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Previously on "Indian recruitment consultancies operating in the UK"
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I find it helps to block the numbers on your phone as you go, but it feels a bit like The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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Originally posted by PerfectStorm View PostHow to tell an agent call is going to go terribly
*ring ring*
*answer*
Hello?
*pause*
*sound of phone being taken off hook*
".....hellooooooo? I'm from InfoTekSysMegaTech Systems, am I speaking with Ms. PerfectStorm?"
"Oh yes, I'm not looking for any jobs thank you"
"OK... well in that case I have a new job opportunity in Edin-burg, are you interested in this job opportunity"
After a while you get to know when a call isn't worth your trouble in the first 3 secs or so
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Originally posted by CheeseSlice View PostJ C Associates
In recent years they've been spamming me from 100% indian named operatives. As recently as 2019 they had English named agents.
Why do I think they're now an Indian agency? Some of them haven't even bothered to update their email signatures.
I've swapped the agents name with a fake name. Everything else is real.
Have a read of the google reviews of eteam - caveat emtor.......
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Originally posted by eek View Post
Yep - crap phone line quality is always the complete give away.
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Originally posted by PerfectStorm View PostHow to tell an agent call is going to go terribly
*ring ring*
*answer*
Hello?
*pause*
*sound of phone being taken off hook*
".....hellooooooo? I'm from InfoTekSysMegaTech Systems, am I speaking with Ms. PerfectStorm?"
"Oh yes, I'm not looking for any jobs thank you"
"OK... well in that case I have a new job opportunity in Edin-burg, are you interested in this job opportunity"
After a while you get to know when a call isn't worth your trouble in the first 3 secs or so
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How to tell an agent call is going to go terribly
*ring ring*
*answer*
Hello?
*pause*
*sound of phone being taken off hook*
".....hellooooooo? I'm from InfoTekSysMegaTech Systems, am I speaking with Ms. PerfectStorm?"
"Oh yes, I'm not looking for any jobs thank you"
"OK... well in that case I have a new job opportunity in Edin-burg, are you interested in this job opportunity"
After a while you get to know when a call isn't worth your trouble in the first 3 secs or so
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I got a call last week from Hirexa stating to offer me a contract at a government based organisation in the UK but they need my ID within the hour. Alarm bells rang as it was clearly an Indian call centre. I do a bit of research and they are not on TrustPilot and there are a few posts saying scam company. They asked whether I could commute to the location on the south coast so clearly don't know the UK as I live in the NW. They called me back about 4 times trying to get my information and in the end I blocked the number.
A few days later someone from the UK called stating to be from the same company. So I called the "government organisation" to check whether it was legit and they told me that they never use agencies to recruit staff and always recruit using the in-house team and that I wasn't the first person to call them with the same question that week. The UK based guy told me this was rubbish and showed me a screenshot of the email he sent to name@gov.uk so I search for the person on LinkedIn and he doesn't exist.
Very tempting as the job sounded good, but too many suspicious links, so no thank-you.
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Originally posted by CheeseSlice View PostJ C Associates
In recent years they've been spamming me from 100% indian named operatives. As recently as 2019 they had English named agents.
Why do I think they're now an Indian agency? Some of them haven't even bothered to update their email signatures.
I've swapped the agents name with a fake name. Everything else is real.
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J C Associates
In recent years they've been spamming me from 100% indian named operatives. As recently as 2019 they had English named agents.
Why do I think they're now an Indian agency? Some of them haven't even bothered to update their email signatures.
Greetings Cheeseslice,
My name is Rajpal and I am a Sr. Technical Recruiter at eTeam Inc. eTeam Inc is a global contingency staffing firm servicing fortune 1000 clients across North America, Europe, and Asia. We have an excellent job opportunity with one of our clients.
blah blah
Sincerely yours,
Rajpal
Sr. Technical Recruiter
eTeam Inc.
rajpal@j-c-associates.co.uk
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Originally posted by quackhandle View Post
Along with 'state of the market'.
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Shouldn't this be a 'sticky' post with the main list of these time wasters on the first page so people can easily reference? That last list I believe was updated on page 26 of the post:-
https://www.contractoruk.com/forums/...ing-uk-26.html
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Had a chap from Avance Consulting last week want my CV as they had a role that was perfect fit.
I asked if it was freelance and outside IR35.
No, he replied "it is permanent and INSIDE IR35 as well"
Nasty, imagine the tax you'd be fleeced for?
qh
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