I had a call from a headhunter a couple of weeks ago. (This happens about three times a year).
As is usual, he asked for my email address, so he could email me, so that I would then have his, and could email him my CV. Then nothing happened. This is not unusual.
Then a week later he phoned me to ask why I hadn't sent the CV. "I didn't get an email from you" I said. He checked and discovered he'd mistyped my email address.
So then I sent him the CV. And then a week later he left a message on my voicemail to ask why I hadn't sent the CV. And then another saying sorry, he'd found it, the cat had eaten it or something. Or the email server had eaten it. So he had got it after all. And would I please phone him. No indication of what I'm to phone about.
I just have this uncomfortable feeling that, although I've done everything he's asked, quickly and correctly, somehow he's finding me difficult. And I just don't want to do business with someone that makes me feel uncomfortable. It's not a good start. To put it another way, none of this is probably his fault -- he's just been unlucky -- and I've decided I don't ever want anything to do with unlucky people. So I don't think I'll be calling him back.
Maybe it'll be the biggest mistake I've ever made. But I've decided it's not worth living with those "hmmmm" feelings.
By contrast, a man came round a couple of weeks ago and said "I'm painting the windows of a house up the street, shall I do yours, £500 guvnor" and I just liked him so I said "yes please" and we shook on it -- all done in two minutes. It seems to have worked out OK.
