In Shock: WOrlds Laziest Agent

[Sockpuppet]

Geezzz...

Had some agent phone me up from <mans name> Associates.

She was new. She admitted this. I kind of got the feeling that she was being talked through the phone call by someone next to her.

Anyway we are talking she wants to apply for a job but wont tell me who the client is, what the sector is and doesnt have a job description. I mean wtf?

So we gets past that point, she then starts the "who did you report to" routine to get old leads. I gave her variations of Ken, "this guys name ken", "ken the pm" and "my mate ken". Seemed to work well and she didnt push the issue.

She then went onto "Who would your ideal company be to work for..."

Didnt want to confuse her by saying MyCo Ltd so I named a few generic companies.

Then I almost fell off my chair.

"Do you know anyone in those firms, who has jobs availible? I'll contact them and see if I can represent you in your career search".

Now, maybe I am daft but if I knew which hiring managers were taking on the contractors then why would I need you and I would approach them directly!!!!

Jeez. Muppet.

[Cooperinliverp00l]

steep learning curve for her tut tut

[BA to the Stars]

She spent three years at Uni to get a degree to do that

[Ardesco]

Did you get a first name for her? If so please share it (As the first name itself can't hurt)

I have a hunch and want to see if it is correct.

[alreadypacked]

I don't put a phone number on my C.V. (or what ever we are calling it this week) I think I'm missing out

[DaveB]

In a similar vein I got two emails from different people at the same agency about the same job - NHS IT training on Lorenzo - which is absolutely nothing to do with what I actually do.

Part of the mail was the following discalimer:

"You have received this email after certain key word searches have identified you as a possible candidate on our system. This was followed by a number of filter processes to ensure that you are not currently working for <insert name of crap agency here> or that we have placed you in your current role. Due to the fact that on rare occasions some information is duplicated on our database, some people may receive information that is not applicable to them. Please accept my apologies in advance if this is the case"

Followed off by offering a rate I wouldn't bother waking up for, let alone getting out of bed.

Contracts are varying in length and are paying £150 - £180 per day.

Forget the disclaimer and try actually reading the CV's of the people you are emailing in the first place.

Useless feckers.

[richard-af]

Is this Narvey Hash?

[zathras]

Contracts are varying in length and are paying £150 - £180 per day.

OK so that would possibly on a good, day, might get the big left toe to peek out of the Duvet - if they want anything else then it will cost a bit more.

[Ruprect]

"Do you know anyone in those firms, who has jobs availible? I'll contact them and see if I can represent you in your career search".

Now, maybe I am daft but if I knew which hiring managers were taking on the contractors then why would I need you and I would approach them directly!!!!

Jeez. Muppet.

[pisces]

Sounds like a standard call to me.