Red Flags and Credibility
How to guarantee I will not respond to an email, even when my current contract is winding up with the next month:
This "sourcing specialist" obviously got my information from Monster or perhaps Dice, or one of a couple other large resume sites. I see a few random fishing emails from recruiting companies I've never heard of every week. I've long since ignored them, especially since they're often for jobs outside of Austin, for short term contracts and/or regarding positions that don't match my skillset.
When looking for a technical writer, stressing experience at collating as a 'plus' is a huge red flag. Collating? They need someone to "rapidly prepare complex technical documentation" but they're listing basic office apps as a requirement, and clerical skills as a plus. There seems to be a big disconnect with what the job is, and what they think is required. That wreaks of not understanding the client, the position, or worse, not being a legitimate position.
I did a little research about the company referenced, and that solidified my decision to treat this as spam. All the search results other than their main website is for non-legitimate sites (those annoying placeholder type sites). No clients on the site, no leadership bios, nothing. And I'm used to seeing Investor information on startup company websites as well. Only one person associated with a similarly named company was on LinkedIn. Things that appear to be links on that site... aren't.
Now, Cepheitech may be a legitimate company,and likely a start up. But there are far too many companies out there that have established reputations for me to risk sharing personal information with an unknown.. that doesn't even use it's own domain email.
This goes back to the recent theme of credibility; the first impression is not favorable.
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