I made an enquiry about a specific job with a recruitment agency. A mid-high level job (or so it was described). They replied, said that based on my career history, I was most certainly the type of person they wanted applying for said job. I asked for a better job spec. More granularity on T&C and pay. They said what they had in their possession was it, but they were waiting for additional information from the employer.
They were very keen for my to immediately apply (which would have required filling out a plethora of forms, resubmitting a full CV and lots of other agency gumpf to their website) and hounded me a bit about it. Time consuming and dull and not something I wanted to do (all my information on their website is not something I'm comfortable with) unless I could fully evaluate the position beforehand.
Rather than waste anyones time, I said I'd hold fire on the application until I got more information. She said she'd get the information before I was due to fly to the Middle East and that she'd appreciate my coming back to her as soon as possible. As it transpired, she didn't get the information to me until I was two thirds through my business trip. With the time in the evenings available, I reviewed the information and concluded, politely, that the position wasn't entirely right for me - but that if there were other positions within the new set-up of the company - I might. After all that hounding, I got nil response. I subsequently removed my abbreviated CV from the recruitment website as I wasn't interested in being approached for jobs that were clearly inappropriate and asked their wider agency to remove any reference to me. This they confirmed they'd do.
Fast forward 4 months and I get an email from said recruiter. Asking me if I'd know anyone who would have the skill set to fulfil this new job she had within the same company. A technical, but a fairly subordinate job role.
AIBU to think it's a bit cheeky that she couldn't be bothered to reply to me before - and now she asks me to help - clearly indicating that i'm still on file somewhere? After I'd specifically asked to be removed entirely from the system?
I can appreciate the initiative and the drive, but can't help but think it's more than a bit cheeky!
I'm currently wondering how to respond... or not...
