Candidates - Things To Be Aware Of When Using A Recruitment Agency

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LilyDeTilly wrote: »

I see there is a troll or two still lurking. Thought you had got fed up a long time ago.

:rotfl:


You are still as clueless & insulting as ever I see.

As for adding urgency. Some clients may speed up, some clients would ignore it or call your bluff & some clients would discount you for not having enough commercial acumen to be able to understand they have a process to go through.

Good information that.

Unlike your continued dross.

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mommyme wrote: »

I'll just go sit over there in the corner then shall I

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Anyone who doesnt want to argue is welcome to join me, I have chocolate biscuits!

Milk or plain?

Its important to know these things before committing.

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

Dark of course!

You can't have the oreos, I refuse to share them!

Schmintpeep

LilyDeTilly wrote: »

I recently went for an interview for a role through an agency (company 1). I also went for an interview for a role which I found myself (company 2). Both called me back for second interviews however company 2 offered me the role before I got to the second interview for company 1. I delayed giving them an answer and went for the 2nd interview with the other job.

That afternoon, I called the agency and said that I would need an answer that day as I had been offered another role and had to also give them an answer. The agent asked me where the role was so I told him. Within one hour, he was on the phone to company 2 to tell them he had a number of candidates suitable for the role they were trying to fill :mad:

Luckily, I knew someone at company 2 and she knew that I was using this agency so she told me. I called them and accepted their role and emailed the agent to tell him that I didn't want his role and that I knew he had called!!

This is just a little warning to others who are using agencies - do not tell them ANYTHING that they do not need to know. They are ruthless and will stab you in the back.

Addition to the above, added 12/12/10
You may not have time to get through the large amount of posts on here so I will summarise for you.

Recruitment Agencies are there to make money from you. This may seem obvious but if you keep this in mind throughout your dealings with them, you will keep one step ahead.

When they question you about your other job applications, they are going to use this information to send other candidates to that company, possibly for the role you are applying for.

They are not asking you because they are interested in you - they are NOT interested in you.

Recruitment agencies can be useful, especially for temporary work, but they DO NOT need to know about your other job applications to put you forward for jobs with their clients. So what if your CV gets submitted twice? The client is intelligent enough to know that if they use agencies and also advertise, they will get repeat CVs. This cannot be of detriment to you so do not let anyone tell you otherwise.

Give the agencies only essential information needed to register and apply for jobs. Any other information that they try and coax from you is purely for their benefit, not yours.

Keep this in mind and you should not find yourself in the position I did.

I've personally not had good experience with any recruitment agency either. They seem to just want to gather your CV for the sake of it. I would never use a recruitment agency again. Waste of time, imo.

RedSoleShoes

mommyme wrote: »

To everyone slating RC's - Please do not tar everyone with the same brush. Lily made the error of telling a lousy agent where she was interviewing. Of course the agent is going to try and get business, that’s their job. It may/may not of been underhand but the simple fact of it is, if Lily hadn't told the agent, the agent would of been none the wiser. You shouldn’t treat every company the same, AND most importantly, It was the agent who screwed lily over, not the Recruitment Company.

The posts from some RCs have basically implied that this is standard practice. (To use info given by candidates about their other applications to push their other candidates for). So I don't think my experience is limited to my particular agent or agency.

mommyme wrote: »

Lily - unfortunately you have had a bad experience, as have other. Use that experices, wise up to some company’s tricks and move on from it.

I have done exactly this and also used my bad experience advise other candidates who did not realise that this is what agencies do. Unfortunately, this has caused some disgruntled RCs to try and discredit me!!

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

Schmintpeep wrote: »

I've personally not had good experience with any recruitment agency either. They seem to just want to gather your CV for the sake of it. I would never use a recruitment agency again. Waste of time, imo.

But then on the other side of the argument - I've had a brilliant experience. I think its swings and roundabouts. Some are ones to avoid, others are ones to head towards. That might be area dependant though. In mansfield I can name 8 agencies, only 2 are worth looking at.

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

LilyDeTilly wrote: »

The posts from some RCs have basically implied that this is standard practice. (To use info given by candidates about their other applications to push their other candidates for). So I don't think my experience is limited to my particular agent or agency.



I have done exactly this and also used my bad experience advise other candidates who did not realise that this is what agencies do. Unfortunately, this has caused some disgruntled RCs to try and discredit me!!

I've highlighted a key word in your post Lily. SOME RC's - not all, but SOME.

the reason the RC's are getting upset is because many posts on here are direct at ALL RC's and not the minority that give it a bad name.

Turn it into something else and look at it from another point of view . . .

Students are protesting about fee's and its turned them into violent yobs

Does that make all student violent yobs?

The answer is no.

Same for RC's

Do some take the pi$$ - Yes

Do they all - No

Would you like a chocolate biscuit?

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LilyDeTilly wrote: »

this has caused some disgruntled RCs to try and discredit me!!

You discredited yourself.

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

lol I think you all just like arguing for the sake of arguing

I'm going back in the corner with the biscuits and a cuppa

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mommyme wrote: »

Dark of course!

You can't have the oreos, I refuse to share them!

Count me out then.

Dark makes my head hurt & Oreos make me vomit.