Another reason why I hate Robert Half Japan

Last month, I met one of their recruiters at an offsite place in Tokyo. She was nice enough, but invariably spewed the company line. "Robert Half is the leader in the industry, blah blah blah, we have contacts with all of the top companies, blah blah blah".

So I said ok, lets see what you've got. I put my resume for a job which I fit pretty well for. They said I should get an interview. I asked if this required native level Japanese skills, which I do not have. I am fluent, but I don't have quite the level yet to be considered native. They said no, all it requires is business Japanese and that they need a native English speaker to talk to the clients and staff. So this sounded great. I thought I was in.

One week pass, no response.

Second week passes, no response.

I start thinking something is fishy. I send email and phone calls to that recruiter. Nothing. Fuck that! I get fed up and then emailed their main email line and her. Not surprisingly, she responds in a few minutes. "Oh, they actually were looking for a native Japanese speaker. Sorry for this, but I will continue to keep looking for opportunities for you."

WTF! Why did you fucking waste my time and effort if this was the case?! Shit. I could have saved my paid time off instead of wasting a half day to go meet this chick. Piece of crap is what I say. I will add more stories in the future. This is just the tip.