I've gotten a number of calls from recruiters that were pretty obviously outsourced Indian callcenter employees who were dialling for dollars. As a rule, I hang up on them as quickly as possible. I have also gotten emails that used less than native English, which I delete just as quickly. Sorry, but if they don't care enough to communicate properly and effectively, I don't care enough to respond.
Pete On 3/30/06, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So... > > I hope I'm not offending anyone, but at what point do you simply not > respond to a recruiter if there's an obvious language barrier? I'm > just curious if anyone else has a "rule of thumb" they use, because I > just got an email from a recruiter asking me to "revert back > positively ... with the resume and the rate", indicating that he's > confused the definition of "reply" or possibly "respond" and "revert". > > > It seems like now more than any other time that I've looked for a job, > the majority of the recruiters I talk to are some variety of > (middle)eastern (I'm guessing mostly Indian, although of course I > don't ask) with varying degrees of either accent or language barrier. > I really don't want to come across as being insensitive, but some of > these people (a good number of them actually) speak english over the > phone so poorly that it takes several iterations of a word or phrase > before I understand what they're trying to say, and it really makes me > wonder how they've even been hired in a recruiting capacity by > companies seeking english-speaking workers. > > My current job search seems to be nearing its end, so I'm not liable > to need to worry about it for hopefully several years now, I'm just > curious what other people's thoughts are on the subject. > > > s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://www.fusiontap.com > http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2981 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
