Asked to Apply for a Job ?

Sweetie,

The email you received was spam. I get "job opportunity" emails like that quite often and I immediately hit spam. If you didn't apply for a job, it is a scam! Don't believe these fake job opportunities anymore (regardless if it really is posted on a company website).

Call them directly, ask for HR and tell them you received that message. Go from there...

sounds like some kind of spam to me...i wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole...

can you check if the position is open **without** using any links in the email?

I would go on the interwebs, find the HR number for the hotel, call and ask for the name of the person in the email. Again - do not call any number provided to you in the email. This way you know that everyone you're talking to is due to **your** research, and not a possible scam.

Once connected to the email sender - then ask "I'd love to apply. By the way, may I ask how you came across my resume?"

That seems suspect to me. Don't reply to any email directly with your personal information (even resumes have enough information for someone to steal your identity). I'd only go through their official web site (not a web site supplied by them in the email) and probably give their HR department a call before sending anything off - again not calling a number supplied for you in the email, but the *official* numbers. You say they are a large hotel chain, those numbers should be easy enough to find.

My career before staying home was in HR and I never solicited anyones resume, nor worked for a company where this was a practice. In this job market companies are bombarded with overqualified applicants, it just seems off that they would solicit a resume - although maybe you are a very talented baker whose reputation proceeds you. I have no idea.

Proceed with extreme caution. That's all I'm suggesting here.

I dont think it sounds right. Smells like spam.

Interesting....... I would check to see if the sender IS employed with that company.... and maybe contact someone in their HR to ask how they got your information and resume', which is rather funny considering that you haven't put your resume' on the internet for 15 years......

I would be suspicious, also... don't use any of the links in that e-mail, like others have said.

Sounds like you might be a victim of some spyware.....ignore the email!!!

Sounds fishy to me.

They are trying to get your personal information.
Red flag.

Do NOT click on any links, that are in that e-mail they sent you.
And do NOT fill out their "application" form. They will get your personal information that way.

Since you have never submitted your resume to anyone for the past 15 years, internet or not, they would not have your resume.
Nor would your Professor, if you have never given him your resume.
AND, it is proper protocol, that ANYONE who submits another person's resume to somewhere, they need to ask your permission first.
And your Professor had not said, that he gave your resume to anyone.

IF you have submitted your skill set, to any site, or are a member of any site that lists your skills set/experience (ie: sites like LinkedIn, or other networking sites), then MAYBE... they gave your information to a 3rd party site. Lots of websites, "sell" their member's data information, to 3rd party sites or Sponsors for money.
These sites that "buy" information, are called "Data Miners."

Or, to get to the bottom of it, you CALL that Hotel, (the HR department) and ask them HOW the heck they got your personal information and resume, being you NEVER submitted your resume to them, nor applied with them.

All of this, is very wrong.

Coming from someone who works in HR, this one sounds like a scam for a couple of reasons.

1. While we can pay to have access to search resume banks, they are for sites such as Monster, career builder, etc. and it searches active resumes and we can put a time frame on the search. If you have not posted your resume in 15 years, I highly doubt this was the case.

2. Usually if HR is forwarded a resume and we are cold calling the candidate (or e-mailing) them, we will tell them who gave us their information and reference them by name.

If you are interested in the position, by all means you should apply, but DO NOT do anything through the e-mail you were sent. Go to their website directly and apply on your own.

NEVER respond to anything like this.
Better yet....don't open any e-mails from anyone you don't know or haven't contacted personally.

There are so many spams and scams. It's ridiculous.

Here's an example...
My coworker brought in a check made out to her for $3,800. It was supposedly a Walgreen's check, but it was sent via airmail from England. She was told she had won a sweepstakes and all she had to do was send $1,900 (her taxes on the winnings) and then deposit the check. They would send her the balance after doing so. The letter included with the check and the address to send HER payment was in the United States. The check, not worth the paper it was written on, was post dated 6 months out.

I had her take a copy of everything and she turned it over to the Sheriff's Department.
Scam, scam, scam.

The sad part is that there are people who would do what the letter said, send $1,900 and that would be the end of it.

Hosed....for $1,900.

These things happen. Hopefully, whoever sent her the letter will get in big trouble, IF they can find them because using the mail to commit fraud is a huge offense.
It's harder to track down people on the internet.

Don't fall prey to this or any other weird things you may receive. Never give out personal information.
I, personally, would report it to the hotel chain that this person, or persons, is falsely representing. They have a right to know.
Contact them in person, not online.

Take care!!!

Companies can obtain your resume from the Career Services at a university.

Is your resume' on Linkedin? Just a thought

They probably never saw your resume, but just got your name randomly thru some type of database.

If you went to their official website (not a link that was in the e-mail) and are interested in the position, then follow the instructions on the website for applying.

Don't do it. It's not the hotel...

Sorry!
Dawn

They may have gotten info from you from your professor, from word of mouth. However I would be cautious like many have suggested. Try going to the company's website, contact their HR and see what comes of it.