Friday, February 28, 2014

Recruiter Spam (and Some Labor Statistics)


There are multiple varieties of recruiter/sourcer spam, but one of my "favorite" is when the e-mail begins with "Our records indicate that you are an IT professional..." followed by a copy-pasted job description that usually is not even remotely related to what I am qualified to do. More often than not the job description is pretty skimpy and/or vague, which is even more annoying.

    Being a naturally curious type, I decided to find out how many people in this country the phrase "IT professional" applies to.