From a cover email I just received in response to an ad for a regional sales manager:<\/p>\n
Hi, Lee. I am _____. I live in __, however, I am international, or regional, or national, or whatever the job calls for.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It gets worse.\u00a0 The candidate worked in a collection-type role and included 2 pages of collections (amounts, dates, commission, payment type).\u00a0 He included the first and last names of the people from which he collected the late payments.<\/em><\/p>\n
Unbelievable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From a cover email I just received in response to an ad for a regional sales manager: Hi, Lee. I am _____. I live in __, however, I am international, or regional, or national, or whatever the job calls for. It gets worse.\u00a0 The candidate worked in a collection-type role and included 2 pages of collections (amounts, dates, commission, payment type).\u00a0 He included the first and last names of the people from which he collected the late payments. 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