Recruiter finished phone conversation in the middle of his sentence
Martin Tupper
I had a call from a recruiter and after 3 minutes of our conversation
he stopped to talk suddenly, said something like "aaagh..." and then I
heard 3 beeps in the phone and the call was finished.
It's the SECOND(!) time that something like that happened to me in the
UK, so I have a questions:
1. Is it normal in the UK to broke phone conversation like this? In my
country it is extremely rude, and you have to say something like eg.:
excuse me, I have a car accident at the moment and have to finish :)
2. Is it possible that recruiters have timers in their phones, that
break connection after eg. 3 minutes to limit phone bills?
3. Could it be something wrong with my cell phone? I have O2
pay-as-you-go.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks
Martin
bosana
> Hi
>
> I had a call from a recruiter and after 3 minutes of our conversation
> he stopped to talk suddenly, said something like "aaagh..." and then I
> heard 3 beeps in the phone and the call was finished.
Hi Martin,
Maybe they need 3 min to found out that you are not a women ;)But
seriously it's you who is looking for a job so they don't have to be
nice and well-mannered...Sad but true.
Anna
Jasbird
Tupper) wrote:
>Hi
>
>I had a call from a recruiter and after 3 minutes of our conversation
>he stopped to talk suddenly, said something like "aaagh..." and then I
>heard 3 beeps in the phone and the call was finished.
>
>It's the SECOND(!) time that something like that happened to me in the
>UK, so I have a questions:
>
>1. Is it normal in the UK to broke phone conversation like this? In my
>country it is extremely rude, and you have to say something like eg.:
>excuse me, I have a car accident at the moment and have to finish :)
It is abnormal even for a recruitment agency. They will normally
have a stock phrase to finish off the conversation nicely.
>2. Is it possible that recruiters have timers in their phones, that
>break connection after eg. 3 minutes to limit phone bills?
What?
>3. Could it be something wrong with my cell phone? I have O2
>pay-as-you-go.
Not likely.
>Does anybody have any suggestions?
Whatever it is you're saying to put them off then stop saying
it.
>Thanks
>Martin
max
> Hi
>
> I had a call from a recruiter and after 3 minutes of our conversation
> he stopped to talk suddenly, said something like "aaagh..." and then I
> heard 3 beeps in the phone and the call was finished.
Three beeps normally means your call has been disconnected. If they are
on a mobile then it could be a flat battery or going out of signal range.
Or you could be moving out of singal range.
If you use a mobile a lot - you get used to it. Just redial - if it
wasn't a 'unknown number' or wait for them to call you.
Max
Luke A. Guest
> Hi
>
> I had a call from a recruiter and after 3 minutes of our conversation
> he stopped to talk suddenly, said something like "aaagh..." and then I
> heard 3 beeps in the phone and the call was finished.
Might've had a heart attack or crashed the car, or both.
Agents aren't the best people to deal with, unfortunately, most jobs go
through them.
Luke.