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Ok, so I was unemployed for two months, during that time I applied to a ton of companies, I interviewed with three of them.
Two of them are direct-hire permanent jobs, the third was a temp agency, now, I know everyone has their own opinions on temp agencies, but in my experience I would much rather skip them all together and set the direct hires as priority jobs.
I received two offers, both from the direct hires, I chose one and told the recruiter thanks for your time but Ive accepted a position elsewhere, I thought this was the end of it...
But this recruiter calls me atleast 2-3 times a week, always asking me where Im working, who Im working for, who hired me, where else did I apply etc.
I dont want to burn a bridge, but this person is now calling me during my working hours, Im at the point where Im about to tell her to buzz off, but I would hate to burn a bridge with the agency, what do?
I hate recruiters f them all. they never found me a job and the worse interviews I have been on was setup by them. get on the job site and start posting your resume.
Ok, so I was unemployed for two months, during that time I applied to a ton of companies, I interviewed with three of them.
Two of them are direct-hire permanent jobs, the third was a temp agency, now, I know everyone has their own opinions on temp agencies, but in my experience I would much rather skip them all together and set the direct hires as priority jobs.
I received two offers, both from the direct hires, I chose one and told the recruiter thanks for your time but Ive accepted a position elsewhere, I thought this was the end of it...
But this recruiter calls me atleast 2-3 times a week, always asking me where Im working, who Im working for, who hired me, where else did I apply etc.
I dont want to burn a bridge, but this person is now calling me during my working hours, Im at the point where Im about to tell her to buzz off, but I would hate to burn a bridge with the agency, what do?
Just let them know you accepted another opportunity and thanks for the recruiter for the consideration. And you accepting offers that are permanent positions makes more sense because temp agencies are for
when you have no income and UC ran out or close to running out
recent college grads who are looking to get a cash flow
The goal should always be a permanent position and have a temp agency as an emergency back up option.
But this recruiter calls me atleast 2-3 times a week, always asking me where Im working, who Im working for, who hired me, where else did I apply etc.?
You need to go ahead and burn the bridge. She is harassing you. The reason she wants to know where else you applied, is so that she can find out about other job openings and place some of her own people in those jobs.
You are under no obligation to keep feeding her all this helpful information. Tell her to find job openings on her own, and to leave you alone. Go ahead and burn the bridge.
I actually went ahead and burned the bridge Friday morning.
She called twice, and started getting pretty irritated that I would not tell her where I was working or where I applied, so finally I said " find your own leads and stop calling my line, please, this is borderline creepy. " She uttered a loud ( exaggerated ) gasp and slammed the phone.
I actually went ahead and burned the bridge Friday morning.
She called twice, and started getting pretty irritated that I would not tell her where I was working or where I applied, so finally I said " find your own leads and stop calling my line, please, this is borderline creepy. " She uttered a loud ( exaggerated ) gasp and slammed the phone.
Jeez where do they find these people.
When I was asked by a person at a temp agency where else I interviewed I just smiled and changed the subject lol
They are terrible. These headhunters are without limits. I consider some things they practice very annoying:
1) Try to squeeze new leads (to harass) from people they already know (although it doesn't help them in the majority of cases)
2) Once every month they scan their database "to touch base" with former applicants, without having any job offer. Just to say "hello".
3) Being unprofessional with tech jobs. People who have no clue about technology and the many fields, mixing up details, offering the wrong jobs to the wrong people. A friend of mine specified in the resume that she will not consider relocation, yet they keep offering her jobs that require relocation.
Ok, so I was unemployed for two months, during that time I applied to a ton of companies, I interviewed with three of them.
Two of them are direct-hire permanent jobs, the third was a temp agency, now, I know everyone has their own opinions on temp agencies, but in my experience I would much rather skip them all together and set the direct hires as priority jobs.
I received two offers, both from the direct hires, I chose one and told the recruiter thanks for your time but Ive accepted a position elsewhere, I thought this was the end of it...
But this recruiter calls me atleast 2-3 times a week, always asking me where Im working, who Im working for, who hired me, where else did I apply etc.
I dont want to burn a bridge, but this person is now calling me during my working hours, Im at the point where Im about to tell her to buzz off, but I would hate to burn a bridge with the agency, what do?
Block the number, or add it as a contact so you can at least screen it and let it go to voicemail.
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