I am also getting the Indian guys offering me horrible jobs- contract positions at low pay, completely unrelated to my resume, but in MY field, which is pharmaceuticals.
It looks like they are scanning the boards for jobs and then trying to fill them without having an agreement with the hiring company. I am not sure how that works, since most of the companies I have worked with won’t even talk to a recruiter that isn’t under contract with them.
I am just kidding. You need to nip this nonsense in the bud. Burning up gas and time with a 2 hr daily commute for a $15.00 an hour job is insane. After you deduct the time commuting, gas, and wear and tear on the car you’re effectively getting a sub-entry level fast food wage. You can generally do that without travelling.
$11.00 an hour? Listen, I work in IT and I’ve had people with heavy accents try to offer me something extremely low and I turn it down. They do this, because they out-source the person calling you to where it costs them very little to contract 100 people to take a for $11.00 an hour which should pay $40.00 an hour or whatever. They do this because someone who is desperate they are hoping will take the job for such low pay.
The pay is so low, I wouldn’t even bother with this. Also, if you have a gut feeling something is strange about this, it’s highly likely that it is. Maybe not a scam, but terrible working conditions or you are expected to work overtime for free or not get medical benefits until you are on the job for a while, or something odd. Without knowing more about your skills and what you have gotten paid in the past, sounds like something to pass on pursuing.
In case anyone cares, I haven’t heard a peep from these people all week, despite an e-mail I sent Sunday. If I cared enough about the position, I most likely would’ve been more proactive (I do have a phone number or two, after all), but honestly, I feel like this confirms every suspicion I had.
Besides, I got another contract possibility with another major company in the same area at $22 an hour WITH medical. Now THAT is a “cold” contact I can get behind!
I never give out my phone number, until after contract negotiations are complete or I see the recruiter as being legit. Do people put their phone number on their CV? I include only an email address for work-related stuff and that email address I scan once every few days, including the spam folder in case something has come in from an unknown address. And I only read them if I’m actually looking for work.
Before I did include my home number in my CV, I work overseas and sometimes my parents get calls asking for me - when I’ve no reason to talk with them. I stopped that as they’re old and concerned about receiving ‘important’ calls when I’m 6k miles away. So now I just provide an email address such as ‘JustinCmyjob@gmail.com’ and a nice introductory letter.
If for whatever reason you don’t want to list you home phone on resume (CV), then you can get a free phone number from Google using Google Voice. If you already have a gmail account, then you can get a Google Voice number within minutes. Then you can assign it to ring on a phone, like your cell or turn it off so it doesn’t ring any phones and it will take voicemail messages for you and send you e-mail when you get a voicemail message. It’s a piece of cake to set-up. This way, if you don’t want to give out your home phone you can do this.
HR types expect to see a phone number on a resume.
If you are not going to be near the phone that the number is associated with, then I can see not putting a phone number on the resume. Otherwise it should be there. Our internal recruiters much prefer to talk to someone instead of an email exchange. I do also, I can explore things that would be tough to do in email.
If I were sending my resume out to thousands of places and dozens of job boards it would be another thing.