I’m super happy with my job but always get a bit of a stroke when I get a LinkedIn message. My favorite are from CEOs of startups and I love hearing about their passionate ideas. This morning, however, I got a message from a tech recruiter and it went like this:
Hello Leo,
Awesome work at Ticketfly. Anyways, I came across your profile and you are a great fit for two exciting opportunities from small well funded startup companies we represent.
If you are interested, feel free to email me back.
If not, refer a friend for a MacBook Air!
Cheers,
David FooBar
Sr. Technical Recruiter
I found this really amusing because I have been working at Ticketfly for just 3 months and was really curious as to what “awesome” work he could have been talking about. A quick glance at my profile to make sure that I hadn’t updated it since joining:
Software Engineer
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Music industry
September 2011 – Present (4 months) San Francisco Bay Area
Ha, ok. He must have liked the way I didn’t have any spelling mistakes.
Leo Romanovsky: What did you find awesome about my work at Ticketfly?
David FooBar: I enjoy the Ticketfly website. Are you pursuing opportunities?
LOL, right. An aside, ex-Lehman Brothers employees are not to be trusted.
David FooBar
Account Executive
Lehman Brothers
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; LEH; Capital Markets industry
June 2005 – January 2008 (2 years 8 months)
David has 3 recommendations (1 manager, 2 co-workers) including:
Julie S., Wholesale Account Executive, Aurora Loan Services A Lehman Brothers Company
Jeff H., Wholesale Account Executive, Aurora Loan Services/Lehman Brothers
Seriously, I can emphasize that tech recruiting isn’t easy but are some people even trying?
