Got this call two times at work. The phone message made it sound like someone looking for a bid on a project (I am an estimator for a mechanical contractor). I talked to the guy, and it turns out he is a head hunter for an executive employment agency. They try to make it sound like it's for a job bid, to get routed to the estimator. If they were to come right out and tell the person answering the phone that they are trying to "poach" one of the most critical and key employees, they would just get hung-up.
What a crazy call. Lady calls to get fax number for estimating dept. I ask her what job she is trying to get a bid on. From there it went downhill. She says she is from Adams Group & mentions a hospital in Little Rock which is hundreds of miles away from us and I tell her that we don't go that far. She tells me she knows and that the hospital is not the job?? So she mentioned the hospital for what reason?? Then she tells me she had talked to someone at my company and forgot their name. I again ask regarding a bid on what. She doesn't know what job she wants a bid on. She then continues talking in circles and says "I do remember that it was out of the scope of your area". She repeated that several times, whatever that means! Not sure what the scam is but something is not right.
Got this call two times at work. The phone message made it sound like someone looking for a bid on a project (I am an estimator for a mechanical contractor). I talked to the guy, and it turns out he is a head hunter for an executive employment agency. They try to make it sound like it's for a job bid, to get routed to the estimator. If they were to come right out and tell the person answering the phone that they are trying to "poach" one of the most critical and key employees, they would just get hung-up.
called and asked for reference on a current employee. Basically implied that our employee is looking for other work, (we just hired this person 8 days ago).
Lady Called and asked for the Chief Estimator. I asked her what is the name of the project you are calling in reference to and she said I do not have a name. I then explained to her that we have different project managers that handle different projects. She then said she has a future job for us. I asked her are you looking for us to build something for you? At that point she started to stutter and TRIED to tell me that she usually talks to the "CHIEF ESTIMATOR". I asked her to email me her company info and I will forward it to the right person (NOT)! I found out that they are head hunters. Delete email!!! lol