Sliced and Diced
As a programmer, I'll occasionally browse jobs on Dice.com. For the past year, since getting a steady job, I've been getting at least three emails from them a week. The last one I received contained a list of available positions. Here they are:
Raytheon Software Engineer Riverdale, MD
Yahoo Senior Java Developer Richardson, TX
Sapphire Project Manager Chicago, IL
Sapient Senior Manager, Technology (.NET) Boston, MA
Amazon Manager - DBA Seattle, WA
Here's the problem with this: Dice.com knows a phenomenal amount about me as a programmer from the information I've entered into their site. Here are just a few of the problems:
1. I live in California, and am not interested in relocating.
2. I listed no previous experience with Java.
3. I've worked as a developer for three years (if that), I'm not going to qualify for anything position with "Senior" in the title.
4. I'm 80% sure that there's a "Are you currently looking for work?" question on their site, and I checked "No".
Email marketing isn't as easy as it seems, but Dice made a habit of sending me email after email, the content of which had absolutely nothing to do with me or my work experience. When I finally decided to click "Unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email, it took me to a page when they actually seemed surprised: "Are you sure you want to unsubscribe....?"
Yep, I'm sure. I, and everyone else, wants to read "me-email". Dice can do better, and I know it, so they've lost the privilege of communicating with me.
Raytheon Software Engineer Riverdale, MD
Yahoo Senior Java Developer Richardson, TX
Sapphire Project Manager Chicago, IL
Sapient Senior Manager, Technology (.NET) Boston, MA
Amazon Manager - DBA Seattle, WA
Here's the problem with this: Dice.com knows a phenomenal amount about me as a programmer from the information I've entered into their site. Here are just a few of the problems:
1. I live in California, and am not interested in relocating.
2. I listed no previous experience with Java.
3. I've worked as a developer for three years (if that), I'm not going to qualify for anything position with "Senior" in the title.
4. I'm 80% sure that there's a "Are you currently looking for work?" question on their site, and I checked "No".
Email marketing isn't as easy as it seems, but Dice made a habit of sending me email after email, the content of which had absolutely nothing to do with me or my work experience. When I finally decided to click "Unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email, it took me to a page when they actually seemed surprised: "Are you sure you want to unsubscribe....?"
Yep, I'm sure. I, and everyone else, wants to read "me-email". Dice can do better, and I know it, so they've lost the privilege of communicating with me.