Update on Fwd: [TriLUG] I am a recruiter looking for a Linux Administrator for a position in North Carolina.

[Tanner Lovelace]

Update:

What appears to be this exact same message got held in the list
moderation queue (because the poster isn't subscribed to the list)
again this afternoon.  I rejected it on the basis of our long-standing
policy that job postings should only be posted once (and included
a message to that effect).  I wanted to let the list know about this,
though, because based on the second post, I now have doubts
as to the veracity of this "job posting".

Cheers,
Tanner

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:10:22 -0500, Tanner Lovelace
<clubjuggler at gmail.com> wrote:
> Agreed.  But, we had talked about, if recruiters ask, have them
> send their job postings to the steering list and let us forward them
> on.  That's probably not too much overhead, but I still think
> if they send it directly to the list and it looks halfway legit
> we should just approve it without any fuss.
>
> Cheers,
> Tanner
>
>
>
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:48:09 -0500, matusiak <dave at matusiak.org> wrote:
> > hey SC --
> >
> > while i pretty much dig what Marc is saying, i think his proposal
> > amounts to an unnerving amount of additional file/post/job overhead for
> > the SC.  for him (or anyone) to expect us to "investigate" each and
> > every job-related posting that goes to this list is, well, ridiculous.
> > i would have to spend every second i had calling/backtracking these job
> > posts.  not gonna happen, i'm afraid.
> >
> > what are your thought?
> > d.m.
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: linux r <linuxr at gmail.com>
> > > Date: November 23, 2004 1:23:19 PM EST
> > > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] I am a recruiter looking for a Linux
> >
> >
> > > Administrator for a position in North Carolina.]]]]]
> > >
> > > OH don't get me started!  (cranking into high gear...)
> > >
> > > I was under the impression that most of these were pretty reliable.  I
> > > don't know how to validate this stuff.  Maybe some insights from the
> > > list admin folk (sorry to bother you?) would help.
> > >
> > > As someone who is currently undergoing a job search, I know of no way
> > > to protect onesself from various scams, resume trolling, email
> > > trolling, SSN baiting, etc.  I have been placed at a job very
> > > successfully and professionally by an 'indie' recruiter, and I have
> > > had nightmare experiences with some of the ones you see posted all the
> > > time (KFARCE is the worst).
> > >
> > > Just had a bad experience with a 'major *nix vendor' here is Florida,
> > > that sells overpriced proprietary UNIX knockoffs for zillions of
> > > dollars and whose name sounds kind of like 'Citrus'.  :)  That
> > > recruiter was horrible and was an indie.   Then I have had other
> > > 'indie' types that were so painfully obvious that they were a tiny
> > > outfit, like one guy with a cruddy html page.   Or people who don't
> > > know how to return a phone call AFTER they have left you a message
> > > begging you to work for them.  I am currently working with one of
> > > those, but not holding my breath.
> > >
> > > Had another call the other day suppossedly for a job at a NOC with a
> > > major telco company and they wanted my SSN.  It is anybody's guess at
> > > that point as to whether they were real or not (said it was for a
> > > basic 'position of public trust' clearance required by the client).
> > > The recruiter understood my hesitancy (job closed immediately anyway
> > > so I didn't have to give it).
> > >
> > > Yes, let's validate these people and their messages!  It is a security
> > > threat for anyone to pursue what they think is a lead, when it is
> > > actually someone on a fishing expedition of one sort or another.
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers.
> > > Marc
> >
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