Text message recruiter
I got a text message today "Good day (my name) and how are you today? This is (my name), correct?" Me: "huh?? Who is this?" "I am Mr. Milton Wood from HTC Global Services. Your resume has been viewed and forwarded to our head dept.After a brief glance at your resume, we gave no thoughts to your qualifications. It was the perfect fit! Kindly reply with YES I AM if interested." They gave no thoughts to my qualifications... I was about to text back something rude... Anyone else get hit with this scam? It's a scam, right? They gave NO THOUGHTS to my qualifications??
Tell them you call the shots around here. That will show em.
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They should email as first contact, if you did not directly send them a resume recently. All that in a text and they 🙊 did not even mention any job specifics. Looks like fishing for leads or a 🙈desperate recruiter.
It sounds like bad grammar. They probably meant they had no doubts and you are a perfect fit.
me: Won’t be surprised if this matures into another scam. If the scamming idiots understood little bit of economics and human nature (I mean they just need to read blind for a week) - they should have focused their marketing to FAANG aspirants. Blind: do you even watch techlead videos? Me: sorry .. 😕
Sounds like a scam to me. There are several major red flags, IMO. First is obviously the “no thought to your qualifications” on its face - but what else could they possibly go by to decide that you’re the perfect fit? Who would even say such a thing before even speaking with the candidate? What on earth is a “head” department? Why no mention of the type of work/position? That’s very strange. This doesn’t seem like a real name, certainly not someone in the US. The use of a title, especially in front of a given name that is *obviously* of one gender or the other (and typically a dated given name) is par for the course amongst Nigerian and similar scanners. Few in the US employ such formalities these days, and if they do, they usually only use the surname, IMX. “Good day,” while certainly fully grammatically correct, is much more commonly used in British English than American, and that is the form most third world people seem to learn. Obviously it’s entirely possible the guy is from such a linguistic background and is still perfectly legitimate; these issues just raise questions because of their ubiquity in scams. I’m also clearly assuming that both you and he are in the US. On the positive side, he hasn’t asked for your checking account details or told you he wants to send you millions of dollars to keep safe for him 😆 Have you considered calling the company and just asking anonymously if a Milton Wood actually works there? One who might be in a position to hire employees such as yourself?
Hi I want to Interview you. Please send SSN
Pro tip: whenever the messenger writes "kindly", it's a scam
The hiring manager from JP Morgan contacted me over text after seeing my resume. I had a legit interview there. I feel it's weird and unprofessional but sharing my anecdote