{"id":131,"date":"2006-06-24T08:49:33","date_gmt":"2006-06-24T13:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=131"},"modified":"2006-06-24T08:49:33","modified_gmt":"2006-06-24T13:49:33","slug":"fun-with-junk-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/06\/fun-with-junk-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun with Junk Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Saturday morning so why not browse through the email junkyard?  I receive many junk emails every day but my filters are fairly robust.  However, every once and a while I go in there and look at the trapped messages.  I suspect you are familiar with many of them too.  I was thinking of embellished resumes when I read a junk email that had this (their spacing, not mine):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ha ve you ever thought that the only thing stopping you from a great job and bet ter pay was a few letter s behind you name?<\/p>\n<p>Well now you c an get them!<\/p>\n<p>BA BSc MA MSc MBA PhD<\/p>\n<p>Within 4-6 weeks!<\/p>\n<p>No Study Required!<\/p>\n<p>100% Verifiable!<\/p>\n<p>The s e are real, genuin e deg rees that include Bachelor s, Masters, MBA and Doctorate Degree s. They are fully verifiable and certified transcripts are also available.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I love the last sentence &#8211; they even have transcripts!  Utterly pathetic.  Make sure you use a verification service before hiring any new employee.  If you are in need of one, let me recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.verifiedcredentials.com\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Verified Credentials<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Saturday morning so why not browse through the email junkyard? I receive many junk emails every day but my filters are fairly robust. However, every once and a while I go in there and look at the trapped messages. I suspect you are familiar with many of them too. I was thinking of embellished resumes when I read a junk email that had this (their spacing, not mine): Ha ve you ever thought that the only thing stopping you from a great job and bet ter pay was a few letter s behind you name? Well now you c an get them! BA BSc MA MSc MBA PhD Within&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/06\/fun-with-junk-mail\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,16,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-hiring-salespeople","category-resumes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-27","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":271,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/radio-shacks-junk-mail\/","url_meta":{"origin":131,"position":0},"title":"Radio Shack&#8217;s Junk Mail","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 31, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Ok, maybe electronic communication has gone too far. 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