Job Info Phishing?

[dallanta]

  Recently, I was emailed about a very good job in western Arkansas from Think Resources.  I did respond,
I was very interested.   During the phone interview with the lady from that company, she asked some questions
that were completely off the mark for the job that we were discussing.  For example, what is the least amount of
money I would acceept and where would I be willing to relocate.  In their initial email, they were very clear as to
how much money and where the job was located.  They would not tell me the name of the company. I do not know for sure, but I got the distinct impression that there was no job, but that they were phishing for future job applicants.
  Anyone else notice this?

[docbyers]

I get phishing emails all the time- apparently I can run a calibration lab from home and make thousands of dollars with my computer...

Now, if I can just win that bid for the Fluke 5700 I want on e-bay...

Seriously, though, that "phone interview" sounds fishy- if the HR person interviewing you won't tell you the name of the company, politely bid them farewell and hang up.

If you want me to come to work for you, you will mail or email me an offer package that includes details on pay, benefits, vacation policy, travel policy, company history/locations, etc., etc...  If you want to do a phone interview, you will identify yourself as "Joe Blow" from company "ABC," (the same name that was on the offer packet you sent), and we will have a friendly conversation about what you're going to do to entice me to your company.  Don't ask me stupid questions about how little money I would settle for- I am a professional; I am highly-trained, well-experienced, and rare- you don't find qualified cal techs graduating by the thousands from local universities that you can get for $15/hour...  Offer me a rate, and I'll say yes or no.  If I say no, offer me a higher rate, and I'll see what I think about it...

People, we don't have a generic skill-set, like "I fix computers," or, "I'm a plumber."  We work on high-end, gee-whiz stuff, very specialized, and that makes us unique to a faretheewell.  Supply and demand makes uniqueness cost more, and some of these fly-by-night cal shops want you for $15/hour to hot stamp multimeters.  Your unique skill-set puts you in the $20-$50/hour range, depending on training and experience (not how many college credits you have) (my apologies to the uniformed members of our Forum- that's a civilian rate).  A reputable, established company will pay that for a good tech that will service their customer(s) well and make them money.