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The most irritating thing I have noticed is a lack of knowledge of US
geography (I've worked in enough global orgs to be able to listen
through most accents, and there is enough turnover in recruiters that
ignorance of employment law isn't an indication of anything other than
ignorance of employment law). It doesn't take very many instances of
recruiters contacting you in California about 3 month contracts in
Minnesota or Georgia to realize that the person sending the message has
no idea where any US location is. Although given the state of the US
education system, it is becoming increasingly possible that such
messages may be originating from people born and raised right here.
Gene Kim-Eng
On 13-Feb-2013, at 9:23 PM, "William Sherman"
<bsherman77 -at- embarqmail -dot- com> wrote:
> I have found this to be an issue in two instances: when the person
speaking has such a thick
>accent you cannot understand them and when they send contracts that
ignore most of what
>we take for granted in employment laws.
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