Same here, was amazed the first few times it happened that recruiting had been outsourced like that. I tried to nicely tell the first couple I was not interested but after rewording that statement a few times without them understanding what I was saying I finally just gave up. Probably does not help that I generally have a low opinion of recruiters to begin with.
On 3/30/06, Pete Ruckelshaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:11:2987 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
