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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostI don't mind being turned down; it's a fact of life in business that sometimes the client will choose a competitor. I DO OBJECT when the client is denied the possibility of being given a competitive offer by a numpty who doesn't have the basic decency to read, or even to critically analyse their own actions when a mistake is pointed out to them.
The fact that this guy got the name of a bank completely wrong is really really poor.
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostHad a pimp ring me yesterday asking
"How much experience in X do you have?"
"How much experience in Y do you have?"
I cut him short.
"Do you have a copy of my CV?"
"Yes"
"Ok good. Well the first page is a matrix of skills against time served. It's a useful profile that prevents me spending my whole day answering questions like these. Can I suggest you go away and read at least page 1 of my CV?"
He fooked off pretty quick after that.
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Had a pimp ring me yesterday asking
"How much experience in X do you have?"
"How much experience in Y do you have?"
I cut him short.
"Do you have a copy of my CV?"
"Yes"
"Ok good. Well the first page is a matrix of skills against time served. It's a useful profile that prevents me spending my whole day answering questions like these. Can I suggest you go away and read at least page 1 of my CV?"
He fooked off pretty quick after that.
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Postmemo to self 'dont fck around with mtt'
Surely an agent with a brain would realise that the person he's dealing with as a candidate today is very likely to be a customer tomorrow, especially in such a small world as the specialism where I work?
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostLooking for aproject from september, and enjoying the usual semi-amusing crap from incompetent agents.
See this e-mail exchange between me and an agent;
Agent; 'bla bla bla....we will not be offering your CV to our client because you have little or no experience in a financial environment, and Clientco specifically asked for this experience'
MTT; 'I have clearly demonstrated, in my CV, experience at ING Bank, DSB Bank, Swiss Life, and the testing of an application for the insurance industry; this might not add up to a lot of financial experience, but is certainly not 'little or no' experience.
Agent; 'we are seeking a candidate with experience as a Test Manager in a financial environment; you have Test Coordination experience, but your only Test Management experience in this sector is at DNB (Dutch Central Bank, where I have never worked).
MTT; 'In my CV, extensive Test Management experience is documented at four different financial institutions; I cannot avoid the impression that you have failed to read either my CV or my last e-mail. I have considered forwarding this e-mail exchange to Mr <name well known to me>, who is the Program Manager responsible for hiring a Test Manager for the <project named in advert> at Clientco and who expressly asked me to apply for this role via your agency, having been my Program Manager at a previous client. I shall thus be forced to offer my candidature via another agent on the client's PSL.
memo to self 'dont fck around with mtt'
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Numpty agent
Looking for aproject from september, and enjoying the usual semi-amusing crap from incompetent agents.
See this e-mail exchange between me and an agent;
Agent; 'bla bla bla....we will not be offering your CV to our client because you have little or no experience in a financial environment, and Clientco specifically asked for this experience'
MTT; 'I have clearly demonstrated, in my CV, experience at ING Bank, DSB Bank, Swiss Life, and the testing of an application for the insurance industry; this might not add up to a lot of financial experience, but is certainly not 'little or no' experience.
Agent; 'we are seeking a candidate with experience as a Test Manager in a financial environment; you have Test Coordination experience, but your only Test Management experience in this sector is at DNB (Dutch Central Bank, where I have never worked).
MTT; 'In my CV, extensive Test Management experience is documented at four different financial institutions; I cannot avoid the impression that you have failed to read either my CV or my last e-mail. I have considered forwarding this e-mail exchange to Mr <name well known to me>, who is the Program Manager responsible for hiring a Test Manager for the <project named in advert> at Clientco and who expressly asked me to apply for this role via your agency, having been my Program Manager at a previous client. I shall thus be forced to offer my candidature via another agent on the client's PSL.Tags: None
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