why does asking for a job spec scare them off?

[sunflower]

A good agent will have a project spec if the role is real. Sounds like fishing. Had one ring me up about a possible forthcoming gig at an old client, no job spec yet but he was very curious about the names of the managers I had worked for.

[snarfblat]

My experience is that if there is a real job, they almost want to force the specs on you.

If they are just fishing, they have some generic opportunity and ask for a new CV and then try to fish for the names of managers.

I would say there really isn't any job.

[AnonAgent]

My experience is that if there is a real job, they almost want to force the specs on you.

If they are just fishing, they have some generic opportunity and ask for a new CV and then try to fish for the names of managers.

I would say there really isn't any job.

If its banking, I always get a spec. If its not, then I hardly ever have a written spec. And usually I bin it because its often written by someone in HR without much of a clue about the role.