In Which Pyat Recieves a Message from the Past

[pyat]

I received this email today...


Good Evening!

My name is Clive Rodrigues and I’m a recruiter from Intelligent Minds. First off – Happy New Year to you! I hope 2008 is a banner year for you in every way!

I was trying to reach you regarding a Fulltime job opportunity as a Campaign Manager with one of our clients in Guelph, ON. Please take a look at the requirement & if interested, send me your resume & salary expectations as soon as you can as I would like to submit candidates as soon as possible.

The company is a well known major Internet Marketing and Development firm. They are really looking for a team player, not just a heads down manager. This company would be classified as one of the big success stories of DOTCOM business – yet they still have ping pong tables and other toys (like SEGWAY’s) around the office for employees to blow off steam with. Definitely a challenging (BUT FUN) role for the right person.

I am attaching the job full job description below – to be perfectly up front with you – role is 25 – 35K. Plus a potential bonus of up to 11% of salary – they will not go higher than this. Other perks are available but on salary, that’s where it stands.

If you are interested, regardless of your experience, please send a copy of your resume in MS Word format along with your salary expectations and I will be in touch ASAP!

If this job is not for you but you know someone who might be looking for a great opportunity, please pass it on to them!



Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you soon!


Ping pong tables? Dot com? Segways? $25K??? Clearly, this is a message from Nineteen-Ninety Eight! I should respond to these Yesterday People and warn them about Mr. Hitler Osama bin Laden.

Comments

[dagoski.livejournal.com]

Be afraid, be very afraid. If the company is on the up and up with their perks, it's because they want you to live in the office. The salary leads me to think they're full of it.

The nameless network provider I worked for in the private sector had all sorts of perks like catered dinners and all that to make you forget just how much of your youth you were consigning to them. Man, that was a perfectly horrid job. They drove me all the way into Wep Application development; anything to get back into the academic sector.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the attached job description talks a lot about managing pay per click ad traffic.

But, really, even if it was a job eating ice cream, I'd be leery of a place that pays $25K a year and boasts about their $5000 electric scooter. Sell the scooter, and give me the money. :)