm retired, Job recruiters (affectionately known as headhunters) are once again pounding my phone with opportunities that I could care less about. Anyhow, I'd thought I'd post a guide to help them be more professional in recruiting:
1. I was an engineer. This does not mean I want to go out and do insurance telemarketing.
2. I live in the North Texas area. Why on earth, especially since I've never talked to you before, do you think I want to go to work in a company in a never-heard-of-town on the west coast which has had the same opportunity that never seems to have been filled for the past 40 years (which is as long as you've been calling/emailing/texting me).
3. Why no open vacancies in the North Texas area, yet always an opportunity right in an area of the country suffering some sort of plague or national disaster (that could be detrimental to my health)?
4. Why do you not know geography? FYI-Houston and Austin are not suburbs of Dallas/Ft. Worth. A commute of almost 4 hours to Houston one-way, and another commute of almost 3 hours one-way to Austin are not trivial. And, no, Paris, Texas is not an international destination within the US.
5. As you tell me for years that I have to work....No, I do not and I worked all those years so that I don't have to work now. So, Take these jobs and shove it...
6. I've learned, the more I try to get off your phone/email list, the more you keep calling and texting me....which results in me taking even more actions to not only block your calls and texts, but, now, I'm redirecting your calls/texts right back to your agency (Yet, you never learn).
If you, as a recruiter, can't fathom what I'm talking about, then there's no hope for you.
1. I was an engineer. This does not mean I want to go out and do insurance telemarketing.
2. I live in the North Texas area. Why on earth, especially since I've never talked to you before, do you think I want to go to work in a company in a never-heard-of-town on the west coast which has had the same opportunity that never seems to have been filled for the past 40 years (which is as long as you've been calling/emailing/texting me).
3. Why no open vacancies in the North Texas area, yet always an opportunity right in an area of the country suffering some sort of plague or national disaster (that could be detrimental to my health)?
4. Why do you not know geography? FYI-Houston and Austin are not suburbs of Dallas/Ft. Worth. A commute of almost 4 hours to Houston one-way, and another commute of almost 3 hours one-way to Austin are not trivial. And, no, Paris, Texas is not an international destination within the US.
5. As you tell me for years that I have to work....No, I do not and I worked all those years so that I don't have to work now. So, Take these jobs and shove it...
6. I've learned, the more I try to get off your phone/email list, the more you keep calling and texting me....which results in me taking even more actions to not only block your calls and texts, but, now, I'm redirecting your calls/texts right back to your agency (Yet, you never learn).
If you, as a recruiter, can't fathom what I'm talking about, then there's no hope for you.
