Who do you have interview with ?

[Grinder]

a
Tell them BT and due to the fact that so many contractors have left as they were told to reduce their daily rate by up to 30% they have 100
vacancies and 1000s applicants you are not expecting a quick answer.
They pay £325.50 day plus £10.50 if you to eat in their canteen
b
Give them a name of a company you hate plus the name of person you hate
at that company like your local bank or estate agent.

Incidentally, what agencies do BT use first-tier stylee?

[Brussels Slumdog]

An agent called sating that he'll out my CV forward for the position he advertised and asked if I have any interviews lined up. I said yes and he started asking me about who is the company, what they pay and even who will i have interview with....
..another phishing call ??? I shouldn't be normally revealing this kind of info to the agent, should I ?

a
Tell them BT and due to the fact that so many contractors have left as they were told to reduce their daily rate by up to 30% they have 100
vacancies and 1000s applicants you are not expecting a quick answer.
They pay £325.50 day plus £10.50 if you to eat in their canteen
b
Give them a name of a company you hate plus the name of person you hate
at that company like your local bank or estate agent.

[SillyMilly]

I had a call on Wednesday. To be fair, I had sent my CV in for an ad on JS.

Anyway, he went through the usual stuff - availability, location, rate etc., - then the kid asked if I had anything else going on. He said that they had to submit references with CVs and that the client insisted on knowing whether candidates had interviewed anywhere else and whether there might be an offer imminent. He justified refs by saying that the client had taken on contractors who did good interviews in the past but then couldn't do the job. Also, he said, if the client knew there might be an offer pending they would speed up interviews and making an offer if they liked you!!!!

I suggested (quite kindly) that the client were taking the michael (wouldn't dream of suggesting that an agent would do such a thing!) and he tied himself in knots after that, trying to justify it all!

Quite amusing really.

[ba55meister]

and the ones who think they are clever usually tag on "it's because I work with the vast majority of Clients in the UK and wouldnt want to put you forward to a Client you are already in front of in case it damaged your chances" They really think we are that stupid don't they.

just had similar call this morning..
I might start saying the i have interview but it's for the secret government project, beleive me you wouldn't wanna know and if I tell you secret agents will stalk your azz will have a portfolio of ppictures of you wanking in the night in front of your 15'' monitor in your bedroom

[mailric]

You can if you like - it is exactly what he is after. He'll then contact the person who you revealed to him and try and undercut you with another contractor. Remember - agents never call you for your benefit.

and the ones who think they are clever usually tag on "it's because I work with the vast majority of Clients in the UK and wouldnt want to put you forward to a Client you are already in front of in case it damaged your chances" They really think we are that stupid don't they.

[chef]

omg! tossers

you have much to learn my young padwan

[ba55meister]

You can if you like - it is exactly what he is after. He'll then contact the person who you revealed to him and try and undercut you with another contractor. Remember - agents never call you for your benefit.

omg! tossers

[ParryBrookes]

those who seriously looking for candidates and have genuine requirement never induldge into this kind of conversation..

This happens with me several times.. I asked them to send me a blank mail and assure them that I will reply with all details which are already typed in to my computer.. 99% times they agree..

if they can fool us with job spec then we can return the favour by not sending the details in mail.. tit for tat

[Jubber]

An agent called sating that he'll out my CV forward for the position he advertised and asked if I have any interviews lined up. I said yes and he started asking me about who is the company, what they pay and even who will i have interview with....
..another phishing call ??? I shouldn't be normally revealing this kind of info to the agent, should I ?

You can if you like - it is exactly what he is after. He'll then contact the person who you revealed to him and try and undercut you with another contractor. Remember - agents never call you for your benefit.

[Grinder]

Last time I got one of those I just said I have a couple lined up but it probably wasn't worth calling them, and he laughed and acknowledged I knew what he was up to.

Another time it happened, the pimp denied that was his intention, and went on to describe a contract he was trying to fill - for 15 minutes we talked and when finished he said he would send the job spec but he never did.

[Fred Bloggs]

I use those conversations to make genuine sounding stuff up but at the same time, sow the seeds of a higher rate expectation than I would normally quote on the off chance that the jerk on the other end of the phone actually comes up with a job.

[DaveB]

An agent called sating that he'll out my CV forward for the position he advertised and asked if I have any interviews lined up. I said yes and he started asking me about who is the company, what they pay and even who will i have interview with....
..another phishing call ??? I shouldn't be normally revealing this kind of info to the agent, should I ?

I usually just make stuff up when they start asking those questions.

[PM-Junkie]

An agent called sating that he'll out my CV forward for the position he advertised and asked if I have any interviews lined up. I said yes and he started asking me about who is the company, what they pay and even who will i have interview with....
..another phishing call ??? I shouldn't be normally revealing this kind of info to the agent, should I ?

Definitely not. Standard answer is "you wouldn't want me to reveal details of my discussions and submissions through you, so I am sure you wouldn't expect me to reveal details of those I may have had with other agents".

...or you could resort to "it's none of your business"

[ba55meister]

An agent called sating that he'll out my CV forward for the position he advertised and asked if I have any interviews lined up. I said yes and he started asking me about who is the company, what they pay and even who will i have interview with....
..another phishing call ??? I shouldn't be normally revealing this kind of info to the agent, should I ?