In the last few weeks, I’ve had a rash of opportunities come my way via email (the majority of which were job opportunities from 3rd party recruiters, but there were also 2 different co-founding opportunities)… It occurred to me that politely responding to offers that were clearly a bad fit was fairly time consuming. I don’t know if it will do any good, but I whipped up a page detailing the kinds of things that interest me.
Incidentally, this is tangentially related to a feature that I always advocated for at Jobster… The “what I want” part of the online resume. In times past, resumes were sent directly to employers didn’t need this. If I send you a resume, the “what I want” portion of it is generally the “objective” (“To find a position that gives me the opportunity to grow professionally blah blah blah”). As the resume has evolved into something more generalized that you post publicly and then wait for the opportunities to roll in, it seems like it needs a more expanded section detailing what opportunities the job seeker really wants.
For the record– I’m NOT a job seeker. I don’t want a “job” (though I suppose I’d jump at the right one). This site isn’t a resume (but it has enough resume-esque information to suffice), so I figure I’d add a page that details what sort of offers I’d entertain.
What do you think? Dumb idea? Will it fend off recruiters who aren’t sharp enough not to offer me entry level .NET coding positions?
