Please don't waste your or my time. If in doubt, do not contact me. I realise you have quotas to make and clients to please, but you could end up being written about or someone will get so fed up that they make a public list. (My list is 14 companies long and I haven't made it public, just blocked the domains at my mail server).
The vast majority of the time, I already know all about the company and am not interested. Being coy won't change my mind.
You have already had the opportunity to google me comprehensively. I want that same opportunity. I will see how the company presents itself to its customers in terms of what problems they solve, and how that is achieved technically. I'll check linkedin. I'll see what employees post and where. (Email headers will also tell me about use of operating systems internally.) I'll see what other people say about the company, vision and products. I'll check domain records. I'll look for resumes for existing employees, and especially for ones who have left.
You couldn't possibly include all that information in an email, and even if you did I wouldn't trust it as complete!
If you have some issue about not getting paid if I find out who the company is or other bizarre trust issues with your clients then I certainly don't want to get involved.
I really mean this. A company with 60,000 employees and $40 billion in revenue founded in 1982 does not count. 5,000 employees and $1 billion in revenue does not count either. All the employees fitting in a small room with up to a few million in revenue or funding is good. To understand why this matters:
As any group of people gets larger, they get collectively slower and collectively stupider. Some companies try hard to mitigate the rate at which it happens but it always happens.
The earlier I am involved the more of an effect I can have and the more that affects things down the line. Being the 60,001st employee isn't going to make a dent, but being the 6th sure will.
I am the sort of person who wants to make the company successful. I always want more for the products and customers. I don't argue about the glass being half full or half empty, but rather that we should have a much bigger glass.
Some emails have included long explanations of what virtualization, grid computing and similar industry topics are. If I am not already familiar with them and unable to look them up, then you certainly wouldn't want to hire me. I certainly would not want to work for a company that hires people who aren't familiar with them and can't look them up.
My resume is in HTML and can be viewed from almost any machine on the planet. If you can only deal with one format then you can do the conversion. Hint: Word can directly open HTML/web content. You can also copy and paste from the browser. Non Microsoft operating systems can print to PDF and on Windows you can use the free PDFCreator.
I didn't put an entry in your database.
I'd be happy to. But first I want to make sure the company, products, people and position are at least appropriate and worthwhile. I don't want to waste your or my time. Witholding information in order to convince me to call you, merely convinces me that the opportunity is not worth bothering with.
Your email reflects on the company. The company name is sometimes mis-spelt! Tech people like stuff that is direct and to the point, and do not consider it rude. I think it shows respect for time of both parties. I am also going to consider what sort of people your email is likely to attract and if I want to work with them.