I've just had the strangest telephone conversation with a young lady from a local job agency.
Before I joined my current company, Philips/NXP, I pumped my CV/Resume out to just about anyone that would take it, you may find you have a copy on your PC somewhere... LOL!!
One of the local agencies contacted me last Friday saying they were updating their records and was I still 'looking' for a new position.
I replied via email as requested saying that I was indeed still looking for that elusive 'ace' job and attached my updated CV/Resume for their records.
This morning I had battled through hell and high water getting to work, accidents and queues everywhere and had JUST sat down with the first coffee of the day at 9:30, when my mobile rang. The number wasn't one I recognised, but it started with 02392, so I knew it was local so picked it up.
A very, almost overly, polite girl introduced herself, saying that she had just received my new CV and would I mind answering a few questions.
She then proceeded to ask me a series of questions, that if she had only looked at my CV in the first place, she would have been able to answer herself !!!
"Where are you working?" - errr, it's on the front page of my CV !!!
"Are you in employment?" - wasn't this not answered by the first question?
"What industry would you prefer to work in?" - err... look in my CV... 20 years of semiconductor testing !!!
"What kind of job are you looking for?" - hmmmm, with my skill set, maybe a barrister in Starbucks !!!
What a total waste of time !!!
It has put me off using them totally as to me this just isn't very professional.
Hey ho....... it takes all sorts I guess !!!
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May be she only started on Monday and you were her first call!
It certainly seemed that way Flighty. Every question or answer was terminated by a "ok..." too, which was very irritating.
Maybe she was phishing.... I'm wary of people asking questions that should be answered by something they should have in their hands!
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