Don’t they just irk you?
Daily, one is
presented with opportunity for some decision-making as to whether it would be
worthwhile or just another waste of time.
Here, one has to
engage with supposed professionals who do not bother to skim talk less of read the
profiles they have harvested off the Internet before they are on the telephone
to suggest a general consider become a corporal for their convenience and in
the hope that the general has no guiding principle apart from a mercenary quest
for filthy lucre.
Half this stuff
amounts to adding insult to injury as one bites the tongue to avoid the much deserved
expletive if you are wont to being that expressive without reservation.
It is no favour
The other day, the
conversation went along the lines of the recruiter hoping to negotiate on my
behalf whether the employer will up the rate from 50% of what I am currently on
to possibly 60% - the effrontery.
Without being as
terse as I was at rights to become, I informed him that there was no need to
negotiate because we were nowhere near the spectrum of acceptable remuneration
to give it any consideration apart from the fact that he should not be deluded
into thinking he was doing me a favour when he was not recognising my
particular interests.
The conversation
ended as I drew a sharp intake of breath at having to run the gauntlet of the
most atrocious engagement I have had in quite a while.
Get me the job first
In other cases,
these people want to have references long before they have committed to
anything, I have come to the knowledge that they use that to obtain names of contacts
they can harangue for other positions they want to fill.
I do not want to
bother my referees for references if the job is not yet in the bag that when my
referees ask at some future time they realise it has been a waste of their time, I
have many times been embarrassed by this that I have been firm – get me the job
first and references will follow.
Building solid bridges
However, the best
legacy one can leave at the completion of a contract is the willingness for
your ex-colleagues to have you return to work with them if another opportunity
arises.
I might well be
that within a week of completing one tenure that started as a 6-week engagement
and ran for 2 weeks short of 5 months, they might want me back if the funds can
be sorted out – a bit of waiting as I brush up on some theory and practice, I
am amazed about what new stuff I have learnt of what I was doing before – I am
ready to go. That’s excitement.
1 comment:
Those guys drive me mad. They have all sorts of tricks to get contacts. I like you do not give names of references until they get me a job.
The other trick is "Who did you work with at Company A? I used to recruit for them. Did you report to John Smith?", hoping that you'll reply "John Smith, never heard of him. I worked for Charles Taylor".
Idiots.
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