Fishing recruiter

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BrilloPad replied

12 June 2015, 09:44
Originally posted by Arnie365 View Post

Recruiter from a private no. asks experience, "what do you do", etc. and all the usual blah di blah about "any holidays booked", daily rate. Takes my post code, says a company is hiring next door, why they need a consultant to come on board asap. Then he takes a reference(with no contact details). He sounded all genuine but never drops me an email for any follow-up.

What did he actually fished me for?

Maybe you gave him the wrong email or he wrote it down wrong?

I always take recruiter details just in case!

Okay - 90% of the time it is nonsense. But you don't want to miss a good opportunity...
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FatLazyContractor replied

12 June 2015, 09:39
Originally posted by Arnie365 View Post

Recruiter from a private no. asks experience, "what do you do", etc. and all the usual blah di blah about "any holidays booked", daily rate. Takes my post code, says a company is hiring next door, why they need a consultant to come on board asap. Then he takes a reference(with no contact details). He sounded all genuine but never drops me an email for any follow-up.

What did he actually fished me for?

Did you ask him anything at all? Agency, name etc?
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northernladuk replied

12 June 2015, 09:27
Originally posted by Arnie365 View Post

Recruiter from a private no. asks experience, "what do you do", etc. and all the usual blah di blah about "any holidays booked", daily rate. Takes my post code, says a company is hiring next door, why they need a consultant to come on board asap. Then he takes a reference(with no contact details). He sounded all genuine but never drops me an email for any follow-up.

What did he actually fished me for?

I haven't seen one single thing in that even suggests it's genuine. Smells of sockie troll to me this one.
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tractor replied

12 June 2015, 09:23
Originally posted by Arnie365 View Post

Recruiter from a private no. asks experience, "what do you do", etc. and all the usual blah di blah about "any holidays booked", daily rate. Takes my post code, says a company is hiring next door, why they need a consultant to come on board asap. Then he takes a reference(with no contact details). He sounded all genuine but never drops me an email for any follow-up.

What did he actually fished me for?

I know this is a silly question but given that telephones nowadays can transmit as well as receive, didn't you actually ask him?
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Arnie365 started a topic Fishing recruiter

12 June 2015, 09:19
Fishing recruiter

Recruiter from a private no. asks experience, "what do you do", etc. and all the usual blah di blah about "any holidays booked", daily rate. Takes my post code, says a company is hiring next door, why they need a consultant to come on board asap. Then he takes a reference(with no contact details). He sounded all genuine but never drops me an email for any follow-up.

What did he actually fished me for?
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