“Please forgive me for e-mailing you unannounced. I saw your information on LinkedIn, and I was hoping you might be able to help me out. My name is [redacted], and I am a recruiter with [big box retail store of doom]. We are currently engaged in a nationwide search for a Senior Manager, Healthcare Policy Communications for our Corporate Benefits Division
This is a full-time positions located in beautiful Northwest Arkansas where our schools have most recently been nationally ranked by Newsweek. Northwest Arkansas is perennially ranked in the Top 10 metropolitan areas in the United States by the prestigious Milken Institute and Forbes has called our region one of the nation’s best 10 places for business and careers.”
Should I send a “no thank you” or just ignore it. =)
My policy is to always politely respond to interview offers and okcupid messages. Keeps you in practice for when you might need it.
Headhunters are just like telemarketers in that once you respond to them, your record will be marked as a willing subject, and you’re likely to get a lot more contact from head-hunters. Whether you want that, of course, is up to you.
Actually, I suppose headhunters actually are telemarketers — they’re trying to sell you to some company.
No need to redact, I’m pretty sure Walmart is the only [big box retail store of doom] headquartered in Northwest Arkansas. 🙂
Or you could say, “Fuck no, you crazy breeder! I don’t care about schools! I care about not living in FUCKING ARKANSAS.”
Amen to that… 😉
Also, I’d sooner shoot myself in the face than be the public face that makes nice for big box retail’s crappy health policies.
I would be tempted to say: “Have you actually BEEN to northwest Arkansas??? If that qualifies as a “metropolitan area” then so is northern Saskatchewan. Thanks but no thanks.”
If you’re game, I’d engage him as to why it’s not possible for this “big box” firm with rich human capital to promote from within. Could it be that these people know better and want nothing to do with these thankless open positions???
If I were straight, and Christian, and had an evangelical slant, and enjoyed hunting and fishing, I’d consider Arkansas. It is beautiful. (In pictures at least…)
Northeast Arkansas is beautiful, though the red dust will stay in your car for years.
It’s the people you have to watch out for, unfortunately.
Pah. I get “offers” like this all the time, albeit usually with respect to Wall Street instead of Wal-Mart. Typically they display a complete lack of knowledge of who I am beyond the 2-sentence summary on my web page.