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Reminds me of the time, well a long time ago, when I worked at a tech startup during the early 2000 bubble. Talent war was intense. We had recruiters cold calli
by dba7dba 8y ago
Reminds me of the time, well a long time ago, when I worked at a tech startup during the early 2000 bubble. Talent war was intense. We had recruiters cold calling people's desk to try to lure people away.
At that office, like every desk (many unoccupied) had a normal phone, with an extension #.
In one instance, a recruiter called and it was answered and he/she was told not interested. After that call, every phone on each of the row of desks started ringing one at a time.
After about 3 - 5 such ringings, someone picked up and told them to knock it off.
- AceJohnny2 8y agoI've been cold-called at my desk by a recruiter twice in the past couple years. For one thing, I have no idea how they got my desk number (they knew my name), as that's supposed to be internal-only information, so that was an unpleasant surprise. For another thing, I'm of that population that strongly prefers text-mode communication over phone calls. So making an cold call to my work was a great way to get a "fuck off" and blacklist that recruiter. I wonder from what business culture they come from, and what their success rate with that method are, to make that approach seem viable.