JobX – I’m Just Not That Into You.

Ever had to can a relationship? Pretty tough, huh? Personally, I’m never sure of what angle to take. I mean, who wants to tell someone you don’t want to see them anymore because you don’t like the noises they make when they eat, or you’re not a big fan of the size of their calves (butt, tits – you get the drift).

I’m sensitive enough to know that this is one of life’s trickier situations. And I also know what a pain in the cods it is when you tell that person that you’d no longer wish to be in their acquaintance, and they refuse to let you go. Some call this stalking. Well, the law does, anyway.

Seems JobX have got some, let’s call them…”emotional issues”.

I tried recently to unsubscribe to their newsletters. I’ve written before about how these consist of a form of propaganda sprouting directly from the Goebbels School of Singing Your Own Praises (Special Offer Or Spam). I wanted out. The relationship wasn’t working for me anymore. So I pressed “unsubscribe”. I was redirected to a message from JobX.com.au confirming this action. I shed a tear, “We’re done”, I whispered quietly to myself.

And just when I felt as though I was in a good place and I had finally moved on, JobX came knocking on my door in the quiet hours of the morning with, “JOBX – AAA – Free Career Assessment!” I clicked the unsubscribe button once more. But I’m sensing there’s no way out of this relationship. I feel like I do when I walk into Ikea and decide half-way through that I’m done but can’t find a shortcut to the exit.

Really, JobX. Don’t you think it’s time you found someone else? I’m just not that into you.

Spam Act 2003

Note: the maximum daily penalty is $1.1million.for companies, and $220,000 for individuals, and anybody knowingly concerned in a violation is liable.

No News Is Bad News

Newsletter (def): a small publication (as a leaflet or newspaper) containing news of interest chiefly to a special group (taken from Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary).

This is worth talking about.  I don’t give out my details easily online.  As far as I’m concerned, nobody gets to know stuff about me for free.  It’s a quid pro quo arrangement.  I hand over data in return for a service.  Newsletters are an example of when I’m prepared to enter into this arrangement.  It goes like this: I give over my details, I then receive information about whatever the organisation is offering in the newsletter.  I don’t sign up to receive 100% advertising.  My Latin’s not ace, so perhaps someone out there can help me with this one.  All the same, when I get nothing in return for something, it makes me fume.

Case in point: JobX’s recent “newsletter”:

Read through it.  Please tell me where the “news of interest” is here.  You’ll have no trouble finding the advertising.  It’s manifestus.