Recruitment agency consultant avoided me

CCFC_80

smileylondongal wrote: »

I agree, I don't know what you're seeking to achieve by emailing her.

Please don't use some disguise to talk to her either, as it will achieve nothing but aggravation at her end and she'll put the phone down on you so you still won't get what you want.

There's nothing like a good old fashioned bit of Kowtowing to recruitment consultants is there ????

Sorry but not for me I'm afraid. I won't kowtow to these numpties under any circumstances:eek:

KiKi

CCFC_80 wrote: »

There's nothing like a good bit of old fashioned Kowtowing to recruitment consultants is there ????

Sorry but not for me I'm afraid. I won't kowtow to these numpties under any circumstances:eek:

Your principles are all very good, but if your end goal is to get a job through an agency who hold all the cards, sometimes you have to play that game.

It depends whether your principles or the final outcome are more important to you.

For some, the 'any circumstances' that you refer to are losing their home, having no food, not being able to afford to pay the bills. That's sometimes worth kowtowing for, I'm afraid.

KiKi

smileylondongal

CCFC_80 wrote: »

There's nothing like a good old fashioned bit of Kowtowing to recruitment consultants is there ????

Sorry but not for me I'm afraid. I won't kowtow to these numpties under any circumstances:eek:

LOL, unfortunately as Kiki says, in some industries, you have to play the game if you want a job - and I actually WANT one!

Emmylou_2

Greenst wrote: »

Ha ha join the club!! I spent most of last year and this trying to speak to people in agencies, they came up with every excuse in the book ... <SNIP>having a great big pooo!! (well not that last one but I wanted to say that!!!!)

I used to work as an Office Manager (aka General Dogsbody) in a recruitment consultancy that mainly dealt with driving jobs.

One Transport Manager would only deal with the Boss Man (even though Boss Man would just take details of what he wanted and pass it to me to sort).

One day he phoned just as Boss Man had disappeared into the smallest room. I tried being polite, firm, you name the reason, I used it. "He's not available" didn't work. "I'll get him to call you when he's free" didn't work.

So, exasperated at this and wanting to answer one of the other phones that was ringing, I decided that the truth was the only way left to me. So I said "he's just headed off to the back of the office with a newspaper under his arm". He didn't get the euphemism.

So I said "He's gone for a !!!!!! and he's usually about 20 minutes. I am not disturbing him."

The guy soon let me take a message!

hcb42

I don't know why people are so down on agencies all the time.

If you have the right skills, then the true professional head hunters will find you a job, if you have more generic skills, and are using High St agencies then it might take longer, but it is about building relations, I have two professional headhunters that have placed me, and always stay in touch - if I leave in three years I will call both of them, say what I want next and they will get working on it for me.

Greenst

Emmylou wrote: »

I used to work as an Office Manager (aka General Dogsbody) in a recruitment consultancy that mainly dealt with driving jobs.

One Transport Manager would only deal with the Boss Man (even though Boss Man would just take details of what he wanted and pass it to me to sort).

One day he phoned just as Boss Man had disappeared into the smallest room. I tried being polite, firm, you name the reason, I used it. "He's not available" didn't work. "I'll get him to call you when he's free" didn't work.

So, exasperated at this and wanting to answer one of the other phones that was ringing, I decided that the truth was the only way left to me. So I said "he's just headed off to the back of the office with a newspaper under his arm". He didn't get the euphemism.

So I said "He's gone for a !!!!!! and he's usually about 20 minutes. I am not disturbing him."

The guy soon let me take a message!

Ha ha ha excellent well done at least you had the b*lls to tell the truth!!

Occams_Razor_2

matt10001 wrote: »

I signed up with this agency three weeks ago, every week I been trying to hold of this consultant but every time I ring, she is away from her desk. So I leave a message and the person I am talking to says she will get back to me, she hasn't. I am going to send an angry email to her.

if she doesn't have anything to say to you, what do you erm, expect to hear?

you've probably already been marked down in the crazy book.

Occams_Razor_2

CCFC_80 wrote: »

There's nothing like a good old fashioned bit of Kowtowing to recruitment consultants is there ????

Sorry but not for me I'm afraid. I won't kowtow to these numpties under any circumstances:eek:

maintain the rage! don't let them get you down.
you'll show them, you'll show them all. one day :j

ESKIMO

Just simply sign up to another one. You don't have to have one agency. Let them do all the work for you. The more the merrier! - Which also increases the number of possible vacancies to you matching your requirements/skills etc. Easy

Vincent_Buenisedes

It is sometimes good to let your feelings known. I was once set to a terrible placement by an agency, after which I sent a fiery email to the consultant. I had forgotten all about it when a few weeks later I received a call from the MD to apologise!