--rant.--
So I got a call yesterday from this lady who saw my resume online. This was good news, as I am currently in employment transition.
After extensive digging, though . . . I found out who she was, what the company was, and what they wanted me to do:
First off, she was not a HR recruiter/generalist/specialist as I originally supposed (hoped). Nope . . . she was a customer service representative, and I had to get through three different people to get her on the phone (after a ten minute lag between her leaving a message on my phone and my conversing with her).
Second . . . the company is a landscaping/grounds-keeping outfit. My wondering at what this has to do with I.T. was answered pretty succintly: It does not. My original hope was that the company was in need of an I.T. person . . .
. . . but they weren't, and that wasn't the best of it. The best part was the fact the company wanted me as a 'neighborhood sales representative' -- going door to door in strange neighborhoods, knocking on doors of people I don't know, getting maybe five seconds of dialogue in an effort at combining lead generation with actual sales.
Lasting impression: I got two different emails from three different people to take away from all of this; one of which included the promised 'information packet' I'd need to read through before my interview (which contained the most basic, tersely-worded foreword about the company and said nothing about the actual position. An address/directions to the company were not provided, nor was specific contact information forthcoming).
As footnoted in the second email, an apology was made, indicating the sender needed to use someone else's email account to send said email.
I know I need a job, but I think I'll pass on this one . . .
:facepalm:
/rant.