Had a voicemail this morning (names have been changed to protect both the innocent and the stupid):
"Hello Cookies. This is Dumbass from Stupidnet.
I need your help. I was told that you were the person to contact internally there, and I’m working on a roadmap item that I need to resolve in the next couple of days. Please call me back at 555-867-5309."
I work with vendors, I work on “roadmap items” (both mine and others’) and even though I did not recognize the company name as being related to anything that I’m working on, the team I am on often has legitimate experiences with the wrong people being contacted about various projects within our group. I.e. the same corporate environment as many other people work in.
So I call him back…
Him: “Yes, I’m calling you as a professional recruiter…”
Me: “Yeah, so thanks for wasting my time.” click
How it can be productive enough of a technique to still be used is a sad, sad statement indeed…
Could you change your username to something like ThisUserNameWillPushMarginsSoExtremeThatItWillOverwhelmTheBoardAndMakeThreadTitlesWrapLikeSnakesOnA
FuckingPlane?
I was taught the correct term was “bald faced lie”. Could be just a matter of semantics when hurling insults about on an internet board though. You know, I shouldn’t tell lies. I searched it and bold face lie is incorrect, but again, no need to be so picky seeings how it’s the pit and all.
Please continue with your ranting. Back to you, Johnny.
I’ve never had a headhunter call who was that sleazy. If I was awake, the putz might have gotten a few choice words from me before the hangup.
The most sleazy calls I’ve gotten are the “we’re looking for someone to fill this position calls - do you know anyone?” Just say they might be interested in me. Why would I ever recommend anyone from my company who I respect? I might refer them the biggest loser I know (I haven’t). If they ask when I turn them down, that is another story.
But to quote Edith Keeler (roughly) “A lie is a terrible way to say hello.”
I’m a she, and it was a head-hunter, not a military recruiter. Sorry my nic causes you problems, Liberal. I have not been made aware of it causing anyone else any UI issues.
As far as plausible deniability goes, I might buy that if I had already corresponded with him previously and understood our correspondence as being head-hunting related, and then needed to cover my ass about calling him if we were playing phone tag. But as a first contact, it just smacks of dishonest social engineering that I would assume instills the same reaction I had more often than hooking a migratory fish. shrug
Yes, definitely bald-faced originally, the bold variant is a later corruption. Can’t get in to OED at the moment but I’ll post a cite as soon as I can.
I have run into very few recruiters who aren’t scum. The situation sort of lends itself to exploitation. You desperately need a job, the company needs a worker, the recruiter desperately needs a commission, and all 3 parties know that the recruiter is completely out of the picture after the deal is done. Plus, employers are often retards who assume the recruiters are diligently weeding out the unfit hires, and thus they who will hire anybody who jumps through enough hoops to get a face-to-face interview.
I have this recurring problem where I consistently get wild-ass contacts like “We have a position that matches your qualifications perfectly!” for a job that turns out to be (concocted example) repairing garbage trucks, when my posted resume says I’m qualified and seeking a job in (again, concocted example) wastewater treatment system design.
Not picky. I really thought that was how I always heard it and have used it myself.
That is really interesting. Bold faced always made sense to me. As “you are standing right in my face and being that bold to tell me a lie”.
Bald faced to me would mean lack of a beard. Does not make much sense to me dealing with someone lying. I know some people that think that people with facial hair are hiding something. So bald face would assume you are more truthful.
I am off to do research. Considered ignorance fought today.
Got a postcard the other day. Hard to say what it’s about:
This was done in barely legible handwriting, to make it look more “personal”, I guess. Too bad the laser printer it was made on was misaligned.
What I’d like to know is how they got my name in the first place.
Someone who works as a recruiter for a professional search firm, matching job-seekers with corporations looking for employees. Usually in more specialized or executive areas.
