Rude agents

[SueEllen]

I use to get calls/emails about electrical engineering and CAD work just because I have HNC in Electrical Electronic Engineering and stupidly left it on my CV. Not one mention of it again. If that is the effort they want to put in they don't deserve a reply IMO.

It's not stupid to leave it on your CV.

I got selected for one contract because I left some old tulip I did on my CV.

It's a case of learning how to use your spam filters effectively, and if that doesn't work phoning them up and telling them to remove your email address.

[northernladyuk]

It's not stupid to leave it on your CV.

I got selected for one contract because I left some old tulip I did on my CV.

It's a case of learning how to use your spam filters effectively, and if that doesn't work phoning them up and telling them to remove your email address.

He gets some interesting gigs from stuff tucked away on his CV.

[istvan]

I use to get calls/emails about electrical engineering and CAD work just because I have HNC in Electrical Electronic Engineering and stupidly left it on my CV. Not one mention of it again. If that is the effort they want to put in they don't deserve a reply IMO.

I have SAP and also a company by the name of GTS, so cleverly agents put it together SAP GTS, so much for computer matching ...

[SueEllen]

I have SAP and also a company by the name of GTS, so cleverly agents put it together SAP GTS, so much for computer matching ...

Agents clever?

Oxymoron?

[jmo21]

Water off a ducks back for me too.

If they want you, they'll be on the phone in a nanosecond!

Do you think phoning/emailing them they'll be like "tulip, I forgot about you mate, you got that role, you up for it"

all you'll get is "just waiting for client to get back to me" etc, or some other bulltulip.

[Andy Hallett]

Rude agents

I have SAP and also a company by the name of GTS, so cleverly agents put it together SAP GTS, so much for computer matching ...

Not GTS Telecom? Wow that brings back some memories!

[bobspud]

Do you reply to all emails from agents asking of you're interested in a role?

Yes! I normally just pop a line down saying thanks for the thought and why its not of interest and when I might be available next. I also occasionally add my latest CV for them

I figure that just because an agent can be sometimes less than professional there is little reason for me to do the same. Most of the time mention a few other candidates that might be of use. I sent three agents to a fellow contractor this week because I am starting my new role Monday and I know he's not renewing next month.

Of course not all the mail is very polite depending on how many times I have told them to correct their search functions and the lowest tier of this is reserved for the twunt that keeps emailing me 30K a year manual jobs in car engineering... He got a royal FSCK and stop spamming me and his email address set up for a gay porn site to spam him with giant cocks every day... But I had warned him 5 times that I was not right for his market.

[The Spartan]

I love getting spammed with jobs I'm not suitable for, it just how many twonks there are out there that just use the keyword search and not pay attention to anything on you CV except the buzzwords that are in fashion at present

[nomadd]

Really gets my goat. I understand that its a money driven business and if you ain't in the frame for a contract then they aint gonna waste time with you but, come on, some politeness wouldn't go amiss.

I'm sure you've all had it. Agent is keen as mustard when they can sniff a result but as soon as its a no-go they can't even be arsed to take 10 secs to reply to an email.

Hardly building a good business relationship, is it? Lets just say, next time, if I ever see a contract advertised by two agencies and this is one of them, then they won't be the one I speak to first.

+1

I find the only way to deal with the rude ones - had one yesterday with a "new role" which he somehow couldn't bring himself to discuss until he'd rudely and aggressively tried to unearth every single detail about what I was doing and who I'd been forwarded to in the last two weeks, etc., etc. - is to simply and calmly ask for a job spec. to be sent to your email address and then put the phone down. No point arguing with them or being equally rude - you'll just feel bad about it later. As we all know, the same role - in the unlikely event it even exists - will be doing the rounds with multiple agents, so just deal with the non-rude agents over it.

I'd say for me the split at the moment is about 90/10 between non-rude and rude agents when I get calls. Strangely, that's a lot better ratio than a couple of years ago - so I guess the rude ones have got the message and don't waste my time any more.

[Andy Hallett]

Rude agents

Being rude is very short sighted by agents AND contractors. Common courtesy costs nothing and a poor communication will hinder future dealings.