Originally posted by oraclesmith
Not a good start, but I'll keep trying.
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I did try that to discuss the role and check my suitability before submitting my CV, but the woman whose name was in the ad never answered and messages left on her answerphone were not returned. After several hours of trying I gave up and submitted my CV via Jobserve to avoid missing the opportunity.
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You just don't get it, do you ?
Mate, I don't mean to be unkind but contracting may not be for you. Like someone said, if you've got the skills, the agent will be after you in a matter of minutes if not seconds after sending your CV, like most people here may have experienced. By ringing them incessantly and leaving messages on their voicemail, it's like a minger that you gave your number by mistake ringing you all the time and you not picking up the phone. It's sort of harassment, don't do it. I wouldn't anyway. Pestering them for their direct e-mail address may or may not be helpful, as this is what we used to do up to about 2-3 years ago until Jobswerve came up with a dedicated e-mail address for each job so that the agent's e-mail doesn't get clogged up with 50 or so responses for each job(don't forget that an agent may be responsible for more than 1 jobs simultaneously advertised, so they'll look at the right e-mail box accordingly)
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Charming.Originally posted by TinTin
I attempted to contact the agent direct to check some facts due to the vague and poorly worded Jobserve ad. So in your opinion this is likely to be seen as pestering and counter-productive?Comment
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There's you clue. They're either fishing for CV's or they're charlatans, idiots, newbies or conmen. Take your pick. Give up and look elsewhere.Originally posted by KessIt's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. www.areyoupopular.mobiComment
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Go home foreigner.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Originally posted by MarillionFan
You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here.It's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. www.areyoupopular.mobiComment
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I always ring up and talk to them about the job, and then send a CV to a 'real' person's email, not just to the generic one that Jobserve (usually)presents you with.
Having said that, I don't have a very good success rate with JS applications. In the past three months that I've been looking, only two applications actually proceeded to a point where I was being considered for a genuinely live job (but OTOH there was only one other opportunity that proceeded to this point).
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i find its good to follow up the CVs by phoning the agent... they may have other things on the cards that they may put you in for after talking about skills etc...--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Originally posted by Rooqie
New to the UK !!
I'll give you two weeks to realise it has been the mistake of your life !
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I never bother with a covering letter (Like they actually ever read it, the useless fu***rs can't even read my Resume and have to get me to tell them what's on it when they phone up!!) and never try to phone the agent (scum) about a job. I just load up jobserve, do a search on jobs with 0 days and apply for absolutely everything that matches my skill set.
Then sit back and wait, the phone will normally start ringing about 30 mins later (**Tip** get an 0870 number, then you can chat to the agent as long as you like and get paid for it too!!!) and keep going on and off for the rest of the day. Repeat and rinse for a week and a couple of interviews is inevitable.
If you are not getting anything back you don't have enough buzz words in your resume. All they do is fillter out the buzz words and if you have a good buzz word match on your resume they call you up to talk about it.
Not that i'm cynical or anything....
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