I really dislike it when clients call my office and demand to be prioritized. In my world, most-favored-company status is attained by the amount of your fee or how easy it is to get someone hired. Especially if this isn’t an exclusive. This particular “industry leader” has called me three times demanding candidates even when I know my competition is bending over backwards to get people rejected there. I’ve had this account for a year and change and have one successful hire, and that’s only because I knew that West Memphis was in Arkansas and everyone else they retained didn’t.
There’s a 911 in a very, very remote area right now and apparently I am the recruiter they thought would perform this particular miracle.
So some VP calls me from his car this morning and threatens to yank my contract if I don’t start producing. I said that that decision was up to him and I will keep looking for that unknown person that is employed, qualified, and will relocate anywhere in the country after completing two months of training sequestered in some bumfuck town away from their family. Then I ask him why he just won’t move someone from one shithole to another if this search is so difficult.
“Don’t mock our process. We’ve been successful longer than you’ve been alive!” **click**
Very motivational. I’ll get right on this one.