You know what really makes me angry. It’s someone sending me a huge attachment when I only have dialup going and then turning around and discovering that the attachment is their resume, that they obviously were sending to a purchased spammer address list, because this isn’t even a business, let alone one that is advertising open positions!
Suffice it to say, I wouldn’t ever hire someone who did this, would you?
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