Recruitment agent calling me at work!
Discussion
I'm looking for a new job in the near future, so i stuck my CV up on one of the big job sites a couple of weeks ago. I've had plenty of interest (too much really) and have been 'filtering by voicemail', otherwise I'd be getting no work done!
I've just come out of a meeting and been told by a colleague that 'friend' called for me into the office. turns out I also have 2 missed calls and email from an agent of the same name given on the phone at work.
Now, i'm thoroughly pissed off about this. Calling someone at work, when i've not explicitly given this number as a contact option, I think is massively unprofessional and crosses a very clear line.
I'm tempted to reply back to this little s
t by email and copy in the agency's MD, making it clear how unprofessional I think this is and that I have NO interest in dealing with them.
Am I being naive / over-reacting, or have I got a valid point?
I've just come out of a meeting and been told by a colleague that 'friend' called for me into the office. turns out I also have 2 missed calls and email from an agent of the same name given on the phone at work.
Now, i'm thoroughly pissed off about this. Calling someone at work, when i've not explicitly given this number as a contact option, I think is massively unprofessional and crosses a very clear line.
I'm tempted to reply back to this little s
t by email and copy in the agency's MD, making it clear how unprofessional I think this is and that I have NO interest in dealing with them.Am I being naive / over-reacting, or have I got a valid point?
A bit of closure from my point of view...
I got offered the role I interviewed for! It's a great offer at a fantastic company, and I can't wait to start.
Thanks everyone for your posts and varying points of view. I appreciate that recruiters are under pressure and have to sometimes be creative in their approach, but I still maintain that the cause of my OP crossed a line that was unacceptable. Although it's academic at this point, I would not have used this agent in principle as a result of his approach. Irrespective of his 'cover', it put me under undue pressure and was something I should not have had to worry about.
As I said, in the end I was more measured in my response. I simply emailed him saying that I was waiting on the decision of the role I'd already applied for, and that he wasn't to contact me through any avenues not offered on my CV in future.
I got offered the role I interviewed for! It's a great offer at a fantastic company, and I can't wait to start.
Thanks everyone for your posts and varying points of view. I appreciate that recruiters are under pressure and have to sometimes be creative in their approach, but I still maintain that the cause of my OP crossed a line that was unacceptable. Although it's academic at this point, I would not have used this agent in principle as a result of his approach. Irrespective of his 'cover', it put me under undue pressure and was something I should not have had to worry about.
As I said, in the end I was more measured in my response. I simply emailed him saying that I was waiting on the decision of the role I'd already applied for, and that he wasn't to contact me through any avenues not offered on my CV in future.
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