"The base salary depends on experience and skill set; potential bonus depends on individual and firm performance. Please send cover letter, resume, and salary requirements (absolute must â no requirements = no consideration)." ------------- here is my reply January 20, 2010 Human Resources, I would like to express my interest in the Analyst position posted on the craigslist job board. Please accept this letter and attached resume as evidence of my full commitment as a qualified and outstanding candidate for your consideration. I have a modest salary requirement of 30K/year. I would hope that my candidacy not be dismissed on the basis of this salary requirement. I am very sophisticated, well traveled and highly educated. Apparently if I require anymore, I am under qualified. If I state the truth that I have little to no expenses and depending on the circumstances I would be willing to work as an intern with no salary; hiring managers assume I am white trash. Its a lose-lose situation. .... I look forward to further discussing my qualifications and demonstrating how I will be the perfect fit for your company. I am very excited about this opportunity and I look forward to speaking with someone from your firm shortly. Thanks... think ill get a call back?
obv, a position like this pays 45-65K as entry level EVERYONE knows that.. if you "REQUIRE" less than said range, the hiring managers assume you are a trailer park POS. They need to realize that there is a difference between price-and VALUE, hiring someone for dirt cheap can offer the latter. I understand they dont want to waste there time with a laid off GS CFA/ HBS mba looking for +300K, but give ME a *&^%ing break! yes, im unemployed I have a savings and additional income from trading, no family or whore wife to support so all i require is transportation and lunch money untill I get the CFA designation and get shoed into a top 5 MBA program- at which point I will tell them to @*$& off!
Has anyone actually got a job off Craigslist? Not just a trading job, any job... It seems it was a good service for people 8 years ago, but it seems like now people (recruiters, businesses, scams..etc) are just trolling for resumes on there.
depends on the city, in some markets CL is seen a fringe service... here in SF-bay area, CL has some credibility. I applied for a job on Craigslist, got a call the next day, interviewed.. and saw the same posting on Monster the following day. appears HR and hiring managers may use CL first and then a pay service like Monster or recruiters
"HAHA, this fool only requires 30k.. must be some state school redneck. my hooker goes for that much per night"
I know someone that got a base salary + commission mortgage broker position off of Craiglist, but before that all they found was self employed BS, like Farmer's insurance, etc. So all in all I agree.
does that mean im going crazy i can just image some fat, hairy, smelly _[insert epithet], dismissing some resume on the basis of a "low" salary requirement. ridiculous!, i went to a WAY overpriced private school, so I know how these ***holes think, if you didn't get excepted into the analyst/management training program at an IB out of school (like they did) you are trash! a low salary requirement to them means a low standard of living and unsophistication. the way I would run a PE firm is hire a bunch of SMART money hungry kids with little to no expenses with the understanding that the EXPERIENCE would be invaluable.