Comments on: Oxford International, High Tech Ventures, and other annoying, cold-calling recruiting firms

By: joe

joe — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:13:53 +0000

Pardon my language, but Fuck Oxford.

I had 6 recruiters call me, all saying the same thing about finding my resume, all telling me to explain to them what I do, all wasting my time since I never heard from them after the initial call. That’s about 4-5 hours of my life wasted.

On the 7th, before they even began their speel, I told them never to call me again. Which was fine until today, when they decided to “proactively” call me because they opened a new office.

Sheesh, fuck off already. Go away, Oxford.

By: Rod

Rod — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:28:51 +0000

I would rather clean toilets than work for Oxford again. The boss John did nothing all day but threaten to fire everyone, I was told to lie to company secretaries about who I was just so I could get through to the company bosses. In a nutshell, they asked me to lie, completely dishonest work.

By: Rod

Rod — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:21:43 +0000

I previously worked for Oxford International, I left the company after a few weeks as the work was soul destroying, and also because after less than a week they expected me to be of the standard of someone working there four years.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:42:00 +0000

Hi There, I completely agree with your words. I have actually worked with Oxford before and had to leave after only a month because the work is so dishonest and unrealistically target driven. I am not a dishonest person and I couldn’t handle the lies i was expected to tell to receptionists. I can only be thankful that I didn’t waste too much of my time there.

By: jik

jik — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:27:08 +0000

The previous comment from "john" was posted from the IP address 72.248.205.178, which resolves to smtp.htventures.com. Four minutes later, another comment was posted on my other article about High Tech Ventures, from the same IP address, this time from "paul". Apparently "john" / "paul" is unaware that blogs log IP addresses. I leave it to the readers of my blog to evaluate the trustworthiness of a company's defense being posted by an employee of the company who neglects to identify himself as such.

By: john

john — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:55:07 +0000

Is this really that much of an issue? I personally know that High Tech Ventures is a great recruiting firm. They find very interesting early stage start ups that my give a high tech professional some options where they can persue they career objectives.

This company has been sucessful at starting a vast amount of multi-million dollar companies.

It is undeniable that they are good at what they do. They respect there applicants, they are not suckers. They often invest in there own startups and get behind there products.

You should be thankful that someone is even calling you about jobs in hard times like these. Realistically, there is no way recruiting firms make a significant impact on your work performance and if they do. Someone who can handle these “difficulties”

Can’t you just get a block on numbers and update your spam folders?

By: Leo

Leo — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:33:25 +0000

Bill them for your time. Minimum 15 minutes, for interrupting other work.

By: Rama

Rama — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:23:10 +0000

These people called me few minutes ago. This article explained excellently what they are doing to thousands of people. I always tell them that I found a full time position working for government, and I am not planning to work as consultant any more.

By: High Tech Ventures strikes again « Something better to do

High Tech Ventures strikes again « Something better to do — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:52:56 +0000

[...] A few minutes ago, I got the following email message from Ed at High Tech Ventures, a recruiting firm I have trashed on my blog in the past: [...]

By: Don't CallMe

Don't CallMe — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:33:18 +0000

Your description of High Tech Ventures is both accurate and appropiate; they not only annoyed me at work but they hunted me down at home and on my cell. Persistence can be taken to an extreme and when they call again, I have given my kids and my wife the permission to tell them that I have recently died in a fiery car crash and this is not a good time to talk. Hopefully they will feel bad enough to give the next guy a break and end their calling for the night; if the next person was so lucky.

Get the message, if the jobs you have to sell are so good then why are you calling me? If I a m looking, I already know about the top 10 companies to consider…….