Email from a headhunter and my reply

I have received an email from a headhunter today and I have replied.

Read below:

Dear Gorycki

We have a CV on file from you which is more than a year old. Have you secured employment in Ireland or are you still interested in moving here? If so – can you email me an updated CV with details of your current remuneration package and outline what types of roles you are interested in hearing about? We will then update your file and keep you informed if suitable roles arise.

If you are no longer interested in hearing from us about new roles in Ireland – can you email us saying so and we can remove your file from our database.

Many thanks – and looking forward to hearing from you.

Kindest regards

Brian McFadden

Director

If this were the first time my last name is misused in an email from the headhunter, I woudl let it pass. But as these guys cannot be bothered to even try to think which name is the first name and which one is the last, I felt obliged to respond in the following way:

Dear McFadden,

Six years after Poland joined EU and since hordes of Poles invaded Ireland and the rest of British Islands, I really hoped to find you guys to be able to distinguish our first names from our last names. I am absolutely sure that there are numerous Januszes, Marcins, Piotrs, Wojteks and so on (hint - these are the first names of Polish folks, which I assume are still customarily used in your country as header lines in email and other correspondence).

On the other hand, Gorycki (typically mispronounced badly by everybody from England or Ireland), Nowak, Kowalski, etc. are our last names. I really expect professional headhunters from the Islands looking for potential candidates in countries like Poland to be able to tell which name is which and use the correct one while making the first contact. Or, if unsure, to at least try to figure out some sort of neutral form that would not be offensive - hint: using just the last name is very much a no-no. Or, if everything else fails, as the last resort, ask your secretary or a cleaning lady (she is more likely than not Polish, or Lithuanian, or Czech or Slovak - all of which will be able to help you out).

Kind Regards

Janusz Gorycki