“Phone calls are usually the beginning stage of your relationship with a staffing agency. It is also the main source of communication, besides email, that you will use to maintain communication. How you act when calling says a lot about your professionalism. Here are a few problems we run into ALL the time. We like to call them the “Believe it or Not” list. You would think that these things are embedded in everyone’s mind, but they are not. If you do any of the following, just make the correction. Hopefully, it will shed some light. We are a very busy staffing agency and time is of the essence. We want to help you, but we need your help as well so that we can also move on to help others.”
Read the entire Greenhouse Agency article Believe It Or Not!
Agencies are really helpful for people. They can help them find jobs they might have a hard time finding themselves. I did not know that the staffing agency can find out a lot about you from one phone call, I will have to keep that in mind for the future.
I like how you talked about the phone call to an agency. I can see how that impression is really important, when looking for a job. I will definitely remember to avoid those things you mentioned when I next call an agency for a job.