recruiter, matchmaker, whatever.
So I get this phone call yesterday from a contact I’ve never worked with at one of my clients. She was calling to tell me that the talent I had placed there had left some of his things and she had been trying to get in touch with him to come pick them up but had been unsuccessful.
Okay… well, I can certainly come pick them up Monday morning.
Great, she says, and is he still with the company? He certainly is, and we’ve got him out to work with another client next week. Oh, that’s nice. Is he still in the city? Yes, he’s still in the area…
Then she asked me if I would give him her number and have him call her directly.
I am wary at this point, because it’s a cardinal rule that the talent do not get to follow up with clients directly. I don’t protest because a realization is slowly dawning on me.
This woman isn’t with HR or IT trying to poach my talent without a fee- he was let go from the assignment due to having insufficient skills to complete it. The number she gave me wasn’t part of the company’s phone scheme- it’s a cell phone number.
This woman is totally trying to pick up my talent, and she wants ME to give him her digits.
Good luck with that- I happen to know the guy already has a girlfriend.
Now I want to know just what it was that he left there…
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