Wednesday, August 15, 2007

How Not to Get a Job: sry, ur 2 1337

Scotty at the Palousitics blog reports on the interesting e-mail that his HR department received when seeking to fill an opening. This prompts him to offer some Job Seeker Advice.

Job Seeker Advice

We received this E-mail from a Job Seeker:

FROM: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
SENT: Wednesday, March 22, 2005 10:36 AM
TO: Jobs NU
SUBJECT:regarding a job
ATTACHMENTS: XXXXXXXXXXX.doc

hai
i saw ur ad in nwjobs.com
iam looking for a job in seattle.
i have attached my resume here with for ur referral.
looking forward for ur reply
thanks
XXXXXXXXXXXX

My company did not waste time with a reply at all. Do people actually believe an E-mail like that will get them anywhere?

I suggested we respond with the following:
sry, ur 2 1337
Scotty - the only thing I can say is, "Yes, people do actually believe an e-mail like that will get them somewhere."

As far as I know, I've never hired anyone fluent in Leet.