You know how it works... you tell them your details, your qualifications, your employment record, your preferences for travel distance/duration etc. and they use that info to match you to jobs which fit your criteria.
At least, that's how it's supposed to work.
Yesterday saw another list arrive via email, and I'm told that I am a perfect match for everything on it.
Here's an extract:
I like the notion that there are docks within 25 miles (or 30 minutes) of the (disputed) centre of England.
And it seems that there's not much to choose pro rata between being a Dog Walker and an Armed Security Guard.
That said, I remember when the same preferences led to me being presented with details for what I thought would be the perfect job... quality management... satellite launch hardware systems... company car... travel expenses... Yep, it really was rocket-science!
That agency told me that I was a perfect match for the position.
Only after pressing the agency for more details was I was told that the job was a little further away than 25 miles (or 30 minutes).
It was in Winnipeg.
THE SMALL(ish) PRINT... (updated 23/07/2016)
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Free Speech: you may well have the right to it, but you've no right to compel me to a) listen to it, or b) publish it!
Just imagine how cool your daughters would think you were if you became a Crime Scene Assistant! Though you would probably spoil their enjoyment of TV programmes such as CSI by telling them what was being done wrong in the name of drama....
I also notice that you require armed security guards in the badlands of Burbage.
I have been trying to get off these job listing sites for nearly 2 years, but they continually share details with other sites.
For me, GDPR has been a great help in finding who has unauthorised copies of my CV. I've had many GDPR emails from agencies I've never heard of, and I'm requesting details of who provided my details to each one. From the responses received so far, it seems that the culprit agency can't be taken to task because it bit the dust a while back, but not before peddling my data to the rest of the industry.
It's been suggested that I upload a spoof CV in the name of the director of said company. Let the fecker be hoist by his own petard!