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Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV? | Other

Mario Freitas — Sat, 21 May 2016 18:33:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?
Poster: Mario Freitas
Post title: Other

I voted "other" for two reasons.

1) When you submit your CV to an agency, you don't really know who they are re-sending it to. But you can be sure they will eventually send it to clients (service agencies, sometimes if requested) or to potential employers (every time, no exception).

2) When you send your CV by e-mail, aren't you using a third-party e-mailing sevice?

Anyway, in case of item 1 we are all aware of it when we send our CVs to an agency. So, over 90% of the people voted "no", though they authorize other people to do it, indirectly.

... after reading the other posts, I think I didn't understand the question. You are talking about mass mailing services, right? In that case, I should have voted "no", "never", "of course not", "no way".

[Edited at 2016-05-21 18:37 GMT]

Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV? | Thank you, all

Julian Holmes — Sat, 21 May 2016 10:20:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?
Poster: Julian Holmes
Post title: Thank you, all

For your input.

Interesting that even 4.5% of responses were 'Yes'.

Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV? | No

Andrea Garfield-Barkworth — Fri, 20 May 2016 16:14:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?
Poster: Andrea Garfield-Barkworth
Post title: No

Certainly not and would never even entertain the idea. I like to know exactly where my CV is being sent.

Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV? | No

Helen Hagon — Fri, 20 May 2016 13:26:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?
Poster: Helen Hagon
Post title: No

I have a CV, but I rarely use it. It doesn't really contain much more than what is already on my Proz profile or my website, so I only send it if specifically asked.

Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV? | These are scams

Alejandro Cavalitto — Fri, 20 May 2016 12:55:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?
Poster: Alejandro Cavalitto
Post title: These are scams

Hello,

I just wanted to make a warning that most CVs sent by email are fake and sent by scammers hoping to get assigned a job to: a) outsource it to a real translator, deliver a translation to the client, and keep all payment (without ever paying the translator); or, b) get upfront payment and then never deliver the translation.

Cases like these are reported often through the Support Center and then made public through the Scam alert center. Site members can subscribe to receive notifications of new scam alerts, and everyone can access the repository of past alerts.

If you are aware of a case where a freelancer's CV is being used by scammers with a different set of contact details, you can contact me to let me know and I will send out an alert. This keeps the contact details used by the scammer in our records, making it easy for potential victims to identify them as scammers.

Additionally, the third-party mailing services that I know of that contact freelancers to "market" their CVs operate in the same way. The most notorious of these operations is the one documented at [url removed]

Best regards,
Alejandro

Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV? | I send my CV only on request, to people I have checked up on

Christine Andersen — Fri, 20 May 2016 11:25:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?
Poster: Christine Andersen
Post title: I send my CV only on request, to people I have checked up on

My CV is short, antique and probably not worth a lot to most scammers (I hope!)

Apart from that, I have taken it off my profile and only send it to potential clients after I have checked that I would probably be happy to work with them.

Before I started translating, I did apply for scores of jobs, with CV attached, but those were always on paper...

Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV? | I've also received several fake CVs...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Fri, 20 May 2016 10:58:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: I've also received several fake CVs...

[quote]Natalia Makeeva wrote:

Once I received from another translator my own CV, slightly modified, but with the same structure and mostly the same text, together with a collaboration proposal. I was beside myself with anger! [/quote]

... one of them was slightly modified (different name, telephone and email), but all the rest, even the address, had been taken from that of a translator I know quite well. I warned her and she decided not to make her CV public any more.

Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV? | No, but I've just remembered another curious case

Natalia Makeeva — Fri, 20 May 2016 09:34:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?
Poster: Natalia Makeeva
Post title: No, but I've just remembered another curious case

Once I received from another translator my own CV, slightly modified, but with the same structure and mostly the same text, together with a collaboration proposal. I was beside myself with anger!

Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV? | No, I haven't ever, but I get them all the time!

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Fri, 20 May 2016 08:35:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: No, I haven't ever, but I get them all the time!

[quote]Julian Holmes wrote:

(...) it might be interesting to see the results since I get CVs mass-mailed to me all the time, God knows why - which is really aggravating. [/quote]

At first, I took the time to read them as I happen to outsource very occasionally (always from and into European Portuguese), but after a while I started sending all these undesired emails straight to the bin. Let’s hope these people read our quick polls!

[Edited at 2016-05-20 08:37 GMT]

Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV? | No way

Anton Konashenok — Fri, 20 May 2016 08:34:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?
Poster: Anton Konashenok
Post title: No way

Have never done it, would never do it, would never advise anyone to do it, and would blacklist everyone whose CVs are sent this way.

Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV? | I don't understand

Susana E. Cano Méndez — Fri, 20 May 2016 08:33:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?
Poster: Susana E. Cano Méndez
Post title: I don't understand

[quote]Julian Holmes wrote:

The CVs I have got have obviously been entrusted to a third party because they are addressed to 'undisclosed recipients'. Grumble grumble...

[/quote]

Maybe they have just (unwisely) sent their CV in BBC?

[Edited at 2016-05-20 08:34 GMT]

Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV? | Just ought I should add

Julian Holmes — Fri, 20 May 2016 08:18:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?
Poster: Julian Holmes
Post title: Just ought I should add

[quote]Jack Doughty wrote:

Why on earth should I? I don't see any point in doing so. [/quote]

The CVs I have got have obviously been entrusted to a third party because they are addressed to 'undisclosed recipients'. Grumble grumble...

Oh, and I completely agree with Jack. Why on earthy would they?

Added last line

[Edited at 2016-05-21 10:18 GMT]

Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV? | No

Julian Holmes — Fri, 20 May 2016 08:13:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?
Poster: Julian Holmes
Post title: No

Don't remember submitting this poll, but it might be interesting to see the results since I get CVs mass-mailed to me all the time, God knows why - which is really aggravating.

Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV? | No.

Jack Doughty — Fri, 20 May 2016 08:12:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?
Poster: Jack Doughty
Post title: No.

Why on earth should I? I don't see any point in doing so.

Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?

ProZ.com Staff — Fri, 20 May 2016 08:10:01 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Have you ever entrusted a third-party mailing service to send out your CV?".

This poll was originally submitted by Julian Holmes. View the poll results »