Annoying recruiters & voicemail?

[Robert Nagle]

 Hi, there, Juliette, 

I don't normally follow this list anymore, but I happened to catch this
thread. 

I know the problem of having only the cellphone as a contact number. 

If you are up for it, one idea is to create a skypein account with phone
number in your area code for the purpose of receiving voicemail. 
http://www.skype.com/products/skypein/ 

For skypein, you pay $38 for the number+voicemail, and then (optionally) $15
for unlimited outgoing calls. Here's the kicker though. With a skypein
number you get unlimited voicemail. You don't even need to call out; Of
course, you have to stay logged in to your pc to access your messages. You
listen to your messages from your computer. 

(There are some small problems; for example, your number never shows up on
caller ID when you call people). 

Funny, I switched to skype (+ prepaid cellphone plan) because my
work-at-home contract jobs were draining my anytime cellphone minutes. 
After paying the $53 annual flat fee for skype in/out, I downgraded my phone
plan to a $7/month plan without having to worry about daytime minutes 

BTW, that is one strange recruiter.

Rj 


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1. dealing with annoying recruiters

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Subject: dealing with annoying recruiters
From: Juliette <juliette at rootaction.net>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 23:19:54 -0500
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I was wondering if anyone else has had this experience: Recruiting agency
Sai People Solutions has been contacting me repeatedly to the point of
harassment. Every time I update my resume on Monster, I can expect multiple
calls from multiple people at this agency. The calls are always about a
"wonderful opportunity in Round Rock" as a technical writer on contract for
Dell. I've told the callers that I'm not interested in working in Round
Rock, that I don't ever want them to call me again, but less than a day
later, I get another call. I updated my resume on Tuesday and have had five
phone calls from them in two days, plus several email messages. I only have
a cell phone, no land line, so these calls are using up my daytime minutes.
To add to the problem, I believe Sai People Solutions may be offshoring
their work, as it sounds like English is not the native language of the
recruiters, and they often have trouble reading their script.

Does anyone have any advice about what I can do to get this agency off my
back? If I take my phone number off Monster, legit recruiters will be unable
to contact me. (They could email me, but it seems many prefer to call.) At
this point, all I can do is stop answering any calls from the area code Sai
People Solutions uses. Would it be worthwhile to contact Dell's HR
department and let them know that this agency is actually making me
disinclined to work for Dell? I can't be the only person who's had to deal
with this kind of problem. 
I'd appreciate any advice.

--Juliette Kernion




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