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In 2003 I had a perl script to query the job boards for keywords , scrap the result and send out an application email with CV attached to it (I took care to send one application to a single email). I think this was a legitimate form of spamming - at that moment the local job market was very bad.



Funny. I think Amazon does that on LinkedIn when trying to find applicants :)

Except they don't take care to send one email per person.


That's cool, did you manage to get a job that way back then?


positive. Also I think to have mentioned it at the interview, it seems to have made a good impression on at least one interviewer.


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