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Previously on "Agents that hang up before speaking to you"
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Originally posted by MrMark View PostSome pr*at at Reed Technical hung up half way through a conversation regarding a role today. Since it was he who called me, fairly cheesed off with the half-wit.
Normally we will start conversation with customery questions like interviews attended etc..Then the question will be "whats the kind of role you are looking now..?" The question which we all try to answer with full vigor. ..But suddenly phone will be thrown to the base with big bang sound...
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Some pr*at at Reed Technical hung up half way through a conversation regarding a role today. Since it was he who called me, fairly cheesed off with the half-wit.
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostI suppose it could also be because they're so short of things to do that they've been told to go through the database and clear out the dead wood. Once they finally get through to you, they can tick a box saying "still a valid number". If they manage to tick enough of them each day, they get to keep their job - but with a ream of A4 printouts to get through, they don't have time to chat
I now have a mobile phone/SIM card dedicated entirely to agents - no-one else has the number - and I have changed the number on any uploaded CVs and relevant websites.
I now answer and pick up the phone directly - usually within a ring or two - and...guess what...it's still happening. Not often, but enough to make you wonder what they're playing at
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Originally posted by Turion View PostAgents have very short attention spans. After all that time wasteing name pre-amble they've forgotten what they were calling you about.
I suppose it could also be because they're so short of things to do that they've been told to go through the database and clear out the dead wood. Once they finally get through to you, they can tick a box saying "still a valid number". If they manage to tick enough of them each day, they get to keep their job - but with a ream of A4 printouts to get through, they don't have time to chat
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Originally posted by cykophysh39 View PostI do have a yac number
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I have had a few of these calls lately. I was wondering about this too.
I would say I get at least 2 or 3 of these calls a week, on my bog standard mobile number.
I do have a yac number, but since the recession I've put my mobile number on my CV.
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Originally posted by Not So Wise View PostJust get a PAYG sim, put that on cv and only turn it on when looking for roles. Otherwise keep it off
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Agents have very short attention spans. After all that time wasteing name pre-amble they've forgotten what they were calling you about.
Solution: Get a separate contract phone and switch it on when you are actually looking. Keep your other private number(s) private.
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They hang up because they get suspicious whether you are the same guy whose time they wasted ( by keeping him on phone for 25 minutes though they did not have a real job to put him forward for) yesterday , or the day before .......
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If i was them would hang up too, those systems are annoying as hell and considering how many alternative contractors agents have to pick from at the moment you are automaticlly sending yourself to the reject pile
Just get a PAYG sim, put that on cv and only turn it on when looking for roles. Otherwise keep it off (just remember to use it once every 6 months or so to keep it active)
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what an odd thing to have, I've never heard of that before.
time is money to these caaants, no what I mean guvna!
They probably got bored waiting
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Originally posted by HeadOfTesting View Postin their eyes, might be considered to be a rather pompous and self-indulgent barrier between you and them.
Yeah, my personal suspicion is that it is annoyance-related. Funny that I've never had that type of reaction before in the past decade or so of using it.
Must say alot about the state of the market - one agent who called me recently claimed he had 300 other candidates to phone.
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There are various possibilities including that they take exception, especially in this candidate-laden market to what, in their eyes, might be considered to be a rather pompous and self-indulgent barrier between you and them. I suspect there would be more than a few agents who would abort part-way though having concluded that they don't need/want to adhere to such a system.
I'm not saying I'm on the side of any such individuals - just that it's a distinct possibility that doesn't seem to have been acknowledged on the thread.
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