Pre-referencing rears its' ugly head again - times must be tough ...

[courtg9000]

Maybe you're in their learning and development manuals as a right of passage

As a former colleague in the telecoms trade once said very frequently (several times a day, he was sat at the desk next to mine) "if you are going to tell them to F*** *** do it nicely!" - I never read that memo!

[SueEllen]

Maybe you're in their learning and development manuals as a right of passage

I swear I was on some young agents manual a year or so ago.

I got a phone call from a young blood and slammed the phone down on him as he was rude.

About an hour later I got a phone call from an older guy who was polite, I was polite back. Older guy found out I wasn't interested as I was in a contract.

Looked my phone and realised they called from the same number......

[ladymuck]

Most here know my working status, etc etc but I have been getting emails and missed calls/voicemails from IT agencies recently. Must be desperate for leads.

Maybe you're in their learning and development manuals as a right of passage

[SueEllen]

Most here know my working status, etc etc but I have been getting emails and missed calls/voicemails from IT agencies recently. Must be desperate for leads.

Lots of young blood with nothing to do e.g. no clients to go out to meet and greet.

[courtg9000]

There certainly seems to be quite a few agents with time to kill launching fishing expeditions at the moment.

Most here know my working status, etc etc but I have been getting emails and missed calls/voicemails from IT agencies recently. Must be desperate for leads.

[SussexSeagull]

There certainly seems to be quite a few agents with time to kill launching fishing expeditions at the moment.

[northernladuk]

Not so far - they just promise to email me with the privacy policy, and never do. (I'm not expecting them to, so I'm satisfied just to move past their initial request.)

Because they are too busy laughing and realise they've just dodged a bullet.

[hobnob]

Do they laugh when you do?

Not so far - they just promise to email me with the privacy policy, and never do. (I'm not expecting them to, so I'm satisfied just to move past their initial request.)

[northernladuk]

When agents ask me about that, I invoke GDPR. I.e. they're asking me to provide them with PII (Personally Identifiable Information), so I need to see a copy of their privacy policy which states what they'll use the information for and how long they'll retain it afterwards. That avoids me outright calling them a liar, and then we can either move forward or call it quits.

Do they laugh when you do?

[hobnob]

When agents ask me about that, I invoke GDPR. I.e. they're asking me to provide them with PII (Personally Identifiable Information), so I need to see a copy of their privacy policy which states what they'll use the information for and how long they'll retain it afterwards. That avoids me outright calling them a liar, and then we can either move forward or call it quits.

[northernladuk]

https://forums.contractoruk.com/busi...eferences.html

[ensignia]

I got this in a permission to represent email from an agency and just ignored that part of the email and it was fine.

Ended up getting an offer, so didn't affect the process seemingly.

Just ignore their requests or ask them why and they'll soon back down.

[northernladuk]

Rears it's ugly head again? Nope. It's been this way forever and won't change. Why do you think it's rearing it's head again?

[dangerouswhensober]

This is from an on-line ad posted today by an agency called Protiviti ...

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Next steps, if you are interested then please apply to this role with your latest CV so I can shortlist suitably, following this as part of our compliance, we require 2 references/testimonials before profile submission.

Protiviti is a global management consulting firm that delivers deep expertise, objective insights, a tailored approach and unparalleled collaboration to help leaders confidently face the future.
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