Wednesday, April 25, 2007
I am unprofessional
So in case it's confusing based on past posts (and it very well might be), I have my own resume company, a 1-man operation, and I also work essentially full time as a resume manager for another, larger company. Therefore, while I'm still happy to take on orders through my company/website (more money, usually easier orders), I don't actively market it anymore, and I can't always answer the phone if I'm doing something on deadline for the other company.
Today I was doing just that and the phone rang, so I turned the ringer off. Typically the way this works is that the client/prospective client/whatever goes into voicemail and then either (1) leaves me a message that I return when I'm done with the deadline, or (2) gets redirected to the website by my voicemail message and can find out more information and send me an e-mail from there. Or, if the client's not really interested, he or she (3) hangs up and goes about his or her business.
In this case, when I was done with my order, I looked at my phone and discovered that the same number had called me about six times in 20 minutes and left a message on the last call. I called my voicemail and heard a man say the following (slight paraphrase): "I don't like leaving messages on telephone answering machines. You may write professional resumes, but it's really unprofessional to make me leave a message." Click. (The part where he calls voicemail an answering machine is NOT a paraphrase, by the way.)
Uh, boy, let me just express how sad I am that I didn't get to work with that guy.
Today I was doing just that and the phone rang, so I turned the ringer off. Typically the way this works is that the client/prospective client/whatever goes into voicemail and then either (1) leaves me a message that I return when I'm done with the deadline, or (2) gets redirected to the website by my voicemail message and can find out more information and send me an e-mail from there. Or, if the client's not really interested, he or she (3) hangs up and goes about his or her business.
In this case, when I was done with my order, I looked at my phone and discovered that the same number had called me about six times in 20 minutes and left a message on the last call. I called my voicemail and heard a man say the following (slight paraphrase): "I don't like leaving messages on telephone answering machines. You may write professional resumes, but it's really unprofessional to make me leave a message." Click. (The part where he calls voicemail an answering machine is NOT a paraphrase, by the way.)
Uh, boy, let me just express how sad I am that I didn't get to work with that guy.
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One tries, in such a situation, to maintain one's composure: "If that's your attitude, I don't need your work anyway."
But one would rather reach through the phone lines, grab the guy by the lapels and say: "Don't make me responsible for your telephone phobia, buddy!"
But one would rather reach through the phone lines, grab the guy by the lapels and say: "Don't make me responsible for your telephone phobia, buddy!"
Have you checked out youmail.com?
it's a free cell phone voicemail service that lets you create different greetings for different callers. You can also check voicemails online and even block specific callers from being able to leave voicemails using the Ditchmail feature.
it's VERY cool.
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it's a free cell phone voicemail service that lets you create different greetings for different callers. You can also check voicemails online and even block specific callers from being able to leave voicemails using the Ditchmail feature.
it's VERY cool.
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