Queen Associates

I discovered a new clown company posing as a “recruitment firm” on LinkedIn (seems that’s all LinkedIn is good for). They advertised for a “motion graphics designer” position on August 9. I foolishly submitted my resume (and so did 21 other fools – which is quite a low number for a Boston job posted on LinkedIn…am I late in learning that this company isn't to be trusted?). One month later, they advertised an identical position again on LinkedIn, the only difference being the title now had the word “senior” in it. I decided to send these clowns a little email:

When I came across your latest job posting on LinkedIn I almost made the mistake of applying for it. Luckily, I discovered that I had already applied for the identical position you advertised one month earlier (August 9) before making the same mistake twice. The stat at the bottom of that page says you received 21 applicants (including myself), so why you would need to re-advertise the same job when you clearly received a good pool of candidates truly puzzles me. A reputable legitimate recruiter would have contacted every one of these applicants regardless of their qualifications to establish a professional relationship with them and, thus, avoid the need to dump any similar future job postings on these useless impersonal job boards. This is called "networking." I wonder how many of those applicants did your recruitment team bother to contact -- I didn't even receive an acknowledgment (and I'm certain that I won't receive a reply to this email).

I don't take kindly to companies who solicit my personal information for ulterior motives. I have added you to my list of joke "recruitment agencies" to ignore.

Here’s the hilarious reply I received from their “president:”

Your email was forwarded to me, and I wanted to take a moment to respond to you.  I am truly sorry that you’ve been disappointed by the experience you had in posting to one of our jobs.  As much as we strive to make contact with each of our applicants, sometimes a mistake is made.  I apologize that you were not contacted.

As a result, I am working with our HR Director and Recruiting team to talk about ways that we can ensure every candidate receives at a minimum, an acknowledgment of their application.  As you can imagine, with the hundreds of openings and thousands of candidates we encounter each month, it is difficult to provide the level of interaction we would truly like to.

If you have any additional concerns, please feel free to reach out to me directly.  As the President of the firm, our reputation is of utmost importance to me, so please accept my apologies that we missed the mark on providing you a good experience. 

Sincerely, 

Robin Pugh

Hmmmm…no mention of WHY they needed to advertise the same job twice in a job market saturated with designers (she even admits they get thousands of applicants -- so, maybe dumping jobs on job boards like LinkedIn isn't the best way to recruit?)…no feedback as to why I didn't qualify for the job posted...pretty much no mention of anything really, here. Like I said, just another bunch of fakers in a seriously messed up job market.