Recruitment Agency Spam in January?
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2014 - The Rise of the Recruitment Agencies - Let the Apocalypse commence. Noticed an awful lot of recruitment agency spam as of late from all sources, LinkedIn (to be expected), email and website. Apparently when asking a colleague this happens every January, it's like the new years celebrations gets them all fired up and they load Sales Force with their best ammunition. A friend of mine spoke to one for 45 minutes on the phone the other day... about toast or something or rather. Any interesting agency stories?
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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2014 - The Rise of the Recruitment Agencies - Let the Apocalypse commence. Noticed an awful lot of recruitment agency spam as of late from all sources, LinkedIn (to be expected), email and website. Apparently when asking a colleague this happens every January, it's like the new years celebrations gets them all fired up and they load Sales Force with their best ammunition. A friend of mine spoke to one for 45 minutes on the phone the other day... about toast or something or rather. Any interesting agency stories?
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
I'm getting the post New Year emails from them quite regularly. I don't know if they're trying to clear 'old stock' from their books. Most of the emails I'm getting are from agencies I place at the same level as a dog pile.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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2014 - The Rise of the Recruitment Agencies - Let the Apocalypse commence. Noticed an awful lot of recruitment agency spam as of late from all sources, LinkedIn (to be expected), email and website. Apparently when asking a colleague this happens every January, it's like the new years celebrations gets them all fired up and they load Sales Force with their best ammunition. A friend of mine spoke to one for 45 minutes on the phone the other day... about toast or something or rather. Any interesting agency stories?
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
I got a call, already a few years back from a company of which I knew had a doubtful reputation. I said I wasn't interested (and sure as hell didn't want to present myself at their office), but he kept insisting and explained me how great this job was, so instead of bluntly saying "not interested" I asked him a few questions and then some few and some few. In the end I was tired of it and politely tried to get him of his back. It took him still more 15 minutes to realize I wasn't interested (he never realized I was just playing with him from the start). The entire conversation was more then an hour and he was VERY pissed at the end. ;P nowadays I just bluntly say not interested. even being friendly is enough reason to try and keep talking. Each time it amazes me how aggressive they actually are.