On 02/23/10 03:54, Invisible wrote:
> I'm going to phone them again tomorrow, and hopefully this time I'll
> have grown enough of a spine to make them TELL ME what's actually going on.

	I don't know how recruiting companies work. Are you currently paying
them? If so, and if they don't seem helpful, tell them to close the
account. If not, merely ask why you should try to find a job through
them, with perhaps a hint that you don't want to continue with them (if
they're being vague with you).

	Don't take my advice too seriously unless someone else here mirrors it
- as I said, I don't know much about such companies.

	As for having trouble speaking on the phone: I used to have that
problem. I'd get stuck even ordering pizza. It helps to prepare certain
phrases in advance - both generic ones and specific to this current job
issue. When trying to ask something, you may have trouble finding a
segway where they'll allow you to speak on that particular topic. So
just prepare saying something (before you call) like "OK. I'm having a
bit of trouble understanding how this process works..." and then proceed
to say what you need to say. It's fairly easy making that statement
pretty much anywhere in the conversation.

	It took me a while (perhaps a few years) of preparing for conversations
like these before calling before I didn't have to do so any more.

	Also, it helps if you don't care too much. I mean, at worst, you won't
be any worse off than you were before.

	Just don't say anything abusive/insulting, which I assume you wouldn't
do anyway...


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Homer: Who payed for THAT wedding?

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