Got contacted for a job I didn't even know about

OpenToSuggestions · 18 Aug 2011 at 21:56

Hey all.

I post this as it makes a change from bad news about jobs.
Today Siemens PLM rang me as ages ago I registered on gradcracker.
They spoke of a job working for Siemens PLM in sales at Redbull F1 and then Dyson (and somewhere else that I have forgotten).

I did not ask too much as I started my PhD a few weeks ago.
Less than 4 weeks after graduation I have been contacted about a job that I don't need

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Anyone else had something like this happen to them?

-westy- · 18 Aug 2011 at 21:57

Sods law and all that

Nix · 18 Aug 2011 at 22:01

Dark Sun · 18 Aug 2011 at 22:01

Sounds an exciting proposition.

KaHn · 18 Aug 2011 at 22:05

Its nice seeing people who do employable subjects at uni

Congrats, hope theirs more to come

KaHn

Morgoth · 18 Aug 2011 at 22:05

mglover070588 said:
Anyone else had something like this happen to them?

Yes.

No.

SexyGreyFox · 18 Aug 2011 at 22:08

mglover070588 said:
Anyone else had something like this happen to them?

Yeah, 3 times.

I ended up getting a job at the NHS in May 2008 and 3 jobs I had applied for about 3 months earlier and thought had gone all rang me to offer the jobs.
1) Juvenile Prison working as an assistant teacher (I had worked there for 3.5 months voluntary)
2) RSPCA Inspector
3) Quality Audit Control in a factory (which I did for 27 years)

Haircut · 18 Aug 2011 at 22:10

All the god damn time from recuitment agents, usually about jobs that I have no interest in or are just completely unsuitable.

Wait until you have a few years experience under your belt and register on job sites to find your next job. You'll quickly get fed up of all the crap jobs that come your way!

HangTime · 18 Aug 2011 at 22:12

mglover070588 said:
Less than 4 weeks after graduation I have been contacted about a job that I don't need .

Anyone else had something like this happen to them?

When I started my first job after graduation, I got a call for an interview somewhere else after two days in the job.

In hindsight I regret turning down the interview as it would have been a much better employer.

PardonTheWait · 18 Aug 2011 at 22:18

I got a job through a phone call from Monster, ended up working for the firm nearly two years. It happened when I had a job already and has never happened since, especially when I desperately needed work!

RickST · 18 Aug 2011 at 22:35

yeah it happens fairly frequently, especially if you have a slightly rare skill set.

Pav89 · 18 Aug 2011 at 23:45

Thank you so much for this thread - I'd never even heard of gradcracker! Some more grad schemes to apply for that don't appear on the mainstream grad job sites.

Hope I make it someday!

OpenToSuggestions · 19 Aug 2011 at 22:39

Pav89 said:
Thank you so much for this thread - I'd never even heard of gradcracker! Some more grad schemes to apply for that don't appear on the mainstream grad job sites.

Hope I make it someday!

What is your field of work?

Kemik · 19 Aug 2011 at 22:58

I get tons of spam email like that. They get my address from the ICAS or CTA results so they know I'm doing Accounting. Apparently they do random phone calls too!