RANT: my new business card

[Audiotherapy]

so i got these new business card from my staffing company.

on the card it has my name, my employement type "contractor"
and all their company phone, fax and address.


WTF?!? Heaven forbid you make me a business card with MY contact information!

OH i know, I'll put these new cards in those free cruise, free ____ marketing scam boxes that you see in resturants and hotels 🙂

 

[rh71]

i've learned that business cards are useless in today's day and age. Maybe realtors and salespeople in the field need them, but not many others.

 

[pulse8]

It's a staffing company? Meaning they get you work?

 

[Audiotherapy]

^ actually they didnt get me the work, i had to go thru them, cuz my "client" only hires contractors

 

[astrosfan90]

Originally posted by: rh71
i've learned that business cards are useless in today's day and age. Maybe realtors and salespeople in the field need them, but not many others.

Not entirely true--having worked around the DC area, people hand em out before even shaking hands, and more than once I've used em to call in a favor.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: astrosfan90

Originally posted by: rh71
i've learned that business cards are useless in today's day and age. Maybe realtors and salespeople in the field need them, but not many others.

Not entirely true--having worked around the DC area, people hand em out before even shaking hands, and more than once I've used em to call in a favor.

what industry ? I'm a techie and I've had a full batch for years. The only time I needed to "whip it out" was when I went to trade shows which only used them to spam you to death. I've learned - I keep my cards at home. If another techie wants to reach you, I don't know that it's for the right reasons.

If you're a realtor or selling something, people would be contacting you for the right reasons.

 

[Kipper]

Originally posted by: rh71
i've learned that business cards are useless in today's day and age. Maybe realtors and salespeople in the field need them, but not many others.

You haven't been to Japan. 😀

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: audiotherapy
^ actually they didnt get me the work, i had to go thru them, cuz my "client" only hires contractors

But the primary focus of the company is to get contractors work, right?

Why would they have people contact you directly and keep them out of the loop? If you want your own business cards with your own information on it, then you should probably make them yourself.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: MadCowDisease

Originally posted by: rh71
i've learned that business cards are useless in today's day and age. Maybe realtors and salespeople in the field need them, but not many others.

You haven't been to Japan. 😀

well i did forget that it was a custom there to hand them out. That doesn't count. 🙂

 

[daveymark]

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[jjones]

I still use business cards, but rarely. In fact, my last batch ran out and I didn't even bother to get new ones; I just use my wife's and write my name on her card. They are still convenient if you need to give someone your phone number, e-mail, and business address, so I usually carry a couple with me.

 

[Audiotherapy]

I feel for the amount that they're making off of me (which is more than 2x what I'm making) they could do a little better...
they could at least put my office number or something.

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: audiotherapy
^ actually they didnt get me the work, i had to go thru them, cuz my "client" only hires contractors

But the primary focus of the company is to get contractors work, right?

Why would they have people contact you directly and keep them out of the loop? If you want your own business cards with your own information on it, then you should probably make them yourself.

 

[astrosfan90]

Used to be in the non-profit business, economic development, international relations, diplomacy, that sort of stuff. A lot of government people and diplomats, ambassadors, etc.

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: audiotherapy
so i got these new business card from my staffing company.

on the card it has my name, my employement type "contractor"
and all their company phone, fax and address.


WTF?!? Heaven forbid you make me a business card with MY contact information!

OH i know, I'll put these new cards in those free cruise, free ____ marketing scam boxes that you see in resturants and hotels 🙂

What did you expect? You work for a staffing agency. They own you. Until you get hired permanent somewhere, that is. You're lucky to get cards at all.

 

[Drakkon]

my company gave me over 5K cards cause they got a deal on them....well of course they move me from office 105 to office 201 so now they are all wrong...doesn't really matter though...only given away 1 in a year in the name of business anyways....give em away at the bars as "hey babe heres my phone #" 😛

 

[daveymark]

spend the $10 and get your own business cards. or if you're savings-savvy, you know how to get them for free.

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: audiotherapy
I feel for the amount that they're making off of me (which is more than 2x what I'm making) they could do a little better...
they could at least put my office number or something.

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: audiotherapy
^ actually they didnt get me the work, i had to go thru them, cuz my "client" only hires contractors

But the primary focus of the company is to get contractors work, right?

Why would they have people contact you directly and keep them out of the loop? If you want your own business cards with your own information on it, then you should probably make them yourself.

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