The recruiter said my name

“Hi Jennifer!” she enthusiastically said in a video. Then she continued describing the company and what they found interesting in my portfolio.

I was surprised, but the gimmick worked. She demonstrated the value of the company—a free video phone-conferencing system. And how easy it was meant to be. And of course, how personal they were because they created a video just for me…to recruit me.

But it frightened me a bit. She never met me and didn’t know how I looked like. But she knew my name from my online portfolio and linkedin. What if I had a difficult first name to pronounce? Hopefully she had a linguistic skills. I wonder if she knows how to be pronounce my last name when most people tend to just yell out over the loudspeaker, “Passenger N-G to the counter please!”

“Thank you Jennifer!” she ended the video.

1 thought on “The recruiter said my name

  1. Ha. I imagine it’s odd to hear N-G on a loud speaker. My last name should be super easy to pronounce but everyone messes it up. Honestly, I didn’t quite know how to pronounce it until I heard my husband (we weren’t married then) say it when he was on the phone once. Until then I was like, “leee van, leh van, leh vahn, lehvin”. But yet, it still sometimes irks me that people don’t see it as what it is. Leh VAN.

    As for the recruiting technique, quite interesting. They took the time and effort to recruit you with a video which means to me that you’re a desireable employee. I’m curious what company it was… email me: my gmail is tigerfork.

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