[Gllug] VACANCY: Linux Systems Administrator / PHP Developer

[Peter Corlett]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:19:19AM +0100, Simon Wilcox wrote:
[...]
> However it takes no time at all to identify that the website associated to
> the email domain is clearly not a recruitment company and it should be
> blindingly obvious that the OP is not an agent, since they rarely, if
> ever, state who their client is.

I don't deny that, however it's got nothing to do with my point, which was
that John Hearns implication that one should routinely do background checks
on LinkedIn is somewhat bizarre and unreasonable.

> Of course recruiters often *do* take the time to scour the internet for
> background on their candidates and all the vitriol is preserved for their
> edification at a later date...

IME, they don't even bother to read the CV that's in front of them, much
less bother searching Google or LinkedIn, at least if the flood of recruiter
spam I receive is any guide.

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