Mistakes Other People Make

[dsrtao]

Major mistake: applying for a new job via email from your current work email address.
I'm assuming Staples doesn't encourage their IT staff to apply for jobs with other companies on Staples' time, at least. Why the heck wouldn't you get a GoogleMail or Hotmail or j. random ISP mail account and send your resume from there? Because you want to be fired?

Oy.

As an additional idiocy, sending a message consisting only of "What is the hourly rate?" when the advert asks for a cover letter and resume and states that compensation is negotiable...

Comments

[cellio]

Sounds to me like someone is applying for a job he's not qualified for. (We already know he's not suited to it.) Did some clerk at Staples decide to just apply for everything he could find, or something? The email-address mistake I can attribute to being young and clueless (don't know if that's the case here), but ignoring instructions and asking about money show major clue deficiencies...

[dsrtao]

No, the opening was for a part-time DBA and the idiot in question had an official sig proclaiming them to be a DBA at Staples. Their HQ is about fifteen miles from here, so it's not unreasonable that they actually are in that position.

But anyone that indiscreet is not someone I would want to hire.

Just as I expect cover letters and resumes to be spell checked -- all the positions at my company require attention to detail.