A Canadian public sector worker has turned to Reddit for advice after a recruiter she briefly spoke to months earlier contacted her through her government work email.
In her Reddit post, the woman and original poster (OP), user gringogidget, explained that she has been actively applying for jobs since the start of the year while keeping her LinkedIn profile marked “Open to Work.”
She estimated she had applied to seven to 10 roles directly through company websites, and said a recruiter from an agency had cold-called her around February 5 and was “pretty vague about how he got my information.”
She did not respond after that initial conversation. Months later, however, she received an email from the same recruiter at her government work address asking for her resume.
“My work email follows a predictable format, so I surmise it’s not hard to guess from my name,” she wrote, adding that she was “more concerned about the ethics of using it.”
She finished her post by asking whether the move was acceptable recruiter behavior and if she should ignore it, respond or escalate it to the agency.
Reddit users flocked to the comments to weigh in, with one writing, “Respond with ‘Sorry, you must be mistaken. I have not had any conversations about employment at your firm.’
Reddit users flocked to the comments to weigh in, with one writing, “Respond with ‘Sorry, you must be mistaken. I have not had any conversations about employment at your firm.’