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That's still not good enough. I've had recruiters look at who my current employer is then call the public phone number of the company (the reception) and ask fo
by adrianb 11y ago
That's still not good enough. I've had recruiters look at who my current employer is then call the public phone number of the company (the reception) and ask for my name. I'm not joking. Happened more than once.
- kchoudhu 11y agoRecruiters would call the office switchboard and ask to be transferred to my extension while I sat on a trading desk next to a managing director (read: dude who brings in major $$$ for the firm). Seriously awkward conversations afterwards.
- Xylakant 11y agoI have UK recruiters calling the number listed on our website and try to get patched through to my employees. And when I tell them that they just called the boss, they're not even embarrassed and just try again the next day. Only stopped when I called their boss.
- tommyd 11y agoI don't usually object to recruiters and haven't had any major issues with them (one saying "I notice you have Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP experience... what about LAMP, do you have any experience with that?" did make me laugh though!) but one did go too far and when they couldn't get hold of me, Googled my name, found my name on an info page for a club night I DJed at, called the promoter's number (who was a friend of mine) and told him he urgently needed to get hold of me regarding work. Needless to say both I and my friend were pretty p*ed off (he used the line "come on, I know the best people are hard to track down" as if that made it okay) and he didn't get the time of day from me!
- rbadaro 11y agoThis is common practice in London. I stopped answering calls with the reception ID as they are normally just recruiters doing what you mention. The problem is that somehow they get my mobile number and stealing contacts as they themselves move between recruitment agencies is also common practice.