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**sweetandsour** · 11 June 2009, 11:03

Originally posted by Crusoe101 View Post

They must take all contractors for idiots

Probably not, but if one in one hundred fall for it then all they need to do is make enough calls.

If you throw enough mud, etc, etc.

That is how all the sales people trying to flog low value items that I have ever met are like. They just try to throw enough mud and don't take rejection personally.

**Turion** · 11 June 2009, 11:04

Originally posted by Crusoe101 View Post

They must take all contractors for idiots

They do this because some are.

http://forums.contractoruk.com/busin...s-get-job.html

**pzz76077** · 11 June 2009, 14:13

Double glazing, home insurance, gas & electricity, IT contractors <insert any crap you can think of> etc all sold the same way- just keep calling 'till you have sold enough and then go home for the day.

I watched the Boiler Room for the first time in ages the other night and reminded myself what a dirty business we are all in...

PZZ

**dmini** · 12 June 2009, 21:48

I did have a couple of people ringing me pretending to be Hays a couple of months back, when I was benched. Scary bit was when one started telling me about a wonderful vacancy that I had just gone for interview through - yes you've guessed - Hays!!
Person was completely unknown there. However they were very interested in getting details of anyone pretending to be Hays. They had it a couple of years ago as well.

Not quite sure what you gain pretending to be part of an agency you aren't - or how you gain!

Surely the "email me your cv & references" bit fails when you cannot supply a corporate email address?

Can someone elaborate?

**swamp** · 13 June 2009, 07:42

Originally posted by Crusoe101 View Post

Starts talking about a government contract on 500 a day interviewing by phone first tomorrow.

This is where you should realise it's certain bulltulip. I'm not saying 500 is unattainable, rather it's on the high side and he is being too upfront about it.

**Numpty** · 13 June 2009, 08:06

Originally posted by dmini View Post

I did have a couple of people ringing me pretending to be Hays a couple of months back, when I was benched...

Not quite sure what you gain pretending to be part of an agency you aren't - or how you gain!

Surely the "email me your cv & references" bit fails when you cannot supply a corporate email address?

I have also had some of this. In one case the agent emailed me from a Yahoo! address despite me having phoned him at his desk at the agency (no, I don't have the details any more, dammit, otherwise I would post them here now). I expect he was populating his 'personal' copy of the agency contacts database prior to leaving.

**Sausage Surprise** · 13 June 2009, 22:29

Originally posted by Turion View Post

They do this because some are.

http://forums.contractoruk.com/busin...s-get-job.html

If you read the thread again you will notice that I didn't send any references.

**Sockpuppet** · 13 June 2009, 22:47

Originally posted by swamp View Post

This is where you should realise it's certain bulltulip. I'm not saying 500 is unattainable, rather it's on the high side and he is being too upfront about it.

Depends what your working as I suppose. Plenty of 500+ roles out there just that they don't ever get to the advert stage they are taken by people that "know a guy".

**Sausage Surprise** · 14 June 2009, 20:31

Originally posted by Sockpuppet View Post

Depends what your working as I suppose. Plenty of 500+ roles out there just that they don't ever get to the advert stage they are taken by people that "know a guy".

Totally agree - the 3 interviews I've had in the past couple of months came by direct contact from the agent before the post was advertised. Incidentally, all 3 roles were local which got me to thinking that local contractors would obviously be asking for a lower rate than one who had a 200 mile commute. So are the agents now targetting the locals first rather than the ones with the best cv's?

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