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Old Apr 18th 2009, 12:15 am
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Originally Posted by Chrissywissy100
... Especially when you have taken the time time to fill in the online application form for company A which looks exactly the same as the one you filled in for companies X, Y and Z, which in itself leaves me feeling like I've had deja-vu for the last 3 hours or so!!


I have never understood why there is not ONE official USA Job Application form- PDF fillable format for those who can, paper for those who can not. Fill it out one time, copy it 1000 times, and it saves an hour or 2 for every company.
I just mail resumes plus a cover sheet, if they want an application they can have me fill it out at interview time, or when they hire me.So far I have gotten 3 nibbles out of 80 odd resumes, one interview this week and 2 next week.

Fingers crossed.
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Old Jun 6th 2009, 7:36 pm
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Originally Posted by Bob
If they don't have a professional email address then I wouldn't send them my info, probably a recruiter culling info or maybe some weirdo.
Round our way, probably 99% of the job ads on craigslist are scams. I went through a phase of replying to a bunch in one go (bcc-ing from a throw-away address) just to see what came back. Roughly 50/50 marketing data harvesting vs identity theft, on the surface.

But I got bored with that. So I did this.
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Old Jun 6th 2009, 9:55 pm
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Originally Posted by chartreuse
Round our way, probably 99% of the job ads on craigslist are scams. I went through a phase of replying to a bunch in one go (bcc-ing from a throw-away address) just to see what came back. Roughly 50/50 marketing data harvesting vs identity theft, on the surface.

But I got bored with that. So I did this.
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Old Jun 6th 2009, 10:06 pm
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chartreuse!!!!
You filthy mouthed immigrant, you.

(betcha a dollar you get some takers.. wishful thinking takers, but nonetheless..)
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Old Jun 6th 2009, 10:33 pm
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Originally Posted by meauxna
(betcha a dollar you get some takers.. wishful thinking takers, but nonetheless..)
I owe you a dollar!

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** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY --- AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY
** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home
** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html

Hey, I have a job opening available for you. Please send me your resume ASAP.

Thanks!


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Hey, I have a job opening available for you. Please send me your resume ASAP.

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Old Jun 6th 2009, 10:38 pm
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omg, I'll give you the dollar back.. they're both from the same person!
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Old Jun 7th 2009, 4:55 pm
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Originally Posted by meauxna
omg, I'll give you the dollar back.. they're both from the same person!
You might be right. Or possibly the same script running on two separate hosts. (Incidentally, AFAICT, the harvester sites I've looked into seem to be running on pukka rented servers, rather than botnets or bullet proof hosts. Which suggests that not that much is being done about it.)

I haven't had a single reply to this morning's batch, so it's probably time to change email addresses. What do you think about:
  • Charles Manson
  • John Gotti
  • Lavrentiy Beria
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Old Jun 7th 2009, 6:20 pm
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Originally Posted by chartreuse
You might be right. Or possibly the same script running on two separate hosts. (Incidentally, AFAICT, the harvester sites I've looked into seem to be running on pukka rented servers, rather than botnets or bullet proof hosts. Which suggests that not that much is being done about it.)

I haven't had a single reply to this morning's batch, so it's probably time to change email addresses. What do you think about:
  • Charles Manson
  • John Gotti
  • Lavrentiy Beria
I'd pass on the John Gotti one if I were you.
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Old Jun 7th 2009, 8:35 pm
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Originally Posted by cindyabs
I'd pass on the John Gotti one if I were you.
Good idea. I think I may have been getting mixed up with Jimmy Hoffa.

In the end, I went with Beria.
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Old Jun 11th 2009, 6:48 pm
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Any truck drivers here?
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Old Jun 12th 2009, 12:05 am
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Originally Posted by MrEmjoy
Any truck drivers here?
Manc and Pat Hassler, Toon was for a bit, on the management side now I think though.
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Cheers.

Company near me is training drivers just wondered if it was some kind of well known thing to avoid, sounds too good to be true.

The company, oddly enough is called England , This is a link to the add. I've been Job hunting for ages now starting to lower my sights every day lol
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Old Jun 12th 2009, 12:43 am
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Originally Posted by MrEmjoy
Cheers.

Company near me is training drivers just wondered if it was some kind of well known thing to avoid, sounds too good to be true.

The company, oddly enough is called England , This is a link to the add. I've been Job hunting for ages now starting to lower my sights every day lol
They advertise (and are seen on the roads) round our way too. I think there is some gub'mint money available for training truckers, or something, but am not sure how likely a job is at the end of it.

Hopefully one of the chaps Bob mentioned will be along shortly.
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Old Jun 12th 2009, 2:12 pm
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Originally Posted by MrEmjoy
Cheers.

Company near me is training drivers just wondered if it was some kind of well known thing to avoid, sounds too good to be true.

The company, oddly enough is called England , This is a link to the add. I've been Job hunting for ages now starting to lower my sights every day lol
I've seen a lot of those "England" trucks down here on the roads.

As a slight off topic aside, on thing that always amazes my small mind here is that the majority of truckers seem to be thin wiry dudes, whereas in the UK, the majority are Full Monty Breakfast lads The conclusion I draw from that (and knowing what working is US society is like in general....) is that they are probably worked a lot harder under different terms and conditions than in the UK.....I should expect Pat will be able to give you the lowdown, I think he has done some trucking both sides of the Atlantic.

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Old Jun 12th 2009, 2:30 pm
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Originally Posted by MrEmjoy
Cheers.

Company near me is training drivers just wondered if it was some kind of well known thing to avoid, sounds too good to be true.

The company, oddly enough is called England , This is a link to the add. I've been Job hunting for ages now starting to lower my sights every day lol
STEER WELL CLEAR!!!!!!

They basically twist your arm into leasing the truck from then under the pretence that they'll give you so many miles and so much money that it looks a great deal. In truth its a crap deal and you'll end up having to work for basically nothing because your tied to leasing a piece of shit truck from them and totally at their mercy.

Do a search of truck driver forum on CR ENgland and you'll see what I mean.

If you go driving get a job as a driver not an owner driver.

Learn the ropes before you get greased up and shafted.
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