Throwing Spaghetti At A Wall
This morning I get a call from a recruiter:
Him: “I’m looking for an OLAP developer in (a Philly suburb).”
Me: “I’m not an OLAP developer. I’m a Business Analyst.”
Him: “Well, this job has a mix of developer and BI skills… Tell me about your OLAP development experience.”
Lucky the call started breaking up and I used the opportunity to thank the recruiter for contacting me but I thought it was a bad fit.
Duh. I had to Google OLAP to find out what it meant, and as I expected, I’m not an OLAP developer.
I get these kind of calls a lot. I’ll hear from a headhunter from an outfit I’ve never heard of before, who found my resume in a keyword search. He hasn’t read the requirement or my resume. He just notes that the search turned me up so I must be a good fit.
Nothing ever comes from these calls. Absolutely nothing. They waste my time as well as the time of the hiring manager who reads my resume and wonders why I was even submitted.
There’s a term used to describe this scenario: Throwing spaghetti at a wall to see what sticks. It’s a complete waste of everyone’s time, a kind of spam that rarely if ever works.
I enjoy my work in IT and business intelligence. I am very good at what I do, and take pride in my work. But I am not an OLAP developer – and I am not going to be thrown against the wall to see if I stick.
UPDATE: The same recruiter emailed me the requirement. Here is a direct quote from the req:
Must Haves: 5 yrs exp with OLAP. Will look at resumes with 3-5 yrs exp., but would have to be very detailed with their OLAP exp.(building cubes from the ground up). Must be a seasoned OLAP Analyst.
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