help needed with a recruitment consultant.

[Dupont666]

Oops, put this in the wrong forum, so a quick repost here is necessary:

Just got a vauge email through which im replying to and got these questions:


1. Total Experience:

2. Telephone number/ Mobile number:

3. E-mail:

4. Self-rating out of 10:

5. Reasons to leave present employer -

6. Joining time if you do well in interview.

7. Current Project Status....

8. Current CTC

9. Expected CTC

10. Willing to relocate to Singapore? Yes/NO

11. Visa Status:

12. Two Professional References

Now the queries i have are, Im a British citizen so what would the answer to 11 be? (no other visas etc currently held).

What is current CTC and expected CTC? (assuming its something to do with salary, but its not a phrase i have come across).

Cheers for the help,

Dupont.

Please no silly answers.

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

Frankly, if he or she cannot be bothered to spend the time with you on the phone or face to face I wouldnt bother with their form.

[bigandclever]

CTC is cost to company - so salary plus perks, for want of a better word.

References can be supplied on request too, cheeky fishing tossers

[Dupont666]

If its a fish, they are coming a long way, my current company has no business in Singapore and that was stated when the CV was posted.

[bigandclever]

Is it a "C# Developer - Global Investment Bank - FANTASTIC ROLE!!!" ?

[Dupont666]

Nope not that, just a simple investment banking roles available.

Have asked what they are and see if they tally up with my sources out there first.

[thehawk]

1. Total Experience:
None, although I once worked at BP during university holidays.

2. Telephone number/ Mobile number:
Yes, I have both.

3. E-mail:
Yes, i also have email.

4. Self-rating out of 10:
10

5. Reasons to leave present employer -
I have been making inappropriate sexual gestures

6. Joining time if you do well in interview.
Is that supposed to be said with a Russian accent?

7. Current Project Status....
Overdue

8. Current CTC
A lot

9. Expected CTC
A lot more when I steal all their intellectual capital.

10. Willing to relocate to Singapore? Yes/NO
Does a bear st in the woods?

11. Visa Status:
Overdrawn, thats; why I need to get out of the UK

12. Two Professional References
Body and Doyle

Please no silly answers.
I used my initiative to give you one.

HTH

[Dupont666]

thankfully this one has already replied to me and aint fishing

This i like...

[JayKaybi]

Dupont666 said:

Oops, put this in the wrong forum, so a quick repost here is necessary:

Just got a vauge email through which im replying to and got these questions:


1. Total Experience:

2. Telephone number/ Mobile number:

3. E-mail:

4. Self-rating out of 10:

5. Reasons to leave present employer -

6. Joining time if you do well in interview.

7. Current Project Status....

8. Current CTC

9. Expected CTC

10. Willing to relocate to Singapore? Yes/NO

11. Visa Status:

12. Two Professional References

Now the queries i have are, Im a British citizen so what would the answer to 11 be? (no other visas etc currently held).

What is current CTC and expected CTC? (assuming its something to do with salary, but its not a phrase i have come across).

Cheers for the help,

Dupont.

Please no silly answers.

Speaking as a recruitment consultant myself (albeit the least stereotypical one possible) I can tell you that this is a rubbish e-mail where the consultant is just being lazy. They will take your responses, log them onto their systems, and mailshot your cv around to any company on their system that has ever recruited for anyone with your sort of experience. This MIGHT get them an interview request amongst dozens of

"Please SOD OFF! WE are NOT recruiting and don't want your services!"

responses. Then they will triumphantly call you to say either

"Look how good I am and how clever I've been towards earning the £5000 fee and all my lovely commission, I used my specialist knowledge and extensive contact network to seek out the perfect position for you! Love me, love me, love me!"

Or, if they don't get any interview requests, they'll keep your details on record and repeat at regular intervals.

If you get a phone call, they will ask where else you have been interviewing, as then they can call those companies to try to get them to use their services. They WILL and regularly DO call crap candidates (no inference) purely to find out where they've been applying to and interviewing - the rest of the converation can be a considered a complete ruse.


FWIW I do not do these things. I used to be a Head of Online Marketing, and I used to get bugged by crappy recruiters calling me every day or sending loads of CVs that were completely irrelevant. I HATE recruitment consultants, and became one so I could screw them at their own game by actually understanding my clients and my marketplace.

[Famous Graham]

JayKaybi said:

Dupont666 said:

Oops, put this in the wrong forum, so a quick repost here is necessary:

Just got a vauge email through which im replying to and got these questions:


1. Total Experience:

2. Telephone number/ Mobile number:

3. E-mail:

4. Self-rating out of 10:

5. Reasons to leave present employer -

6. Joining time if you do well in interview.

7. Current Project Status....

8. Current CTC

9. Expected CTC

10. Willing to relocate to Singapore? Yes/NO

11. Visa Status:

12. Two Professional References

Now the queries i have are, Im a British citizen so what would the answer to 11 be? (no other visas etc currently held).

What is current CTC and expected CTC? (assuming its something to do with salary, but its not a phrase i have come across).

Cheers for the help,

Dupont.

Please no silly answers.

Speaking as a recruitment consultant myself (albeit the least stereotypical one possible) I can tell you that this is a rubbish e-mail where the consultant is just being lazy. They will take your responses, log them onto their systems, and mailshot your cv around to any company on their system that has ever recruited for anyone with your sort of experience. This MIGHT get them an interview request amongst dozens of

"Please SOD OFF! WE are NOT recruiting and don't want your services!"

responses. Then they will triumphantly call you to say either

"Look how good I am and how clever I've been towards earning the £5000 fee and all my lovely commission, I used my specialist knowledge and extensive contact network to seek out the perfect position for you! Love me, love me, love me!"

Or, if they don't get any interview requests, they'll keep your details on record and repeat at regular intervals.

If you get a phone call, they will ask where else you have been interviewing, as then they can call those companies to try to get them to use their services. They WILL and regularly DO call crap candidates (no inference) purely to find out where they've been applying to and interviewing - the rest of the converation can be a considered a complete ruse.


FWIW I do not do these things. I used to be a Head of Online Marketing, and I used to get bugged by crappy recruiters calling me every day or sending loads of CVs that were completely irrelevant. I HATE recruitment consultants, and became one so I could screw them at their own game by actually understanding my clients and my marketplace.

Loosely translated - "I'm great, use me." All the same, you lot

[Steamer]

4. Self-rating out of 10:

What kind of a dumb ass question is that?!

'Well if I lost a bit of weight I'd probably be an 8 but after a few beers I'm usually a 9.5!'

I know we shouldnt tar them all with the same brush - there are some excellent ones on here - but this kind of work ethic does feck all for recruitment consultants.

[bugsbunny]

Leeches.

Carry on.

[JayKaybi]

Famous Graham said:

Loosely translated - "I'm great, use me." All the same, you lot

Nope, not really. I have no idea if my particular specialism is relevant to the OP, and don't feel the need to ask. I have straggly long hair (a carry over from my years as a snowboarding instructor) and have only been recruiting for a month or two. I am not the snooty, big watch wearing Mini Cooper driving berk you're thinking of.

[Famous Graham]

JayKaybi said:

Famous Graham said:

Loosely translated - "I'm great, use me." All the same, you lot

Nope, not really. I have no idea if my particular specialism is relevant to the OP, and don't feel the need to ask. I have straggly long hair (a carry over from my years as a snowboarding instructor) and have only been recruiting for a month or two. I am not the snooty, big watch wearing Mini Cooper driving berk you're thinking of.

You can't spot a pisstake though

[JayKaybi]

Famous Graham said:

JayKaybi said:

Famous Graham said:

Loosely translated - "I'm great, use me." All the same, you lot

Nope, not really. I have no idea if my particular specialism is relevant to the OP, and don't feel the need to ask. I have straggly long hair (a carry over from my years as a snowboarding instructor) and have only been recruiting for a month or two. I am not the snooty, big watch wearing Mini Cooper driving berk you're thinking of.

You can't spot a pisstake though

Bugger.

Well played.