Company demanding money from us

DullGreyGuy

flyer said:

tacpot12 said:

What did you send them to allow them to judge what sort of candidates would be suitable? 

If you sent them a clear specification, and you can easily show a court that the candidates they sent didn't meet the specification, then in the absence of any contract terms stating the degree to which the candidates need to meet the specification, I would expect a court to side with you. You are likely to need professional legal advice before you contact them again.  

I sent them a job description and, to be honest, the 3 candidates they sent appeared to be suitable. However, the fact they didn't respond clearly demonstrates they were not actively looking for a job. I get the impression they simply trawl other job sites and cherry pick applicants.

There can be a range of reasons why someone doesnt respond.. emails can go into spam, people may think its a phishing attempt/419 scam etc. Dont know what you area is like but its a candidate market at the moment here and so people quickly go off the market and not everyone bothers replying to roles they are no longer open to.

What most recruitment agents do is exactly that, they then speak to the candidates and send you the details if the candidate is interested. Normally if you are interested in a candidate you go back to the agency and they then contact the candidate given they already have the relationship and they'll be waiting for the call/email on feedback from the application. 

flyer

inspectorperez said:

I suspect this maybe one of those lessons in life learned the hard way.

After 50 odd years in the accountancy profession and dealing with professional recruitment over the years, I quickly discovered that studying T&Cs was essential before getting into bed with any recruitment agency. To be successful they had to be hard nosed and some were definitely on the brink of being shady.

Good luck and unless the fee is significant, I would be tempted to pay up under protest and make it clear that you will certainly not be recommending them to anyone within your own commercial circle.

Just as an aside however, there are also businesses who would try and sidestep leads provided by agencies (and follow up privately at a later date), so there is a case to be made so they can protect as far as they can their own fee earning capacity.

There were no Ts and Cs

macman

Are there T&C's on their website?