Agency phone messages

[MrMark]

I've got a nice little sideline at the moment which involves lots of fake CVs with the hot skills of the day and a premium rate phone number.

I do hope the fake cvs include current working manager, and two references. Each with afore-said premium rate phone number...

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

I guess its something worth while to do while anybody on the bench....

Get your own back at those damn agencies!

[moorfield]

I've got a nice little sideline at the moment which involves lots of fake CVs with the hot skills of the day and a premium rate phone number.

[northernrampage]

Agree with those saying it's not just agents. I always speak slowly slowly when leaving my number as aware of it from working in call-centres, done sales support; used to have to ask people to give their details slowly/repeat so I could get it down. Plus, I've got a fairly hefty northern accent so I have to be careful I'm understood if leaving messages.

But yes, it drives me nuts when agents do it, a lot of them do.

What drives me even more nuts in when they say, "it's really urgent, you must call me back now" and the job doesn't match your CV at all.

[hgllgh]

If more agents were like you this world would be a better place to live in!

If they just sent a quick follow up email it would save such a load time messing about on the phone when almost all of these conversations boil down to 3 main factors which can all be sorted out via email anyway ...

1. experience of few key skills for the role
2. the rate
3. commute distance

When I'm at work I'm just too busy to faff around on the phone with agents. This insistence on using the phone just gets in the way of answering those 3 basic questions?

[Whatevs]

WHS.

And why the **** do they ALWAYS phone after 5.30pm!? Its normally the next morning before you can get back to them and then they wont take your fliping call!

its for those of you that can't talk during the day and have to wait till your out of the office

[Pondlife]

"If you would like to hear the message again press 2"

Simples.

HTH

[The Agents View]

Again - WHS - I personally am very careful about it, and actually used to write my number down whilst I was saying it in order to judge the speed - once you've got it right, then as long as you repeat it, it should be easy enough for someone who wants to make contact to get back to you!

In response to your post - it's not just agents - contractors do it just as much, and lets face it, it's a little stupid given that both of our livelihoods depend on that contact!!

[BolshieBastard]

for crying out loud are agents incapable of the following :-

1) leave a clear and slow recitation of their phone number
2) repeating the phone number

A lot of agents seem to mumble through their phone number at 100 miles an hour and then not repeat it. I just delete these messages now

WHS.

And why the **** do they ALWAYS phone after 5.30pm!? Its normally the next morning before you can get back to them and then they wont take your fecking call!

[northernladuk]

for crying out loud are agents incapable of the following :-

1) leave a clear and slow recitation of their phone number
2) repeating the phone number

A lot of agents seem to mumble through their phone number at 100 miles an hour and then not repeat it. I just delete these messages now

LOL good point. This isn't just agents though, its a whole culture it seems. Even in the real world the number of people that read out their number at warp factor 6 and then go amazes me.

[Swamp Thing]

If they want to speak to you they WILL phone back.

If they're just doing the rounds, they've left the same message a 100 times ...

Don't worry about it.

Yep, sometimes when they ‘do the rounds’, you’re a number, not a name. One agency chap phoned me twice in one day; the second time was only because he forgot he’d rung me the first time. It happens – just part of a contractor’s lot.

[Jeebo72]

A lot of agents seem to mumble through their phone number at 100 miles an hour and then not repeat it. I just delete these messages now

If they want to speak to you they WILL phone back.

If they're just doing the rounds, they've left the same message a 100 times ...

Don't worry about it.

[hgllgh]

for crying out loud are agents incapable of the following :-

1) leave a clear and slow recitation of their phone number
2) repeating the phone number

A lot of agents seem to mumble through their phone number at 100 miles an hour and then not repeat it. I just delete these messages now