Sleazy Recruiter: Ron Nation of Farmer’s Insurance
Published at 18:42 on 4 September 2015
My Internet résumé contains the following notice:
This résumé is being posted strictly for the purpose of soliciting responses related to employment opportunities in the field of software development. In particular, neither insurance sales nor systems administration are software development.
Today I received the following e-mail:
From: Ron Nation <rnation2@farmersagentcareers.com> Subject: Career Opportunity To: Xxxxx <xxxxx@xxx.com> Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 13:58:53 -0600 Hello Xxxxx, My name is Ron Nation, District Manager for Farmers Insurance Group, in the Seattle area. I came across your resume online, was impressed with your background, and thought you may be a good fit for a position I have available as a Sales Professional with our company. [edited for brevity]
Welcome to my Hall of Shame, Ron. Congratulations, you’re the inaugural member!