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    Well that's a new one..

    Got an email from an agency I've 'worked with in the past' (no, you simply have me on your database) asking me to recommend recruitment agents who have got me contracts in the past! Vouchers if I forward them names...
    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

    #2
    Certainly is.

    I do wonder what they would get out of it.
    "Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch." - Orson Welles

    Norrahe's blog

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      #3
      Originally posted by cojak View Post
      Got an email from an agency I've 'worked with in the past' (no, you simply have me on your database) asking me to recommend recruitment agents who have got me contracts in the past! Vouchers if I forward them names...
      Send them Dodgy's details.
      The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.

      George Frederic Watts

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_Park

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        #4
        Maybe they are looking for a new job themselves?
        Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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          #5
          Originally posted by norrahe View Post
          Certainly is.

          I do wonder what they would get out of it.
          I expect they're looking to identify successful competitors, trawl through their LinkedIn contacts, find likely client contacts and steal them, having smeared the aforementioned successful competitor.
          The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.

          George Frederic Watts

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_Park

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            #6
            Tell them to send vouchers first before you give out any names. Then give them Dodgy's details

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              #7
              More likely they're trying to poach successful pimps hoping they'll bring their clients and possibly contractors with them.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Bunk View Post
                More likely they're trying to poach successful pimps hoping they'll bring their clients and possibly contractors with them.
                And then fire the pimps. I like it!
                The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.

                George Frederic Watts

                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_Park

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