Faux Designs

I've been seeing this giftware company advertise the same jobs on Indeed since Christmas 2015 which is when I first applied for the Art Production role...

Note the offensive "Be sure to include your salary requirement" line followed by "Note that we will ONLY consider applicants who supply the information requested." Really? Sorry, but I don't discuss salary in my cover letters as this is incredibly tacky. 

Now, it just so happens that I make and sell Christmas ornaments online (had my own URL for a while). One year I even managed to attract the attention of an ornament kit manufacturer who distributes through an online craft catalog; they commissioned me to create some designs for said catalog. 

I included this bit of information on my cover letter to these people, foolishly thinking this would lead to some interest: "In addition to my professional design background, I design and create my own line of holiday ornaments (pictures attached with resume in PDF); I have sold a number of these designs to the Mary Maxim catalog who sells them as kits (link here). I believe this would make me an excellent candidate for a position working in giftware."

Of course, I heard nothing from this place (according to my tracking stats, they didn't even look at my portfolio).  As of July, 2016 they continue to advertise this same position ad nauseam on Indeed along with an almost identical senior graphic design position. Maybe they're standing firm and disqualifying every applicant who had more class than to bring up salary requirements...maybe this job is just fake (a "job" that is still unfilled after six months is not a real job). Whatever the case, how very sad, but also, how typical for a company located in Stinkassachusetts.

Here it is again as of June 27, 2016. Note the extra inclusion now required, "A simple one-page writing sample describing your opinion about the latest innovation in social media along with links to 1-2 social networking profiles that you have worked on and/or developed. Please state your role." YES, if you're struggling to fill a role, add more requirements to shrink your pool of qualified applicants! Good grief. 

EDIT, 08/19/16: Here they are again, newly posted on Indeed, senior graphic designer, art production assistant...

EDIT, 10/10/16: And, here they are again, senior graphic designer, art production assistant...

EDIT, 10/28/16: And, again...

EDIT, 04/26/17: And, again...

EDIT, 08/08/17: And, again...

EDIT, 08/28/17: And, again...

EDIT, 10/02/17: And, again...


EDIT, 10/20/17: And, again...