soley@moegate.UUCP (Norman S. Soley) (06/19/89)
In article <7440@aimed.UUCP> ross@aimed.UUCP (Ross Morrissey) writes:
:
:"This is Jane Doe from XYZ marketing, and we are doing some research to
:determine the acceptance of a new Rum Cooler among DP professionals."
:
:I explained that she was obviously given the wrong name, and that I
:was definitely the Rum Cooler contact in our orginization. She described
:a sampling session at L'hotel with lots of other DP professionals around.
:She asked for the spelling of my name, and my position, for the invite.
:
:Someone more paranoid than me overheard me spelling my name over the phone
:and slid me a piece of paper with "HEADHUNTER?" scrawled on it.
:
:Wow. Is there a rule against this kind of tactic? Isn't this like fishing
:at night with a flashlight? Or hunting with a helicopter?
:
:Does anyone know of any countering-tactics or effective comebacks?
They never mentioned recruiting so the obvious tack is to show up, preferably
with a drinking buddy or two, (hint, hint:-) consume as much of their alcohol
as you can get your hands on, they when they pour on the recruiting pitch,
get real offended and storm out. Who knows it might actually be the real item.
--
Norman Soley - The Communications Guy - Ontario Ministry of the Environment
soley@moegate.UUCP or if you roll your own: uunet!attcan!ncrcan!moegate!soley
The Minister speaks for the Ministry, I speak for myself. Got that! Good.
Stay smart, go cool, be happy, it's the only way to get what you wantross@aimed.UUCP (Ross Morrissey) (06/20/89)
I had a an incredible telephone conversation recently.
A call came into the office for someone who wasn't in. I asked if there
was a message.
"This is Jane Doe from XYZ marketing, and we are doing some research to
determine the acceptance of a new Rum Cooler among DP professionals."
"A what?"
"A new Rum Cooler, you've heard of Vodka Coolers, this one is Rum."
I explained that she was obviously given the wrong name, and that I
was definitely the Rum Cooler contact in our orginization. She described
a sampling session at L'hotel with lots of other DP professionals around.
She asked for the spelling of my name, and my position, for the invite.
Someone more paranoid than me overheard me spelling my name over the phone
and slid me a piece of paper with "HEADHUNTER?" scrawled on it. Just then
the voice on the other end asked for the names of anyone else in the
office who would be interested.
Wow. Is there a rule against this kind of tactic? Isn't this like fishing
at night with a flashlight? Or hunting with a helicopter?
Does anyone know of any countering-tactics or effective comebacks?
--
Ross Morrissey ross@aimed.UUCP
AIM Inc. (416) 423-1085 {utzoo,utai}!lsuc!aimed!ross
"Forgive me, I'm just a Pick Programmer."hpchang@spurge.waterloo.edu (Hsi P. Chang) (06/21/89)
In article <7440@aimed.UUCP> ross@aimed.UUCP (Ross Morrissey) writes: >Does anyone know of any countering-tactics or effective comebacks? Well, when I used to work for IBM Canada, we used to give them the name and phone number of the President of IBM Canada. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- hpchang@spurge.waterloo.{edu,cdn} Hsi P. Chang hpchang@spurge.uwaterloo.ca 4A Computer Science, Co-op. uunet!watmath!spurge!hpchang University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada