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Waiting on Interview... Something fishy?

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  • #32
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    bluewolf wrote: »
    Good luck, but I wouldn't be holding my breath either
    Had one mess me around before despite being the one originally cold calling me - all attentive and helpful and constant contact until it was clear I didn't get past 2nd interview - then not a word. Not even "sorry you didn't get it", just vanished and stopped returning calls
    Very unprofessional carry on

    No way of knowing in your case but I'd keep looking! And if you do actually get an interview it'll be a bonus

    Im in no way holding out - applied for three other positions today, and to be honest was tempted to tell her where to shove it over the phone. But since jobs.ie and fas.ie are pretty dead over the weekend, and I've exhausted all independent resources, I'm gonna be hanging about until Monday anyway! Might as well see where she goes with it. If I get an interview date on Monday, great. If I don't, I'll be warning her not to contact me again!


  • #33
    Dancing on the fence
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭Dancing on the fence


    Good luck with the job hunt have a look at www.enterprise-ireland.com scroll to end of page and there are job vacancies with clients of Enterprise ireland


  • #34
    markpb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,431 ✭✭✭markpb


    Is worth pointing out that arranging interviews can be quite awkward for some companies, even large multinationals. If you have to find a time that suits people from several teams, at several levels and a time that suits the interviewee, sometimes it doesn't happen quickly.


  • #35
    username123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭username123


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    If I don't, I'll be warning her not to contact me again!

    No - dont do this. Why cut off your nose to spite your face? Thank her nicely and let her keep contacting you if she has something interesting. Use her to your own ends. Just know what you are dealing with and dont depend on her or trust her. But dont tell her to feck off - thats only harming your own position.


  • #36
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    username123 wrote: »
    No - dont do this. Why cut off your nose to spite your face? Thank her nicely and let her keep contacting you if she has something interesting. Use her to your own ends. Just know what you are dealing with and dont depend on her or trust her. But dont tell her to feck off - thats only harming your own position.

    I don't think I'd like to be dealing with her or any recruitment agency again, I had a minor panic attack last night stressing over Monday, I'm spending all day hovering over the phone, even making excuses not to leave the house on days that she has previously promised to ring me with good news. I'm exactly the wrong kind of person to deal with stretched false promises like this! :o


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  • #37
    tatli_lokma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,332 ✭✭✭tatli_lokma


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    I don't think I'd like to be dealing with her or any recruitment agency again

    unfortunately recruitment agencies are a fact of life if you are looking for a job. Some companies simply will not entertain direct applications and will only use recruiters. So why limit yourself?

    Recruitment agencies are a scourge, but an unavoidable fact of life, so you just need to learn to deal with the games they play.

    Also, Hr/recruitment can be a small world in Ireland - don't burn any bridges unnesseccarily, as you just don't know who speaks with whom. A friend of mine in HR worked for a recruitment company for a while and still networks industry circles of both recruiters and HR professionals. She has told me that she often phones contacts in recruitment agencies for 'off the record' references on an applicant. So don't go making any bold moves as you simply just don't know who speaks to who and who knows who.


  • #38
    username123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭username123


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    I don't think I'd like to be dealing with her or any recruitment agency again, I had a minor panic attack last night stressing over Monday, I'm spending all day hovering over the phone, even making excuses not to leave the house on days that she has previously promised to ring me with good news. I'm exactly the wrong kind of person to deal with stretched false promises like this! :o

    Little Ted has pretty much said how things are.

    Dont label yourself the wrong kind of person to be dealing with recruitment agency stuff. No one likes dealing with them. Whats important to remember is that you didnt realise how it would be - and now you know. You wont find yourself taken in like that again. Its the same for everyone the first time they deal with one. I just recently saw my husband go through it - which prepared me for going through it.

    Its ALL very daunting and stressful right now, but as you get more used to the BS and the "game" it will become easier. Some people go through months of looking for a suitable job - and lots and lots of calls, false promises etc - you just have to accept it for what it is, its a game that you are currently only becoming aware of the rules of.


  • #39
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    username123 wrote: »
    Little Ted has pretty much said how things are.

    Dont label yourself the wrong kind of person to be dealing with recruitment agency stuff. No one likes dealing with them. Whats important to remember is that you didnt realise how it would be - and now you know. You wont find yourself taken in like that again. Its the same for everyone the first time they deal with one. I just recently saw my husband go through it - which prepared me for going through it.

    Its ALL very daunting and stressful right now, but as you get more used to the BS and the "game" it will become easier. Some people go through months of looking for a suitable job - and lots and lots of calls, false promises etc - you just have to accept it for what it is, its a game that you are currently only becoming aware of the rules of.

    True I suppose, the last time I worked was back in the day when people were so desperate for more staff you got the job halfway through the interview :rolleyes:


  • #40
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    Just thought everyone would like to be updated and told that I received absolutely no further correspondence with the agency regarding this position. Very clear disregard for me as a candidate and a clear lack of professionalism involved!


  • #41
    ILikeFriday
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭ILikeFriday


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    Just thought everyone would like to be updated and told that I received absolutely no further correspondence with the agency regarding this position. Very clear disregard for me as a candidate and a clear lack of professionalism involved!

    Sorry to hear that.

    If I could suggest anything, it would be deal with companies directly if it's possible in your industry. If they invite you to interview it means they want to meet you. They have no incentive to waste their own time.


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  • #42
    username123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭username123


    Thats awful ShaSha. So it was all BS. There was probably no role at all.


  • #43
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    username123 wrote: »
    Thats awful ShaSha. So it was all BS. There was probably no role at all.

    I would be inclined to think so. Or at least that the position was filled long before my name came into play and the agent thought that with my skillset she could find me an alternative opportunity before I noticed any different. Unfortunately for her I proved to be quite difficult - I imagine she gave up when she realised I wasn't going to sit beside my phone like a lovestruck teenager ignoring job listings and turning down interviews until she found me something. :rolleyes:


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