410-777-5075

Someone from teksystems India called me today and was asking tons of questions

This is the number of the Indian call center for TEKsystems and AEROtek, computer staffing companies. The Indian Call Center has job requisitions and does the initial screening for contracts and full time positions for the US Recruiters and Account Managers who are their counterparts.

you bet,  a U.S. Citizen is going to navigate the difficulties of communicating in mode American (differs dramatically from 'plain english') regarding a technical position, when someone in INDIA COLD CALLS THEM.

And based on the notoriously poor communication that arises, this is the first screening for a tech interview.

The massive logic failure here is STUNNING.   Its either India trying to  meet its outsource quota, or its technical firms fobbing off their initial recruiting to a 2nd class SCREENING PROCESS.

On top of which a tremendous amount of personal information is being exchanged OUT_OF_COUNTRY to a 3rd party who is NOT COMPELLED to protect your privacy.

Logic dictates... HANGUP.

I know exactly what you mean.  This really frustrates me seeing as I've been out of work way longer than someone with my skillset and experience should ever be.  Usually I let numbers I don't know go to voice mail, but if I do talk to one of these people that I can't understand, I tell them thank you, I prefer to correspond over email.  Then I typically get an email with 20 questions or more, few of actual relevance to the actual duties of the position.

410 is Eastern Maryland/Baltimore area

The caller, whom I can educatedly guess that he has an Indian accent, said he was from Teksystems (whom I've had 4 contract postitions through).  In his voicemail he mentioned "a position with T-Mobile" in the Baltimore/Washington area.  The call back number he left started with 888 (not this 410 number) and had a 5 digit extension.

Got a call from this number just a few minutes ago. No message left. They don't leave a message? I don't call back.

They leave a message, but I can't understand them? I don't call back.

you obviously have no idea what teksystems does.

I will leave it at that.

I was left a message but could not understand a word of it,except the call back number,which does not answer

I need a job but really,,,,,,,,,,,is this a test,

This is a scam I personally  have Aerotek numbers and this isn't one if them

I applied at Aerotek for a position I am qualified for.  The recruiter called me back several times very interested.  She emailed me link to the ProveIt test which is legitimate. I checked it out before going to the site she gave me.  I then entered it myself instead of clicking her link.  I took the test and apparently passed she said the next step is an interview with the company I'd be working for in my area.  So far I don't think it's a fraud or scam.  The person is Indian like the posts above indicate. Her accent was very heavy and I could barely understand her. After reading all the posts, I am leery and a bit concerned.  If it's not a scam I will post again after my interview on 6/25/13.  So that people here will have useful information to make their own educated guess or decision whether to continue speaking to these people or not.  I will also find out "where" the person is calling me from.

Ok everyone settle down.  The number is legit.  I contacted my local Aerotek office and asked about it at length, and found out they have outsourced recruiter jobs to India to help with filling positions here in the US.  Yes it was hard to understand the lady in India.  But my local Aerotek office is well informed she told me all about it. It's not a scam. There's real openings that they need real people to fill the positions.  I went to my preliminary interview today at my local Aerotek office.  They are recruiters trying to fill CSR positions, Tech and Sales positions here in my area. more than likely there are more jobs than the one I am applying for as there was a steady stream of people coming in to apply and some who had been hired and going to their first day of work.   Very nice place, very nice people who want to get you hired and placed in a company.
Have a great day!

Hmm....
  My position is if they need people to recruit for US positions they should hire US workers, especially with the huge unemployment issues currently.
  Why would I want to discuss my qualifications with someone I can hardly understand, and speaks dubious English.

Due to recession, US IT Recruitment is being outsourced to India to cut costs.Yes it will be very difficult to understand Indian accent,but now a days many companies here(in India) are giving us accent training to serve you better.I agree that for US positions they should hire US workers,but to cut down costs and help companies perform better,jobs are outsourced.Many Americans think that we are hogging your jobs but the truth is that we are paid very less for doing a job that has been outsourced and we have to work during night(because of the 12 hour time gap between US and India.It is night here when it is morning in US) which spoils our health within two to three years.But we do not have any other option due to high unemployment levels here.We are not your enemies.Some frauds (who think that doing business is cheating someone to make some quick money) do these kinds of things which in turn affects the credibility of all Indian workers.But not all Indians are cheaters or frauds.

Some guy with a heavy Indian accent called and left a message on a job opportunity. Did not call back. Said he had a job for me at Allegiant Air as an AML person.

Someone from teksystems India called me today, asking lots of questions about my current position and does my current employer has any off shore consultants.

I called this number back only to find their  is no activity on other side quoted job offer and wanted personal information.  Very upset with companies making money selling  my  information.

so true I have a friend that works at Barclaycard and she told me they are hiring I finally get a callback but I don't understand anything that this lady is saying very strong Indian accent I asked her to speak more clearly she hung up on me

I got 2 calls from this 'Maryland' number with no vm, I decided to see who just couldn't live without me.   Dial..... call ends   Dial.... call ends..  In other words it never connects, the call just ..'ends'..   So I come here and check out the scoop - ah ha I am forewarned.  So just cuz I'm a fiesty soul, next time they call - I answer it.  Specific ethnicity - check.   85% understandable, but so soft spoken I had to ask her to speak UP several times.  Nosy questions - not so much actually.  She did not try to get me to say anything that was not on my resume already.  Asked me to talk about last project, what I did best, yada.  So based on this, I agree with somebody up above (on the thread) that they find resumes of interest, then these callers screen as best they can cuz they were asked to do by their real USA counterparts.  It's essentially grunt work hence the quality callers.   watchathink?

Receiving multiple calls and texts from 410-777-5075 on my son's cell phone.

TekSystems does more than one thing. I have had the same experience as both J and Joe and I've had contracts through TekSystems but never from cold calls like this. Inevitably, if you are interested in the position, you'll receive an email asking for a 'right to represent', where you promise to take the contract through nobody but TekSystems. Recruiters then get a very generic submission form, which they ignore. Dealing with cold callers is a good way to avoid employment.