Today is National Talk Like an Agent Day

[MarillionFan]

I can take a message and he'll call you straight back.

[Alf W]

Anyone need a lift in my Mini?

[MichaelHunt]

Notice? What notice?

[hyperD]

"The rate is £20 per hour"
"Not interested"


"I've managed to negotiate £23 per hour"
"Not interested"


"The client has agreed £25 per hour"
"Still not interested"


"OK, this is as much as I can squeeze, £25.50 per hour. Hello...? Hello...?"

[DodgyAgent]

Give us a reference

[craig1]

Hi, your colleague x mentioned that you have a vacancy that you're considering advertising. I have some outstanding candidates on our books who can fill any role from CIO to Helldesk Operator, I'll send over their CVs.

(please be aware that if you open a CV then you irrevocably commit to using us as sole agency for every vacancy from now until the world is destroyed.)

[moder8or]

can you talk?

These are all excellent suggestions, but they should be preceded with "can you talk?" or "is now a good time to talk?"

Good news, I'm calling you back because "they" want to see you for an interview!
Otherwise, I would'nt bother with any feedback at all from the role you were submitted for, I would just keep you waiting and wondering, and if you called me back, you would be asked what are you calling about and I would be away from my desk

[pjclarke]

I can honestly say that the environment now is as toxic and destructive as I have ever seen it....Weed out the morally bankrupt people, no matter how much money they make for the firm. And get the culture right again, so people want to work here for the right reasons. People who care only about making money will not sustain this firm — or the trust of its clients — for very much longer

Ooops. Wrong thread. No agent would talk like that.

[Sausage Surprise]

I'll keep your cv on file in case anything else more suitable comes up.....

Have you been put forward for any other roles?

Have you any interviews lined up?

What are you wearing.....? ok I made that one up