Difficulties with Recruiter

[Michele Davis <michele -at- krautgrrl -dot- com>]

Hello all,

I'm on contract right now but getting calls almost daily from 
recruiters. Today I received a phone call from a recruiter who pulled my 
resume off monster. He told me that they had a client that needed 
someone to start immediately b/c they had a writer onsite that they 
would be pulling from the project. I didn't ask why, and the why was not 
offered. I told him I was on contract until at least January, and then 
probably on call for edits during January, so I'd need some flexibility. 
We talked money. He said he'd have to call the account rep. to make sure 
my asking price was fine with the client.

He called back on my cell phone b/c my business line rang right to voice 
mail (I was on the phone). I called him back on my land line and he said 
the money was fine and he wanted me to come in and meet with them (the 
recruiters) tomorrow. I told him that tomorrow wouldn't work for a 
variety of reasons (one my current client deadline and two the fact that 
I had an accident and am sharing a car with the husband.) We agreed on 
Monday. After getting off the phone with him the AR called me on my cell 
phone b/c the land line rang right to voice mail. (Do people not 
understand the concept of voice mail? Or is there an assumption that 
*everyone* has call waiting?)

I asked her to call me on my land line. She insisted I come in tomorrow 
to meet with them. When I gave her the same reasons from above she said, 
"Since you have transportation problems how are you going to get to the 
clients site next week?" I replied that I couldn't, even with a car, 
since I was on deadline with another client and couldn't begin until 
January. She asked, "Are you ALWAYS going to have transportation issues?"

I replied, "Pardon me?" She stated the above again. I said, "No, I'll 
have a car on Monday as I told the recruiter." She said, "Well you just 
aren't hungry enough since you don't want to come in tomorrow." I 
replied that No, I wasn't that hungry as I had two simultaneous projects 
and more in the pipeline. She said, "Well, if you get hungry in the next 
two days, call me so we can meet." I told her No, that wouldn't be 
happening and she retaliated with, "We don't want to work with someone 
like you."

What's up with all that? I had the shakes after that call b/c her tone 
was very nasty. To me it's a red flag when a client needs a writer 
yesterday and a writer is being pulled from the project. Are these red 
flags to any of you? My reaction is to call the boss of the AR's b/c I 
think her treatment of me was horrid.

Opine away oh mighty techwhirlers...

Michele

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Michele
612-824-3516
612-309-6903 (cell)
www.krautgrrl.com
www.krautboy.com
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