| Topic Name: |
Trickery from Firms |
| Message Name: |
RE: Innocent but annoying call or pirating? |
| Date Posted: |
06/25/2001 |
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Does this qualify as trickery? From your admirers at RealRates.com:
"Farnorth
Registered User
(5/22/01 7:47:41 pm)
Interesting recruiter contact
I received a call last night from an "associate" of a recruiter who I had contacted 6 months ago. He explained that he was working for that he was not a recruiter himself but was "helping" the recruiter who I had spoken with.
He started with a bunch of chit-chat, reminding me why I had spoken to the broker originally. I didn't remember the broker or the job, so I just "uh-huh"ed through the conversation and was pretty closed-mouth.
Then he started asking a bunch of questions. I replied that I was currently on contract, would be so for the foreseeable future, and would be happy to contact his company the next time I am looking for a new contract. Moreover, I mentioned that I'm happy with my current broker.
The guy then says, "Is there some reason you don't want to talk to me? I've been getting this same reaction from other people I've contacted."
I didn't want to give him my real reasons, but what was going through my mind was:
1. Why would a broker hire someone to "update his database"?
2. How do I know you're not mining someone else's database?
3. Why do I want to waste my time updating your database (assuming it is yours, see above) after I've said I won't be available for the foreseeable future?
4. What part of "I'll call you" don't you understand?
For Mini and others, is this a standard practice? I know maintaining prospect contacts by making "updating my database" calls is standard, but is it standard to have someone else do it for you? Or was this guy probably pirating someone else's database? "
Well recruiters - was this valid or was it TRICKERY? |
| Message: |
IT,
There's some interesting issues there from 'Farnorth'. The first I see is the reference to a "call last night". I find that when I get a call from a recruiter AFTER standard business hours, and especially from one I have not talked to in recent months, it's not a call worth taking. They usually are just mining.
In fact, I have NEVER, in over 10 years, received a call from a recruiter in the evening that did anything for me.
Second, I don't allow the recruiter to "ask a bunch of questions" until I have been told SPECIFICALLY what the purpose of the call. If they are just "updating their database" I tell them to email me with info about themselves/their agency and I go about my business. You just can't let them pull you away from your family/life when there's nothing in it of you. This is NO DIFFERENT than telemarketing and I don't put up with that.
As for pirating, that's another reason to get the purpose of the call up front. If I suspect pirating, they get put on hold, and there they stay. That way they hung up and not me.
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