I received a “Hi John” email.
Not as devastating as a “Dear John” letter but a bit
bewildering as my name is not John and I don’t use a John de Plume when I write.
The email was in response to a query about them recently
starting to send me blank emails. They are a company that emails job listings
that match my abilities, education and interests.
Some of you may remember that I went down to Manpower (before
we had to be politically correct) and took a government test to determine what
field of endeavour I was suited for.
I managed to fall outside any of their categories.
Some of you may think this is the reason for the blank emails, but no. For years the daily emails have contained several jobs that if so inclined I could turn my hand to.
And then, blank pages. It was as if they were wrestling with the
monster known as writer’s block.
I wrote them and said not to worry as I had a job, but, it
did not put them in a good light since employers listed with them in hopes that
their next bright star would peruse the listing and apply post haste.
I guess I am not the only one receiving nothing on a daily
basis because they wrote back saying they are aware of the problem and are
looking into it. And as if to drive the point home that things are not well
with the company, they started the email with “Hi John”.
I predict a job opening in Quality Control. Not that I’ll
see it listed.
Update
They got back to me, addressed me by my correct name and the next day, as promised, the job listings they sent me showed up in the email. Bonus: The empty advertising block was at the bottom where it will not bother most people unless they wonder why they are not the target market and what they are not the target market of. Probably something really good I bet.
The End Is Nigh
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