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	    <title>how not to apply for jobs</title>
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	    <summary type="application/xhtml+xml"><![CDATA[Just read this off <a href="http://www.mrbrown.com/">MrBrown.com</a>.
It's so funny I'm crying. It's a wonder people like this guy are
allowed to roam&#133;]]></summary>
	    <author><name>blinkanditsgone</name></author>
	    <content type="application/xhtml+xml" mode="xml" xml:lang="en-us"><![CDATA[Just read this off &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mrbrown.com/&quot;&gt;MrBrown.com&lt;/a&gt;.

It's so funny I'm crying. It's a wonder people like this guy are

allowed to roam the streets without straight jackets. Original link &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thedubailife.com/index.php/main/blog/how_not_to_apply_for_a_job_in_dubai&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#147;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Moron applies for job in Dubai, gets famous online&lt;/h3&gt;   &lt;p&gt;Web

developer Amir Saffar of Canada will probably not get a job in

Singapore too, if this email exchange he had with a head of a design

agency in Dubai is any indication of his attitudes. There might have

been a second email sent by Amir asking about salaries, but still,

there is no excuse how quickly his manner degenerates.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Behold! &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thedubailife.com/index.php/main/blog/how_not_to_apply_for_a_job_in_dubai&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;How not to apply for a job in Dubai&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;From: Amir Saffar&lt;br&gt;Sent: 02 December 2006 01:22&lt;br&gt;To: Amir Saffar&lt;br&gt;Subject: multimediator/web designer position&lt;br&gt;Amir Saffar&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;To Whom It May Concern:&lt;br&gt;I

am a web developer/designer with experience in designing corporate,

commercial, retail, and business web systems. With more than 6 years

experience designing Internet/multimedia systems professionally in a

production environment, I could be a valuable asset to your web design

and multimedia team.&lt;br&gt;Managing projects, task delegation, and client

relations have been necessary skills at my previous employment

positions. These have always been tasks that I excel at and enjoy.&lt;br&gt;My

experience in web site consultation critiquing usability,

functionality, aesthetics, and search engine placement can help clients

with their existing web content by introducing them to innovative and

cost-effective solutions.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;My enthusiasm, creativity,

communication skills and ability to work without supervision are my

strong points. I have extensive design experience using Flash,

Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, VB, C#, SQL, Photoshop, Illustrator,

QuarkXPress, 3dsMax, and other programs. I would be able to create a

dynamic company presence for you on the Internet.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;I am

currently on vacation for two months in the region. Since I have a

Canadian passport, traveling to the UAE would not be an issue for me at

all. I also have to mention that since I have lived in a multicultural

country and because of my background, I have been trained to work with

people who have different cultures and backgrounds. Therefore I hope my

experience in this field could be a valuable asset to your company.&lt;br&gt;I

would welcome an opportunity to discuss my qualifications and

experience in greater detail. I am available for an interview at your

convenience.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#147;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mike Platts wrote:&lt;br&gt;Hi Amir&lt;br&gt;Thanks

for sending us your CV - we&#226;€&#153;d certainly be interested in speaking with

you. Just to clarify, are you planning to visit Dubai during your

vacation? If not, perhaps we can arrange to speak over the phone.&lt;br&gt;Regards,&lt;br&gt;Mike Platts&lt;br&gt;Creative Partner, North55 Dubai&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#147;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;From: Amir Saffar&lt;br&gt;Sent: 11 December 2006 00:18&lt;br&gt;To: Mike Platts&lt;br&gt;Subject: RE: hi again&lt;br&gt;Hi again,&lt;br&gt;I guess people work for free in Dubai. Am I correct!??&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;take care&lt;br&gt;Amir&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#147;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mike Platts wrote: &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sorry, you&#226;€&#153;ve completely lost me there&#226;€&#166;how did I imply that people &#226;€&#152;work for free&#226;€&#153; in Dubai?&lt;br&gt;Mike.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#147;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;From: Amir Saffar&lt;br&gt;To: Mike Platts&lt;br&gt;Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 9:11 PM&lt;br&gt;Subject: RE: hi again&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;it&#226;€&#153;s

very simple Mike. You are interested in my profile and i wanted to know

how much you were able to pay. no response means: you either can&#226;€&#153;t pay

that much,&lt;br&gt;or you only hire indians and pakistanis who don&#226;€&#153;t ask for a good salary.&lt;br&gt;but dude, i am neither indian or paki and i have never worked for less than&lt;br&gt;2000 usd/month. You got it now!?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Amir&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#147;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mike Platts wrote:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jesus,

that&#226;€&#153;s some chip you&#226;€&#153;ve got on your shoulder there pal. Before the

email I received on 11th December, I&#226;€&#153;d only gotten one from you - the

first, which included your CV. As far as I can see, it didn&#226;€&#153;t mention

money. If you sent another after that, then sorry, but I didn&#226;€&#153;t get it,

which is why I didn&#226;€&#153;t reply.&lt;br&gt;Anyway, it&#226;€&#153;s all worked out well. I

wouldn&#226;€&#153;t want a bigotted arsehole like you working with us, and I&#226;€&#153;m

sure that the Indians and Pakis who work at North55 - most of whom earn

more than US$2,000 a month, some by a factor of three - are glad that

they won&#226;€&#153;t have to put up with your small-minded bullshit either. The

Brits, South Africans and Canadians will probably be pretty cock-a-hoop

too.&lt;br&gt;Best of luck finding a job in Dubai - I&#226;€&#153;m sure you&#226;€&#153;ll get exactly the kind of position you deserve.&lt;br&gt;Cheers,&lt;br&gt;Mike&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#147;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;From: Amir Saffar&lt;br&gt;To: Mike Platts&lt;br&gt;Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 10:39 PM&lt;br&gt;Subject: got it?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;i&#226;€&#153;m sending this e-mail twice. i wanna make sure you get it this time!!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;2000 USD/month is a joke bro. I got paid that much when I graduated from College/without any exp.&lt;br&gt;I&#226;€&#153;m pretty sure most of you guys work at coffee shops when you finish your work at the studio.&lt;br&gt;What

doesn&#226;€&#153;t make sense to me is, why would a guy from N America or Europe

want to work for that amount. Perhaps you&#226;€&#153;ve had a low paid job back

home and you are satisfied with 2000 USD! weren&#226;€&#153;t you a cleaner/or a

security guard&#226;€&#166;Mike!?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#147;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;From: Mike Platts&lt;br&gt;To: Amir Saffar&lt;br&gt;Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 1:41 AM&lt;br&gt;Subject: Fw: got it?&lt;br&gt;You

really are an irritating little troll aren&#226;€&#153;t you? You can barely write

English, and you seem to have a problem reading it too. So I&#226;€&#153;ll break

it down for you: not. wanted. here.&lt;br&gt;Now fuck off.&lt;br&gt;All the best,&lt;br&gt;Mike.&lt;br&gt;PS

- I&#226;€&#153;ve taking the liberty of copying some of my colleagues in the

industry here, just in case they too should have the misfortune of

hearing from you. I&#226;€&#153;m sure they&#226;€&#153;d be kind enough to forward it on to

their pals, too, and with any luck you&#226;€&#153;ll be back fucking moose in time

for Christmas. (Oh, and by the way, if you&#226;€&#153;re such hot shit, why the

reluctance to include a link to any of your work in your CV? So you&#226;€&#153;ve

got six years&#226;€&#153; experience - big deal. You don&#226;€&#153;t seem to have been able

to hold down a job for too long - or were they short-term

cleaner/security guard contracts?)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#147;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;From: Amir Saffar&lt;br&gt;To: Mike Platts&lt;br&gt;Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 11:06 AM&lt;br&gt;Subject: Re:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;by the way,&lt;br&gt;Mike you were either a&lt;br&gt;1. Security Guard&lt;br&gt;2. Cleaner&lt;br&gt;3. On Welfare&lt;br&gt;4. had a criminal background, so you couldn&#226;€&#153;t get a job back home&lt;br&gt;5. a bad designer who never worked for a real company. One of those guys who is a pain in the ass in the production team.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;who

knows, maybe one day you&#226;€&#153;ll be working for people like me if you ever

decide to return to Europe or N America. * I guess would lose the job

within 3 months.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;good luck Mike.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;-&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;[Mike] wrote:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Congratulations - you&#226;€&#153;re famous:&lt;br&gt;http://www.chrisdiclerico.com/2006/12/17/how-not-to-get-a-job/&lt;br&gt;http://www.flipblogspot.com/2006/12/17/amir-saffar-and-north55&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Much Love,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mike.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;&#226;€&#148;-&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;From Amir Saffar:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Don&#226;€&#153;t

you really have anything else to do, other than forwording useless

e-mails to other people and writting a blog. Dude, if you work at a pro

company, you don&#226;€&#153;t even have time to drink coffee. you are not a pro!!

that&#226;€&#153;s it. and your e-mails are going to the garbage bin from now.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;take care&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;]]></content>
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