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OK. I admit it. I wrote the title of this post JUST for search engines to possibly find. I swore I wouldn’t take them into consideration so much, but well, some things I can’t let die.

Why does CareerBuilder Suck?

I uploaded my resume to CareerBuilder.com yesterday and was pleased to find a load of emails in my box today. I was pissed when most of them started like this

Dear Heather,

I am a District Manager for XYZ Company looking for a successful, business-minded individual with a strong desire for personal growth, career fulfillment, and financial success. Based on my initial review of your resume, I believe you may be an excellent fit for our Career Opportunity in sales with XYZ Company.

Some business marketing fluff here …

Income Potential:
Currently, each of our team members owns his or her own business and is very successful. The top team member earns over $350,000 and the average income for the team of 30 agents is over $125,000. You control your own destiny with XYZ Company. Your earning potential is unlimited!

Qualifications:
We require highly motivated individuals willing to invest their time and energy into creating a profitable and rewarding business. You must have a desire to succeed, have an independent spirit and strong work ethic.

Bla bla bla. Here’s another one:

Business Opportunity
ARE YOU READY FOR A CHANGE? DO YOU OWN YOUR LIFE?

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to “Own Your Life?”
This is what we think it means to “Own Your Life:”
When you subtract out the sleeping time, commuting time, working time and things you have to do each and every day of your life, most people don’t have more than one to two hours a day to do what they would like to do; and then, would you have the money to do it?

*sigh*

I also received a phone call this morning that went something like this

Me: “This is Heather.”

Super Happy Voice: “Hi, we are with ABC Financial Company and we found your resume on Career builder and we were super interested in your qualifications. We were wondering if you’re be interested in an interview tomorrow.”

Me: “Um, OK.”

S.H.V.: “GREAT! We have one interview spot left at 9AM tomorrow.”

Me: “One ~spot~ left? Can you tell me if the position is for Internet Marketing Manager or is it just Search Engine Optimization, or what is it?”

S.H.V.: *Puzzled silence*

Me:”Hello?”

S.H.V.: “I’m not sure what you’re asking, but we’re looking for highly motivated individuals willing to invest their time and energy into creating a profitable and rewarding business.”

Me: *sigh* “So…did you even *read* my resume? Do you know what Search Engine Marketing is?

S.H.V. (who is not so happy now, and actually a little irritated.) “Well, we have one interview position left tomorrow morning at 9AM. Can you be here?”

Me: “No. I’ve got a prior appointment.”

S.H.V. “Fine.” *Phone goes dead.*

Basically, from what I can figure out, CareerBuilder sells everyone’s email and phone number in giant lists to ‘cattle call sales type’ ventures who then spam your box with crap and waste your cell phone minutes.

No thank you.

God only knows how much more spam I will receive from this.

*The following is old school spam just for search engines. It will do absolutely nothing to the ranking of Careerbuilder, and won’t even rank for ‘Careerbuilder sucks’ but it will at least make me feel like I’m doing something to go up against ‘the man’. And, old school stuff like this is just a laugh.*

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