stay alert job seekers

Happy Wednesday 🤍

I recently received this unsolicited email from a headhunter in New York (I'm in California). Fine, a lot of people work remotely so *maybe* it's a legitimate person. But there are red flags in this email and some job seekers may fall for them, so I'm sharing them as a PSA:

° the email is totally unsolicited
° the email doesn't mention how they came across my experience (as far as I know, my resume hasn't been public on any job boards for 15+ years, so either he's using a very old resume of mine or someone I've submitted my current resume to has sold it)
° there's no information about the job, just the title (shortlist of duties and pay are two things I'd expect to be told upfront) 
° it's referring me to a link for more details including CUSTOMIZING MY RESUME for the position - this should stop everyone from continuing
° the cities these positions are located in are HOURS away from me, so unless they're remote roles (which isn't mentioned), the commutes are totally unreasonable
° there's no request to call or set up an appointment to learn more about the role (or the other roles he mentioned)

Individually, these may be able to be written off (well, except the customizing your resume, that's always a red flag) but taken together, it screams scammer (at least to me).

Stay alert job seekers. It's sad that those of us looking for work basically have to have a master's degree in investigative services, but that's where we are today.

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