Reply to: "Any interviews lately?" No. "And whys that?" (dont know? fake jobs? fishing info?)

[Marcus Aurelius]

Nearly ABI TITMUSS....I have noticed that some agents seem to have comic book names, I was talking to John Constantine (DC comic book character) this morning.

It could've been worse, it could've been Gary Goldsmith!!!

[gpmh79]

<snip> ABI IT – or something along those lines (didn’t catch it properly)

Nearly ABI TITMUSS....I have noticed that some agents seem to have comic book names, I was talking to John Constantine (DC comic book character) this morning.

[voron]

I don't blame agents for fishing calls. It's their job to be a shark. I blame newbie contractors (and some experienced ones who should know better) for feeding the sharks.

There is fishing and then there is blatant fishing. If an agent calls with a genuine role and then at the end asks politely about possible interviews you might have lined up then fair enough. However, it is completely unprofessional to cold call someone, adopt a very aggressive tone and then demand to know about interviews and opportunities, only to hang up when the contractor doesn’t spill the beans. I do hold them responsible for that and it displays a very poor grasp of business. Contractors are frequently involved in hiring additional staff for a project; who will they go to? The agency full of sharks and fishermen, or the agency which has behaved in a professional way?

The call I received this afternoon was from some agency called ABI IT – or something along those lines (didn’t catch it properly)

[threaded]

".NET Consultancy" near Tottenham Court Road.

Hmm, that is what they are calling themselves now...

[swamp]

Don't feed the sharks

I don't blame agents for fishing calls. It's their job to be a shark. I blame newbie contractors (and some experienced ones who should know better) for feeding the sharks.

[gpmh79]

Computer People are currently using a line about CitiBank consolidating 80 share servers into one box, at a ".NET Consultancy" near Tottenham Court Road.

They phoned me with it for the second time yesterday, and the agent concerned nearly sh@t his pants when I said I had already been put forward by another dodgy agency, giving the name of another bunch of cowboys who pull the same scam.

[voron]

I received a blatant fishing call this morning. Some lady said there was a perl contract "in the South East", and when I asked where she said she didn't know

To be fair, with agents there is nothing suspicious about that

[G8_Summit]

Actually she was after a Perl necklace

[AlfredJPruffock]

I received a blatant fishing call this morning. Some lady said there was a perl contract "in the South East", and when I asked where she said she didn't know

I hear there is a big demand in South East Asia for Perl Divers , perhaps thats what she meant, anyway the manager out there is a chap named Graham Sutherland ... whoops ....

[OwlHoot]

I received a blatant fishing call this morning. Some lady said there was a perl contract "in the South East", and when I asked where she said she didn't know

[AlfredJPruffock]

damn - theres some clued up people on this board!!

Respect to you Alfred...

By Jingo RateWhore !

My apologies there couldnt help playing lets be the Agent today,mind you I must have made a bit of a hash of it as you didnt spill the beans, you were supposed to say ... no my former manager wasnt Graham Sutherland ... it was ...

Oh well back to the drawing board, I will make an Agent one day.

[ratewhore]

damn - theres some clued up people on this board!!

Respect to you Alfred...

[AlfredJPruffock]

had a fecking annoying call this morning from a pimp. He had a 3 year old copy of my CV and kept asking dumbass questions like 'why do you feel you're good at your job' and 'talk about the team you work with and your input to the project'.

Got shortshrift from me - No I won't answer your questions - my skills and experience do the talking and if the client doesn't like them then they sure as hell won't want to know why I feel I am good at my job.

So I told him my rate was a grand a day and call me back if the client is interested...

...*****!!

I know RH its a drag.

Purely out of interest, was your former manager Graham Sutherland ....

[ratewhore]

had a fecking annoying call this morning from a pimp. He had a 3 year old copy of my CV and kept asking dumbass questions like 'why do you feel you're good at your job' and 'talk about the team you work with and your input to the project'.

Got shortshrift from me - No I won't answer your questions - my skills and experience do the talking and if the client doesn't like them then they sure as hell won't want to know why I feel I am good at my job.

So I told him my rate was a grand a day and call me back if the client is interested...

...*****!!

[AlfredJPruffock]

Well looking at that link ...

... They’ll say, “Who did you work for at BT.

Was it Graham Sutherland”? “No”, you say. “It was John Salisbury”. Now the agent has a contact at your old firm that they can call up to ask him if he is looking for any contractors.


So in the future just say youve had an interview at BT with Graham Sutherland.