Don Xml's Grok This

I'm finally feed up with Resume Trawlers, and I'm going to do something about it.  I've written about how I'm trying to deal with Resume Trawlers, and have had many people thank me for the ideas, but the trawlers continue to do their thing.  The jobs boards don't help, and so we have to band together and let the people (aka the Information Technology folks) use the Internet to our advantage.  So, here is what I'm going to do.  I'm going public with my list of major offenders.  These are firms that I created an email rule for to block any email from their domains.  They consistently bombard me with email, and it isn’t just one recruiter at the firm that is a problem, but multiple recruiters.  I can only assume that it is part of their standard operating procedures.  I have tried to explain to them the error of their ways, but even after I request to be removed from their list, another recruiter in their firm will inevitably email again.  Keep in mind, to get on this list these firms have not emailed me just once, but repeatedly, and to an email address online registered with a job board, after the resume specifically states not to send email to that address, and use my contact page (so I know that any contact via the "wrong" address is from someone that never bother to read the resume).  The only way for us (the IT community) to take charge and eliminate this behavior is by boycotting these firms.  Most (if not all) of these firms are consulting firms, and without bodies to bill out they will have to adapt or go out of business.  Back in the day (actually my first consulting gig), I use to work for one of these firms (I will not say which one).

Resume Trawler Offenders