The Calls Of No Return

One of the funny things about recruiters (not those located in India, that's whole another story) is when the number they are calling from is blocked. So he/she calls, but you can't pick up the phone. Maybe you're on another line. Maybe you don't want to break it to your environment that you're looking for a job. Or you just weren't fast enough to dig your phone from the deepness of your pockets or your bag. So recruiter leaves you a voicemail message.

Which gets garbled. Or he/she didn't enounciate enough and their phone number gets mumbled out, and you can't make a number or two in the whole sequence. Or your phone company makes it a half-hour task to retrieve your voicemail (which is a case if you have anything but iPhone).

This is where that caller ID comes in handy. Usually, if I miss someone's call I just double-tap phone button and voila! - I am calling back last incoming number.

Additionally, when I see "Private" or "Unknown" on a caller ID screen, my first thought is that it's that annoying guy from India who's looking for outsourced projects and calls me every week. He doesn't speak English very well, so he doesn't quite get the message of "NO!". It could also be some brave-ass marketeer cold-calling. Or someone who doesn't want me to call him back.

Now, if you are recruiter - why would you hide your phone number? Do you get harrassed? Do you get calls from marketeers or candidates? What's your reasons?

Personally, I don't see any.