How to deal with an unknown caller?

[adrian]

At around the same time yesterday and today (about 12:30pm) someone called my cell from a number I didn't recognize, so I just forwarded it to my voicemail.

The prefixes are 224 and 258, and are both local numbers.

I pulled my phone number from the job site I'm using to get a job, and removed it from my resume documents. The spooky thing is, that it happened within a few minutes of each other, and I tried a reverse lookup on a few sites, but it found nothing.

I can't get another cell number because I'm stuck in another 1 year contract w/ tmobile, and I don't have the money to pay for it.

What can I do?

[1stwahine]

Re: How to deal with an unknown caller?

Adrian, never be afraid! PM me and I'll call the numbers and find out the scoops for you.

Auntie Lynn aka Auntie Pupule

[Miulang]

Re: How to deal with an unknown caller?

At around the same time yesterday and today (about 12:30pm) someone called my cell from a number I didn't recognize, so I just forwarded it to my voicemail.

The prefixes are 224 and 258, and are both local numbers.

I pulled my phone number from the job site I'm using to get a job, and removed it from my resume documents. The spooky thing is, that it happened within a few minutes of each other, and I tried a reverse lookup on a few sites, but it found nothing.

I can't get another cell number because I'm stuck in another 1 year contract w/ tmobile, and I don't have the money to pay for it.

What can I do?

Did those callers leave call back messages? Is the greeting on your cellphone voice mail box professional sounding? If they were hangup calls, and if your voice mail greeting is too "cute", they might have been potential employers who were turned off by the message you left. If you don't give potential employers a phone number to call, more than likely that's going to limit the number of employers who will be interested in you. It's OK to leave off a mailing address, but you have to include both an email address and phone number these days when applying for jobs. Your voicemail greeting should be something like, "You have reached 808-xxx-xxxx. I am unavailable to take your call at this time. Please leave your name, phone number and a detailed message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible."

Miulang

[Glen Miyashiro]

Re: How to deal with an unknown caller?

Ehh. They were probably wrong numbers. I get them on my cell every now and then.

[adrian]

Re: How to deal with an unknown caller?

Did those callers leave call back messages? Is the greeting on your cellphone voice mail box professional sounding? If they were hangup calls, and if your voice mail greeting is too "cute", they might have been potential employers who were turned off by the message you left. If you don't give potential employers a phone number to call, more than likely that's going to limit the number of employers who will be interested in you. It's OK to leave off a mailing address, but you have to include both an email address and phone number these days when applying for jobs. Your voicemail greeting should be something like, "You have reached 808-xxx-xxxx. I am unavailable to take your call at this time. Please leave your name, phone number and a detailed message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible."

Miulang

This is my message:

Hello, please leave your name, phone number, and a brief message, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Thank you

And my service has a feature that will tell me if I have a voicemail, so I can't miss it.

[Miulang]

Re: How to deal with an unknown caller?

The if they were hang up calls, Glen's right. Those were wrong numbers.

Miulang