When Recruiters are Like Spammers

Posted At : October 11, 2006 6:53 PM | Posted By : Leif Wells
Related Categories: General

The person that normally answers the phone is on vacation this week so all of us at Roundbox are trying to answer the phone when it rings.

Today I had this specific experience:

me: "Roundbox Media, this is Leif."

caller: "Yes, I have some questions about Linux and Cisco Router. Can I talk to one of your managers about that?"

me: "What are your questions? Maybe I can help you."

caller: "Well, they are kind of general. Who are the managers that could help me?"

me: "If I knew what your questions were, I'd be able to direct your questions to the right person."

caller: "Could you just let me talk with a manager?"

me: "It depends on whether you can tell me what your questions are or if you are really just a IT recruiter trolling for manager's names. What are your questions?"

caller: "Uh... " <hangs up>

Sad state of affairs when a recruiting firm will hire a bunch of people (whom I could hear in the background) to call businesses to get the names of managers. Shame!