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☖ Forums → Discussion Forum → I may have just lost a job opportunity because of a FIREFOX EXTENSION
I may have just lost a job opportunity because of a FIREFOX EXTENSION
2007-06-20, 10:20 PM #1
THIS IS THE WORST EXTENSION EVER WRITTEN.

It automatically sent this RETARDED default reply WITHOUT MY CONSENT:

[quote=One ****tard of a software developer]
I'd like to apply for this job position. Please visit my website and
get my updated resume for more information about me. Thank you.[/quote]

What. I don't have a website, and if I did, how would they know what it is?

:gonk: :argh: :rant:

Edit: S*** S*** S***! I was in a panicked state when I sent the message that I FORGOT TO ATTACH MY RESUME. Now I have to send a THIRD e-mail. I'm boned.

Well, maybe I'll be okay since they're a web design company and their ad specifically said they were laid back. But probably not. :suicide:
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2007-06-20, 10:23 PM #2
Well, hopefully they just assume that it's super and awesome and not care to look for one, and give you an interview anyway.

I have to apologize as well, I busted a gut laughing when I read that. It's so generic it hurts.
2007-06-20, 10:28 PM #3
Yeah, luckily my cover letter and résumé are totally awesome, from content as well as design and typographical standpoints.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2007-06-20, 10:28 PM #4
What's typography? :downs:
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2007-06-20, 10:55 PM #5
?

Sorry, but why would anyone ever need that extension. And no offence, but why on earth would you even think about installing, and worse, useing it?

As I see it, if you’re not willing to take the five seconds it takes to compose your own e-mail with a resume attached and a relevant personalized cover letter, then what makes you think you deserve a job in the first place?
"Well, if I am not drunk, I am mad, but I trust I can behave like a gentleman in either
condition."... G. K. Chesterton

“questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself”
2007-06-20, 11:04 PM #6
Originally posted by West Wind:
Sorry, but why would anyone ever need that extension. And no offence, but why on earth would you even think about installing, and worse, useing it?

I'm applying to multiple jobs on Craigslist, I figured it might make it easier. Seriously I am I supposed to foresee a situation where a vague e-mail regarding my non-existent website is sent automatically to potential employers?

Originally posted by West Wind:
As I see it, if you’re not willing to take the five seconds it takes to compose your own e-mail with a resume attached and a relevant personalized cover letter, then what makes you think you deserve a job in the first place?

I did do all that. I just tried this extension since I stumbled upon it while looking for one that would let GMail handle mailto links (I had one before and for the life of my cannot find what it is now).
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2007-06-20, 11:34 PM #7
I'm not attacking, I'm just very very puzzled. Automatic job applications seems like a universally stupid idea.

(ESPECIALL on craig's list, where last time I looked 9/10 jobs listings aren’t for what I would consider actual work, just a forest of pyramid scams...)
"Well, if I am not drunk, I am mad, but I trust I can behave like a gentleman in either
condition."... G. K. Chesterton

“questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself”
2007-06-21, 12:21 AM #8
Originally posted by West Wind:
I'm not attacking, I'm just very very puzzled. Automatic job applications seems like a universally stupid idea.

Well I know that NOW.

I'm mostly upset because the behavior the extension exhibited is pretty much the exact opposite of what was shown with images on the description page. Plus I had never applied for a job via e-mail, let alone Craigslist, so I figured it might help.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2007-06-21, 5:11 AM #9
Originally posted by Freelancer:
What's typography? :downs:


It's not funny when you do it. :P
nope.
2007-06-21, 8:34 AM #10
Originally posted by West Wind:
Sorry, but why would anyone ever need that extension. And no offence, but why on earth would you even think about installing, and worse, useing it?


I thought the same.

*slaps Emon*

Snap out of it, man!
"Harriet, sweet Harriet - hard-hearted harbinger of haggis."

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