Phone Calls from agents

**DodgyAgent** · 1 March 2007, 13:27

Originally posted by Spacecadet

every single time i get a call from an agent its a withheld number.

I have never worked out why they do this, especially as I'm not alone in screening all unrecognised numbers.

It is because we tell lies, and it is better people do not know who we are than know who we are, otherwise no one would speak to us

**Euro-commuter** · 1 March 2007, 13:30

Originally posted by DodgyAgent

It is because we tell lies

Is that true?

**churkus** · 1 March 2007, 13:31

Originally posted by Euro-commuter

Is that true?

no its a lie, obviously!.

**PRC1964** · 1 March 2007, 13:31

I used to get calls from a "Dave" who's real name was Nigel but he called himself Dave "so that your client won't now you're talking to an agent".

Maybe they think that it is more discreet to use a withheld number?

**Jawz .** · 1 March 2007, 13:33

Originally posted by Euro-commuter

Is that true?

I've been contracting for almost 10 years and have never been lied to once by a recruitment agency. I find it to be an honest and wholly ethical industry and the individual agents to be of a high moral standing.

**TheOmegaMan** · 1 March 2007, 13:34

Agents peddle flesh for cash. In a just society there would be a mass burning, but alas under New Labour they thrive like other vermin.

**ZZZZ Snoozer** · 1 March 2007, 13:35

Originally posted by Spacecadet

every single time i get a call from an agent its a withheld number.

I have never worked out why they do this, especially as I'm not alone in screening all unrecognised numbers.

Nothing sinister?

It's probably no more than the agent calling via an office switchboard which will almost certainly cause the number to be withheld

**Jawz .** · 1 March 2007, 13:36

Originally posted by TheOmegaMan

Agents peddle flesh for cash. In a just society there would be a mass burning, but alas under New Labour they thrive like other vermin.

**Spacecadet** · 1 March 2007, 13:37

Originally posted by ZZZZ Snoozer

Nothing sinister?

It's probably no more than the agent calling via an office switchboard which will almost certainly cause the number to be withheld

Not always, generally the switchboard has to be configured to hide the number.
I get plenty of calls from people who i know are behind switchboards, it either shows their number or the general office number

Phone Calls from agents