An example of why resume database access is bad

Posted on April 29, 2008
Filed Under Advertising Mistakes, Employment Websites, Resume Searches |

Most know that I am not a fan of resume database access. It violates job-seeker privacy. Most job boards continue to sell it today. And many make more money from selling access to the database than they do from selling job postings.

I register on as many job boards as possible (as a job seeker) so I can:

Get the entire job seeker experience offered. This helps us become better.
See the quality of jobs posted on that job board, and;
See if that job boards sell my information, and;
To whom that job board sells my information to.

The below is an email I just received. The sender got my email address from one of the job boards I registered for (I won’t disclose which). Whether the job board sold my data in the form of a list, or sold access to their resume database, allowing the spammer to grab my email address from my resume - this access is clearly wrong.

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I did not wish to be solicited by some company with a fraudulent job offer, who clearly does not have any control of the English language. Thanks for interrupting my day and violating my privacy. If I were a real job seeker, I would not trust this job board again.