[ale] Awful story...

[Jeff Lightner]

You're assuming recruiters for Insurance Sales have a job of looking for
experienced sales people.  They don't - they have a job of finding warm
bodies.  You posted a resume in a bad job market - they assume you'll be
open to other jobs than the one you posted.   Interestingly I saw an ad
on TV over the weekend a few times for "Bankers Insurance" sales.  They
must be getting desperate.

It's a bit like the old advertising for the military in want-ads.  They
would talk about all sorts of exciting things but until you realized
that the "ages 18-27" was always there you'd never know it was simply a
come on for your local military recruiter.


-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Jerald Sheets
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 2:51 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] Awful story...

I got the same call.  I don't think I'll ever get a call from there
again.  "idiot" and "moron" were used liberally.

Oddly, I got one about 16 months ago from a local insurance agent to
where I live, claimed to have read Monster, claimed to have read my
resume.  

They get real uneasy when you start quoting from the top from memory and
you can hear that silence on the other end when you start spouting
things they've never heard of before like "linux" and "iSCSI"

Part of my precise example.  They're not doing their jobs any more.

--jms


On Nov 16, 2009, at 1:40 PM, Jeff Hubbs wrote:

> Hey, I got a call last week from a woman working for An Insurance 
> Company You've Likely Heard Of, saying she saw my resume on Monster
and 
> wanted to know if I would like a job with them.  As a sales
representative.
> 
> I said, "Did you see my resume?" "Yes..." "Did you *read* it?"
> 
> Jerald Sheets wrote:


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