Recruiter left a message for colleague on office wide voicemail

[Anonymous]

We're a relatively small firm and because we all work on the same projects we have a voicemail system that sends an email to all of us. Apparently, a colleague has been looking for other jobs and a headhunter left a message from their communication. How would you handle it?

[Anonymous]

I don't know--probably post to a local message board about it?

[Anonymous]

Recruiters call all the time, not just when you are looking for a job. I doubt your colleague actually gave a recruiter his office phone number, you would use a personal cell phone number. I bet the recruiter / headhunter just got a copy of your office phone directory or got the number off your website or something and called.

[Anonymous]

"So-and-so, at number XXX-XXX-XXXX, called for you on [date]."

[Anonymous]

Are you this person's superior? If not, ignore it. Whether the call was solicited or not, it's not your business at all.

[Anonymous]

This call was:

"Hi Larlo, This is Larla calling from (competitor firm). I know we spoke about some of the things we are doing here at the firm and would like to talk with you further. Please call me at 212-555-5555."

[Anonymous]

What's your role in office? If anything other than this person's direct supervisor (or up the chain), the gracefully ignore.

[Anonymous]

If you are not their supervisor, just give them the message and delete it from the voicemail.

[Anonymous]

I'd look into a different voice mail system

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know--probably post to a local message board about it?

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This call was:

"Hi Larlo, This is Larla calling from (competitor firm). I know we spoke about some of the things we are doing here at the firm and would like to talk with you further. Please call me at 212-555-5555."

There is nothing in that message that indicates your colleague is actively searching for a job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This call was:

"Hi Larlo, This is Larla calling from (competitor firm). I know we spoke about some of the things we are doing here at the firm and would like to talk with you further. Please call me at 212-555-5555."

There is nothing in that message that indicates your colleague is actively searching for a job.

+1 as someone said upthread if she was looking the recruiter would have her cell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This call was:

"Hi Larlo, This is Larla calling from (competitor firm). I know we spoke about some of the things we are doing here at the firm and would like to talk with you further. Please call me at 212-555-5555."

There is nothing in that message that indicates your colleague is actively searching for a job.

+1 as someone said upthread if she was looking the recruiter would have her cell

Maybe your colleague did it on purpose, to show you that others are interested in them and to use that as leverage for something down the line!

[Anonymous]

Recruiters cold call people all the time.

[Anonymous]

I would handle it by passing in the information to the colleague (if he or she didn't directly get it as well) and otherwise stay out of it and myob.