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Poll: Do you respond to emails from agencies who don't even answer your reply when they offer a job?
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Apr 5, 2024

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you respond to emails from agencies who don't even answer your reply when they offer a job?".

This poll was originally submitted by Sittie Hane Mama. View the poll results »
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 23:25
Membro (2007)
Inglês para Português
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Other (almost always) Apr 5, 2024

I almost always reply to job enquiries that are sent directly to me even if it concerns a field I don’t cover, for a deadline I can’t meet or for a rate way below my own, giving my reasons for declining. One exception is a large agency which has somehow included me in their database. Their jobs are always offered at half my rate or less. I've asked to be removed from their database but it makes no difference. So, I ignore their emails.

P.S. I’d like to receive an answer every... See more
I almost always reply to job enquiries that are sent directly to me even if it concerns a field I don’t cover, for a deadline I can’t meet or for a rate way below my own, giving my reasons for declining. One exception is a large agency which has somehow included me in their database. Their jobs are always offered at half my rate or less. I've asked to be removed from their database but it makes no difference. So, I ignore their emails.

P.S. I’d like to receive an answer every time I’m contacted but I do understand the challenges an agency faces when dealing with multiple languages and remote teams in different locations… ▲ Collapse


Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Sittie Hane Mama
Christine Andersen
Jessica Noyes
 
Alexandra Speirs
Alexandra Speirs  Identity Verified
Local time: 00:25
Italiano para Inglês
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question badly put Apr 5, 2024

If they don't answer me how can I respond to them?
If I am contacted by an unknown agency I may reply if I'm not too busy, but if I don't hear back from them I certainly don't chase them up.

Ester Vidal
expressisverbis
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Alex Lichanow
Marta Bevanda (X)
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Edith van der Have
 
Kay Denney
Kay Denney  Identity Verified
França
Local time: 00:25
Francês para Inglês
. Apr 5, 2024

I voted other and I'll share: I don't understand the question.

I suggest tomorrow's light-hearted weekend poll should be "what did yesterday's question even mean?"

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Patricia Prevost
P.L.F. Persi (X)
Philip Lees
Emily Scott
 
Josephine Cassar
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Malta
Local time: 00:25
Membro (2012)
Inglês para Maltês
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No, I don't Apr 5, 2024

As a general rule, i don't. I consider it very bad form if an agency contacts me, addresses me by name and does not reply when I reply to their request, whether I accept or not, even just to say that the job has been assigned. So, I've learnt not to reply when they next send me requests for jobs.

Sittie Hane Mama
 
neilmac
neilmac
Espanha
Local time: 00:25
Espanhol para Inglês
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Other Apr 5, 2024

I haven't worked with any agencies for a few years now.
 
Luca Adie
Luca Adie
Alemanha
Local time: 00:25
Alemão para Inglês
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. Apr 6, 2024

I am confusion.

(I hope I'm not the only one to understand the reference).
 


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