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You know those options on the big job boards such as Monster and CareerBuilder that allow you to post your resume “anonymously”? Some people use them when they don’t want their current employer to know they are looking or to cut down on spam. But here’s a secret: recruiters *hate* it when those anonymous resumes come up in a keyword search and most of them will just toss those resumes into the “no interest” pile not matter how good the candidate looks on “paper”. I, however, always will send an email with a detailed job description. I mean, if the resume comes up in a search, they are obviously open to receiving communication. But I would definitely caution you to be careful of using the anonymizing feature if you are sincerely and actively looking for a job. It may be better to let your current employer find you on a job board than not. If you are posting to a very open forum like Craigslist (and yes, it is a good move to post your resume on CL), by all means take advantage of the anonymous email address option. This can save you from email harvesting for spam.

But here’s the thing. I would *never* recommend my client, or anyone, apply to something so completely blind. To me this smacks of bad branding, and possibly a bad reputation in the recruiting community (it’s very small and most of us know each other.) I think it’s even more crucial for employers to be transparent. This kind of recruiting tells me quite a bit about the company and their business practices. I would never apply to a company that doesn’t even feel good enough about its own brand to evangelize it to potential employees.

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