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Recruiter Hall of Shame

List of "Bad Egg" Recruiters and Recruiting Firms

This is a list of recruiters and recruiting firms which made unsolicited recruiting calls, and/or sent recruiting email which demonstrated a — generally profound — lack of understanding of my résumé. My take is that this constitutes a list of the names of people and firms which neither side of the recruiting equation should consider using. The names listed are generally based on self-identification, as conveyed via voice or in email headers.

This page was started in November of 2013 (with a small amount of information from earlier in 2013 added retroactively). I do my best to maintain its accuracy, however I make no iron-clad guarantee.

Date Recruiter Firm Perceived Infraction(s) Note(s)
13-jul-2013 Alicia Strait expanXion, expanxion.com boilerplate email
19-sep-2013 Alicia Strait expanXion, expanxion.com boilerplate email, ignored previous request to not contact me
12-nov-2013 Shawn Parker Panzer Solutions, panzersolutions.com boilerplate email
19-nov-2013 Joe Peat CBS Information Systems, cbsinfosys.com boilerplate email
19-nov-2013 Brian Nelson A+ Search, aplussearch.com boilerplate email
20-nov-2013 Rajiv Joshi Dynamic Software Services, dyssinc.com boilerplate email
27-nov-2013 Dillon Johnston Talener Group, talener.com cold call, boilerplate email
03-dec-2013 Kimball Kjar Venator Ventures, venatorventures.com boilerplate email
04-dec-2013 Kishore Kumar Panzer Solutions, panzersolutions.com boilerplate email
04-dec-2013 Al Short Motiga, motiga.com boilerplate email
11-dec-2013 (unintelligible) Talener Group, talener.com cold call
12-dec-2013 Bruce Young A+ Search, aplussearch.com boilerplate email
16-dec-2013 Dillon Johnston Talener Group, talener.com cold call
19-dec-2013 Issa Gruber Insight Global, insightglobal.net boilerplate email
21-dec-2013 Jeevan C 10hands, 10hands.com boilerplate email
8-jan-2014 Richard Murphy Horizon Technologies, horizontechnol.com boilerplate email
10-jan-2014 Vikas Kumar e-solutions, e-solutionsinc.com cold call, boilerplate email
14-jan-2014 Nishu Kaushik e-solutions, e-solutionsinc.com cold call
29-jan-2014 Erika Tiu PagerDuty, pagerduty.com (employer) boilerplate email
29-jan-2014 Chinue Donald PagerDuty, pagerduty.com (employer) boilerplate email
31-jan-2014 Erika Tiu PagerDuty, pagerduty.com (employer) boilerplate email
31-jan-2014 Jim Replogle Computer Enterprises, ceiamerica.com boilerplate email
1-feb-2014 Robert Mann Mainz Brady Group, mbg.com boilerplate email
6-feb-2014 Jeffrey Wood NTT Data, nttdata.com (employer) boilerplate email
11-feb-2014 Chinue Donald PagerDuty, pagerduty.com (employer) boilerplate email
12-feb-2014 Hallie Shealy Stafftopia, stafftopia.com boilerplate email
3-mar-2014 (unknown) Shopkick, shopkick.com surreptitiously filled in JobVite form
3-mar-2014 Siddhardha Sharma TekWissen, tekwissen.com (employer) cold call
4-mar-2014 Raghuveer Lakkambella Saran Solutions (?) cold call
9-mar-2014 Barton Bromley Modis, modis.com boilerplate email
11-mar-2014 Usha Pradhan Kutir Corporation, kutirtech.com boilerplate email
12-mar-2014 Kiruba Shankar Kutir Corporation, kutirtech.com boilerplate email
13-mar-2014 Suhasini Rajur Strataserv Inc, strataserv.com boilerplate email
18-mar-2014 Ike Garcia SATH Systems, sathsystems.com boilerplate email
19-mar-2014 Mahesh Badam COA IT Solutions, coaitsolutions.com boilerplate email
22-mar-2014 Gail Forbes Vidality, vidality.com boilerplate email
25-mar-2014 Evan Skinner Ettain Group, ettaingroup.com boilerplate email, sexist remark
28-mar-2014 Lindsey Hudgins Jobspring Partners, jobspringpartners.com cold call, rude
31-mar-2014 Rohit Victor Global Associates, globalassociates.com cold call
3-apr-2014 JoAnn Heissner eTECH Resources, etechresources.com cold call
17-apr-2014 Eli Johnson Oxford International, oxfordcorp.com cold call, rude follow-up email
24-apr-2014 Pruthvini Bhardwaj PeopleWorld, mypeopleworld.com boilerplate email
24-apr-2014 Mary Joseph Intelliswift Software, intelliswift.com two boilerplate emails sent within minutes of each other
28-apr-2014 Pruthvini Bhardwaj PeopleWorld, mypeopleworld.com boilerplate email
28-apr-2014 Mindee Owens Symphony Teleca, symphonyteleca.com boilerplate email
29-apr-2014 Rohit Victor Strataserv, strataserv.com cold call
6-may-2014 Sachin Kumar Converge Info System, convergeinfo.com boilerplate email and cold call, within minutes of each other
8-may-2014 Deepak Kumar Bisht AgreeYa Solutions, agreeya.com boilerplate email
10-may-2014 Jaya Talented IT, talentedit.com boilerplate email
15-may-2014 Carl Allen Coyoca Higher Up Recruiting, higheruprecruiting.com boilerplate email, sent three times
20-may-2014 Haley Crawford AuditFile, auditfile.com (employer) boilerplate email
2-jun-2014 Derek Chang Vungle, vungle.com (employer) boilerplate email
4-jun-2014 Cora Wo VonChurch, vonchurch.com cold call
8-jun-2014 Hallie Shealy Stafftopia, stafftopia.com boilerplate email
13-jun-2014 Randy Neuringer The Randy Neuringer Company, neuringerco.com boilerplate email
13-jun-2014 Alex Haro Life360, life360.com (employer) boilerplate email
16-jun-2014 Ms. L— D— e…com boilerplate email (a)
18-jun-2014 Jake Villarreal Match Relevant, matchrelevant.com boilerplate email
18-jun-2014 Amit Sharma Ventures Unlimited Inc., vui-inc.us boilerplate email
1-jul-2014 Sunny Coverly Beacon Systems Inc., beacongov.com boilerplate email
2-jul-2014 Kris Dean Beacon Systems Inc., beacongov.com cold call, followed by boilerplate email
3-jul-2014 Amber Mantalas Ryzen Solutions, ryzen.com boilerplate email
9-jul-2014 Amy Paton Scripps Networks (employer), scrippsnetworks.com boilerplate email
11-jul-2014 Dave Kariotis Exedian International, excedianglobal.com boilerplate email
14-jul-2014 Jose Enrique Perez Workbridge Associates, workbridgeassociates.com cold call
15-jul-2014 Kimberly Rodriguez Ryzen Solutions, ryzen.com boilerplate email
15-jul-2014 Duane Roberts KA Search Partners, kasearchpartners.com boilerplate email
16-jul-2014 Malathi Iyer Systems Software Solutions, 3susa.com boilerplate email
22-jul-2014 Kishore Kumar Panzer Solutions, panzersolutions.com boilerplate email
22-jul-2014 Sunny Coverly Beacon Systems Inc., beacongov.com three boilerplate emails, sent within minutes of each other
22-jul-2014 Kris Dean Beacon Systems Inc., beacongov.com four boilerplate emails, sent within minutes of each other
22-jul-2014 Raj Khanna Nvidia (employer), nvidia.com cold call
25-jul-2014 Anita Rexinger Nvidia (employer), nvidia.com cold call, followed by self-righteous email
29-jul-2014 Aasheesh Dhaka Posh Consulting, poshconsulting.net cold call, followed by boilerplate email
1-aug-2014 Derek Chang Vungle, vungle.com (employer) non-informative (but not boilerplate) email
9-aug-2014 Suganya R Systems Software Solutions Inc, 3susa.com boilerplate email
15-aug-2014 Derek Chang Vungle, vungle.com (employer) non-informative (but not boilerplate) email
19-aug-2014 Rahul Mishra NTT Data, nttdata.com (employer) boilerplate email
20-aug-2014 Bhupendra Pandey Ness USA, ness.com boilerplate email, followed by cold call
20-aug-2014 Jeff Lewis Guidebook, guidebook.com (employer) boilerplate email
25-aug-2014 Kristen Tyler Farenheit IT, farenheitit.com cold call
26-aug-2014 Alex Camacho Mixpanel, mixpanel.com (employer) boilerplate email, two days in a row
3-sep-2014 Jeremy Lewis PEAK Technical Consulting, peaktechnical.com boilerplate email
3-sep-2014 Alex Camacho Mixpanel, mixpanel.com (employer) boilerplate email, third time
5-sep-2014 Christopher Coleman Carlypso, carlypso.com (employer) boilerplate email
9-sep-2014 Nathan Francis NJF Search, njfgroup.com boilerplate email
15-sep-2014 Alex Neal Workbridge Associates, workbridgeassociates.com cold call
15-sep-2014 Phillip Farber Andiamo Partners, andiamopartners.com boilerplate email via LinkedIn
17-sep-2014 Dani Wilkinson Venator Ventures, venatorventures.com boilerplate email
17-sep-2014 Dillon Johnston Talener Group, talener.com two cold calls in a row
17-sep-2014 Timothy Mandujano Techees, techees.com boilerplate email
22-sep-2014 Naveen Kumar Rapidsoft, rapidsoftcorp.com cold call
23-sep-2014 Prudhvi Raj Tranzeal, tranzeal.com boilerplate email
23-sep-2014 Alex Camacho Mixpanel, mixpanel.com (employer) boilerplate email
29-sep-2014 Daniel Silberman Palo Alto Networks, paloaltonetworks.com (employer) boilerplate email
29-sep-2014 Kyle Burke VitalSource Staffing, vitalsourcestaffing.com boilerplate email via LinkedIn
6-oct-2014 Sandeep Swaroop Namah Technologies, namahtechnologies.com boilerplate email
7-oct-2014 Prudhvi Raj Tranzeal, tranzeal.com boilerplate email
7-oct-2014 Deepa Reddy SquareDomain, squaredomain.com cold call
7-oct-2014 Josh Bear Jivaro Professional Headhunters, jivaroinc.com boilerplate email via LinkedIn
7-oct-2014 Judith Li Foundation Talent, thefoundationtalent.com boilerplate email via LinkedIn
9-oct-2014 Corey Myers VonChurch, vonchurch.com cold call, followed by uninformative email
10-oct-2014 James Conradson (unidentified) boilerplate email
13-oct-2014 Bill Malone (unidentified) boilerplate email
13-oct-2014 Anil Titus L7 Resources, l7resources.com cold call, boilerplate email
13-oct-2014 Blake Z. Chen Riviera Partners, rivierapartners.com uninformative semi-boilerplate email
14-oct-2014 Colleen Kurtz Russell Tobin & Associates, russelltobin.com boilerplate email
14-oct-2014 Chad Pace Facebook, facebook.com (employer) boilerplate email via LinkedIn
15-oct-2014 Anne Smith (unidentified) boilerplate email
16-oct-2014 James Conradson (unidentified) boilerplate email
22-oct-2014 Bill Malone (unidentified) boilerplate email
22-oct-2014 Faizan Khan Panzer Solutions, panzersolutions.com boilerplate email
22-oct-2014 Marc Jackson MoTek Technologies, motektech.com boilerplate email
23-oct-2014 Kristen Tyler The Sourcery, thesourcery.com boilerplate email
27-oct-2014 Michele Egan Amazon, amazon.com (employer) boilerplate email
28-oct-2014 Geeta Modi MotusIT Inc, motusit.com boilerplate email
3-nov-2014 Mahendra Strataserv Inc, strataserv.com boilerplate email
3-nov-2014 Sushil Ray BayOne Solutions, bayonesolutions.com boilerplate email
4-nov-2014 Shrav Mehta Hired, hired.com (meta-employer) boilerplate email
11-nov-2014 Gerry Morales Amazon, amazon.com (employer) boilerplate email
12-nov-2014 Faisal Ahmed Panzer Solutions, panzersolutions.com boilerplate email
14-nov-2014 Alex Neal Workbridge Associates, workbridgeassociates.com cold call
18-nov-2014 Kelsey Hutcheson Netflix, netflix.com (employer) boilerplate email via LinkedIn
1-dec-2014 Sid Paul Panzer Solutions, panzersolutions.com boilerplate email
4-dec-2014 Srinivasan B Lorven Technologies Inc., lorventech.com boilerplate email
8-dec-2014 Joshua Lee Digital Artist Management, damagents.com cold call, LinkedIn "connect" request
9-dec-2014 Joshua Lee Digital Artist Management, damagents.com content-free email, ignoring previous request to not contact
9-dec-2014 Bob Lawrence ProStart Recruiting Resources, prostartinc.com self-righteous and nearly content-free email, followed by another
11-dec-2014 Sarah Ferrari Codeity, codeity.com (job search platform) boilerplate email
15-dec-2014 Ari Dyckovsky Arktos, arktos.io (employer) boilerplate email
15-dec-2014 James Conradson (unidentified) boilerplate email
16-dec-2014 Kimball Kjar Venator Ventures, venatorventures.com boilerplate email
18-dec-2014 Ari Dyckovsky Arktos, arktos.io (employer) boilerplate email
23-dec-2014 James Conradson (unidentified) boilerplate email
1-jan-2015 James Conradson (unidentified) boilerplate email
7-jan-2015 Srinivasan Theme Soft, themesoft.com boilerplate email
8-jan-2015 James Conradson (unidentified) boilerplate email
9-jan-2015 Sushil Ray Enterprise Solution Inc, enterprisesolutionsinc.com boilerplate email
12-jan-2015 Kimball Kjar Venator Ventures, venatorventures.com boilerplate email (unsolicited survey)
28-jan-2015 Ayesha Herian Hired, hired.com (meta-employer) boilerplate email
28-jan-2015 Sushil Ray Enterprise Solution Inc, enterprisesolutionsinc.com boilerplate email
29-jan-2015 James Conradson (unidentified) boilerplate email (b)
3-feb-2015 Kevin Osenton VitalSource Staffing, vitalsourcestaffing.com boilerplate email
4-feb-2015 Ayesha Herian Hired, hired.com (meta-employer) boilerplate email
5-feb-2015 Pruthvini Bhardwaj IDC Technologies, idctechnologies.com boilerplate email
5-feb-2015 Alex Camacho Mixpanel, mixpanel.com (employer) boilerplate email
11-feb-2015 Alison Mack Solutions For You Inc., sfyi.com (employer) boilerplate email, twice in a row
12-feb-2015 Ayesha Herian Hired, hired.com (meta-employer) boilerplate email
17-feb-2015 Sammy ? Alpha Solutions, alphasolutionsinc.com boilerplate email
19-feb-2015 Ayesha Herian Hired, hired.com (meta-employer) boilerplate email
20-feb-2015 Bharath Kumar Repherrals Software Solutions, repherrals two boilerplate emails in a row (first with incorrect name), followed by cold call
25-feb-2015 Stephen ? Systems Technology International, sti-professionalservices.com boilerplate email
3-mar-2015 Hemendra Rai MavenAlpha, mavenalpha.com boilerplate email
3-mar-2015 Vinita Dangi Red 5 Studios, red5studios.com boilerplate email
4-mar-2015 Nat Bellamy Talener Group, talener.com cold call
5-mar-2015 Hemendra Rai MavenAlpha, mavenalpha.com boilerplate email
11-mar-2015 (unidentified) Recruiting Helpers, recruitinghelpers.com; on behalf of Land's End, landsend.com boilerplate email
16-mar-2015 Mirza Kazim Panzer Solutions, panzersolutions.com 3 boilerplate emails
29-jan-2015 James Conradson (unidentified) boilerplate email (b)
16-mar-2015 Mirza Kazim Panzer Solutions, panzersolutions.com boilerplate email
17-mar-2015 Mindy Cruz Workbridge Associates, workbridgeassociates.com boilerplate email
18-mar-2015 Raymond Choy Vidality, vidality.com cold call
19-mar-2015 Mona V Kumar CBS Information Systems, cbsinfosys.com boilerplate email
23-mar-2015 Kiran G Adept Consultants, adeptconsultants.com boilerplate email, cold call
23-mar-2015 Prudhvi Raj Tranzeal, tranzeal.com boilerplate email
24-mar-2015 Prudhvi Raj Tranzeal, tranzeal.com boilerplate email
26-mar-2015 James Conradson (unidentified) boilerplate email (b)
31-mar-2015 Prudhvi Raj Tranzeal, tranzeal.com boilerplate email
1-apr-2015 Amber Costa Twitter, twitter.com (employer) boilerplate email
2-apr-2015 James Conradson (unidentified) boilerplate email (b)
2-apr-2015 Reena Rai Edmondo boilerplate email via LinkedIn
8-apr-2015 James Conradson (unidentified) boilerplate email (b) (c)
15-apr-2015 Saritha Kilaru VertiSystem, vertisystem.com cold call, boilerplate email
23-apr-2015 James Conradson (unidentified) boilerplate email (b) (c)
23-apr-2015 Sai Ram Panzer Solutions, panzersolutions.com boilerplate email
27-apr-2015 Patrick Connors MoTek Technologies, motektech.com boilerplate email
27-apr-2015 Prudhvi Raj Tranzeal, tranzeal.com boilerplate email (b)
1-may-2015 Naresh Kumar Panzer Solutions, panzersolutions.com boilerplate email
5-may-2015 James Conradson (unidentified) boilerplate email (c)
5-may-2015 Pranay Kumar Panzer Solutions, panzersolutions.com boilerplate email (b)
5-may-2015 Jennifer Rakow Apple Computer, apple.com (employer) boilerplate email
5-may-2015 Katie Keller SHINE Systems & Technologies, shinesystech.com boilerplate email
6-may-2015 Eric Hoffman Panzer Solutions, panzersolutions.com boilerplate email
11-may-2015 Kris Dean Beacon Systems Inc., beacongov.com boilerplate email
12-may-2015 James Conradson (unidentified) boilerplate email (c)
12-may-2015 Anna Karoutsos Aon Hewitt, aonhewitt.com boilerplate email
13-may-2015 Brian Aspland WhatsApp, whatsapp.com (employer) boilerplate email
15-may-2015 Doug Wierenga Cerebral Connections, cerebralconnections.comm boilerplate email
19-may-2015 Pamela Westbrock Amazon, amazon.com (employer) boilerplate email
20-may-2015 Prudhvi Raj Tranzeal, tranzeal.com boilerplate email (b)
26-may-2015 Yasser Fayad Amazon, amazon.com (employer) boilerplate email
3-jun-2015 Lydia G Zenith Talent, zenithtalent.com cold call, boilerplate email
3-jun-2015 Michael Jones (unidentified) boilerplate email (same body as previously from "James Conradson") (b)
5-jun-2015 Anna Karoutsos Aon Hewitt, aonhewitt.com boilerplate email (b)
3-jun-2015 Michael Jones (unidentified) boilerplate email (b)
12-jun-2015 Pedro Garcia Amazon, amazon.com (employer) boilerplate email
12-jun-2015 Raj ? HSS, hsssoft.com boilerplate email
18-jun-2015 Amy Shah Veear Projects, veear.com boilerplate email
19-jun-2015 Sowmya Nagubadi Amazon, amazon.com (employer) boilerplate email
22-jun-2015 Robert Martin (unidentified) boilerplate email (likely same source as "James Conradson") (b)
24-jun-2015 Mike Lewis Unifyze, unifyze.com boilerplate email
25-jun-2015 James Anderson (unidentified) boilerplate email (likely same source as "James Conradson") (b)
25-jun-2015 Greg Essakow Herman Search, hermansearch.com boilerplate email
25-jun-2015 Steff Arnott expanXion, expanxion.com ignored previous agreement from company rep to not contact me
29-jun-2015 Matt Tognetti Shift Messenger, shiftmessenger.com (employer) boilerplate email
1-jul-2015 Mark Fromson LocalSolo, localsolo.com (meta-employer) boilerplate email
8-jul-2015 Aman Bhattacharya SVS Integration, svsintegration.com boilerplate email
9-jul-2015 James Anderson (unidentified) boilerplate email (likely same source as "James Conradson") (b)
16-jul-2015 James Anderson (unidentified) boilerplate email (likely same source as "James Conradson") (b)
16-jul-2015 Chad Pace Facebook, facebook.com (employer) boilerplate email
22-jul-2015 James Anderson (unidentified) boilerplate email (likely same source as "James Conradson") (c)
23-jul-2015 Kim Wilson E*Trade, etrade.com (employer) boilerplate email via LinkedIn
30-jul-2015 James Anderson (unidentified) boilerplate email (likely same source as "James Conradson") (c)
3-aug-2015 Isaac Kironde TopTech Ventures, toptechventures.com cold call
5-aug-2015 Racheal Bailey Kick-stand, kick-stand.com cold call
17-aug-2015 Stan Russell Jut, jut.io (employer) boilerplate email
19-aug-2015 James Anderson (unidentified) boilerplate email (likely same source as "James Conradson") (c)
20-aug-2015 Khuman Singh Sisodya VertiSystem, vertisystem.com boilerplate email
25-aug-2015 Greg Essakow Herman Search, hermansearch.com boilerplate email
4-sep-2015 Kunal Raina Harman, harman.com boilerplate email
8-sep-2015 Kunal Raina Harman, harman.com boilerplate email
14-sep-2015 Greg Essakow Herman Search, hermansearch.com boilerplate email
14-sep-2015 Khuman Singh Sisodiya VertiSystem, vertisystem.com cold call, boilerplate email
14-sep-2015 Amy Shah Veear Projects Inc, veear.com boilerplate email
17-sep-2015 Alicia Strait Vungle, vungle.com (employer) threatened legal action over the contents of this page (via email)

Notes

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