Dear Abbie,
I know you must work at Careerbuilder, because your emails end with their name. You send me emails almost everyday. Always with the same subject XYZ Company is interested in you.
I fell for it the first couple of times. I mean who wouldn’t. You work at a large employment site which I regularly use. I figure you have the inside scoop and have found me <blank> (charming, pathetic, funny, sad, annoying, add your own).
I thought perhaps these companies are really shy, like back in grade school and wanted you to slip me a little note. “We like you, do you like us, check yes or no.” I went directly to the company and said, “Yes, I like you and would love to go steady.”
However… Not only did they not send the note, they had never heard of me. And when they had they were nice enough. “We’re sure you’re a really nice person (call security we’ve got a live one.), but we’re already going steady and we really like him… a lot.”
How humiliating.
You’re on notice Abbie. I’m hip to you and your funny hijinks. So when you get an email telling you some awesome company wants to go steady with you, remember I’ve got my eye on you.
Dee
P.S. Am I still your friend? Check Yes or No.ย NO big fat NNNNNOOOOOO!
I’ll bite. Who is Abbie?
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abbie@careerbuilder.com I don’t really know. she just started sending me emails when I updated my resume on that site. ๐
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That is a really crappy thing to do. I’ve fallen for a few similar rouses and I was irate. Thanks for the reply and good luck. ๐
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Great post! I like your wit! ๐
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I am jealous. You are getting better Spam than me.
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I’ve received these from other career sites. But my job offers have mostly been to sell insurance. Not just sell, but open my own office.
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At least it provides you with good laughs.
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FYI: I asked “whois” for info.http://whois.domaintools.com/careerbuilder.com
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So true, I get them too. Even for jobs I have no interest or qualification for. Yotaki
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Awesome! That was funny ๐
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I have been doing some research and I am very tempted to file a class action suite against Careerbuilder. They do NOT employ “Abbie” It is a ghost. They are brutally using it as a searcher within their systems. When I marked Careerbuilder’s emails as spam I started getting them from “abbie”
VERY OVER IT. I don’t even live in the US anymore – so these companies that are “interested in me” can get stuffed.
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Annoying isn’t it.
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I’ve sent emails to careerbuilder complaining about this very issue. All they have to do is make a slight modification: this company “might” be interested. While I think that is still somewhat misleading it seems within the realm of legality. TO say that a company is interested in you when it has expressed no such thing is indefensible. It’s a crappy tactic that is having its day during this wild west period of evolving technology. It’s such a disservice though to both recipient and the supposed “interested” company. Meanwhile it degrading careerbuilder’s credibility.
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Amen.
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Yeah, I have fallen for the traps embedded in the sociopathic receding depths of marketers minds (also). I keep thinking that I have made new friends/contacts/networks on Linkedin, bit turns out someone just accidentally clicked when they should have zagged. No, Monash/North Western Mental health/RMIT DO NOT want to employ me! What a waste of time.
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Yeah, I thought my resume must be pretty dang awesome that companies are sending me applications, not.
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Hi Deidra. And thanks for liking my recent posts. I hope you have enjoyed my work. I have read two of your posts and have found them quite interesting. I am still unsure if you write from an autobiographical approach or merge your intriguing prose with a hint of surrealistic storytelling. Regardless, it is beautiful work indeed.
p.s. not sure if career builders would ever be interested in me ๐
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Ha! I’m so naive these things get me every time
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Ha! I have issues with Abbie’s twin here in Ireland!! Same story… different day!! I’m so happy to see I’m not the only one who’s been had by the Abbie syndrome!! ๐
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