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Well, I'm virtually finished with my masters so to say it's been tempting to look at jobs related to libraries would be a great understatement. So a job came across my feed that looked interestingly perfect for me and I clicked. Job looked even better when I read the whole thing so I sent in my resume. *ahem* I got a response pretty fast for a Saturday. At first I got an email from Sarah at RecruitArrow thanking me for my resume. Then I got an email from her telling me that while I was highly qualified, librarians are hard to place. At this time I'm getting a little suspicious because nothing about my qualifications for the specific job had been mentioned. Sarah gave several suggestions of places to look. Some (if not all) of them were for-pay job sites. I wish that I'd kept those earlier emails so I could give the names of the sites. (If you've had experience with RecruitArrow and saved those sites, I'd love to post them here. Please comment and let me know.) ...

Job offer via email

It's been a while since I either got one of these or it slipped past my filter: It's from hipujaguwysuz@[some popular email dot com] . Very spiffy name doncha think! Dear Bitsy Griffin,<br /> We have reviewed your resume from [I removed this part] database reviewed it and  think that you to be a great candidate for this job which we propose.<br> Our company are  now looking for a few qualified individuals for a vacant position "Account Coordinator".<br><br> The main task of this position is collecting payments  wire transfers and cheques  from our clients in US.<br> If you  don’t have checking account We will help you to open a new one. <br><br> Average salary is $600-$800 per week.<br><br> General Requirements:<br><br> - Age: 21+<br> - Ability to work at home<br> - Responsibility<br> - Computer skills MS Word personal e-mail address<br> - US Citizenship<br> <br><...