Agencies Advertising Fictitious Jobs

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CCFC_80 wrote: »

But why?? 30 or 40 years ago, you wouldn't have found the word Recruitment consultant in The Dictionary. Companies still had no trouble filling vacancies particularly in specialist roles.

Because 30-40 years ago you also didnt have the internet advertising jobs to the world and likewise many jobs were gotten via who you know not necessarily how good you were.

My first job in 1993 was in a call centre back when they were mainly full of middle aged women, I would say at least 75% of the teenagers that worked there were friends or family of the long term staff (inc me, 2 of my neighbours and 3 of my school friends)

Last time I advertised a job without an agency, a senior project manager with min 10 years experience and preferably a higher end qualification like MBA or ACCA, in 24 hours I had over 400 applications and in the space of a week it was over 1,000 applications. I'm looking to hire someone because we are short handed and over stretched and so we dont have time to read over 1,000 CVs and covering letters. Even scan reading you'd be talk at least a week of doing absolutely nothing else and yet more CVs were still coming in. I dont have time to do nothing else, I am trying to do 2 peoples job already.

Of cause the other option is to hire more people in house to do this, well then they are effectively recruitment agents anyway, just inhouse ones. Your problem then is that I recruit maybe 2-3 times a year, what do I do with that person the other 8 months of the year?

I therefore need an occasional person to do it and its much easier for that to be an external recruitment agent that I only have to pay on success, already comes with a list of potential candidates and has an understanding of the types of skills I'd need in a PM or BA than me try to get someone that I have to pay a salary to and comes empty handed each time.

sulphate

This is one reason why I despise recruitment agencies. They serve a purpose and I'm sure are very helpful to SOME job seekers. However when I was job seeking I found them worse than useless - sending me for interviews for jobs I had no hope of getting. Most of them are a bunch of timewasters.

patman99

Speaking as someone who starts a new job tomorrow that was gained via an agency being vigilant-enough to point-out to a client that I had already been interviewed by for a different role that I was suitable for this role, I still find it annoying how sites like cvlibrary seem to duplicate jobs on ujm.

hcb42

You simply have to know how to work with agencies.

In my professional capacity, professional agencies open doors, are well respected, and remain business contacts for life.

"High Street" type agencies are different of course but you still have to work them, if you want to be remembered by them

bubblyhk

brightonman123 wrote: »

Ask for a job spec- if its a real job (and you're registered with agency), they should have this on file* to email you -


* otherwise, how are they going to source the right person'..?


Or ask details of job - location / rate / duration, if temping.. if they go vague, then most likely phishing for numbers..


I've had temp agencies say "its ongoing", but surely the client would have said how long they need staff for (minimum / maximum?

Well I met a consultant today for the very first time. He gave me 3 JDs to take home with and write a covering letter should I wish to apply any/all of them. They all have the company names on them so look promising but because I read so many bad reviews on these agencies, I went home and googled these posts and guess what?! They have all expired!!! One was at 2010! I just wish he either told me that I'm not meeting their standard or there aren't any jobs that are suitable for me instead of trying to waste my time writing a covering letter etc..

mustang121

End of the day Agencies are a company only interested in making money.

As a student I found agencies useful for getting ad-hoc jobs when I needed a little cash. I must have impressed somebody as they often found me work within minutes of me asking. They even occasionally came to me without asking and wouldn't hold any grudges if I declined.


After university I joined a different agency and found my current, and to date, only employer who took me on full time.