Plenty of info on here on this topic which I don't need to regurgitate, but these Indian recruitment firms which seem to have multiplied in last year or so, I'm convinced they are nothing more than a scam to increase the number of work visa issues by HMG at the expense of UK nationals.
Being totally aware of the risks, and not having to accept any old contract, thought I'd pursue one of their approaches to try and see what's what. A Harlow (read: Mumbai) based one (why is ALWAYS Harlow
) sent me a role spec I'd previously discussed with a UK agency, whom declined to put me forward, with justification to be fair. So I spoke with Indian outfit, who then advised the role would be via one of the large Indian outsourcing firms rather than for the end-client, identity of whom I'd learnt from UK agency.
What the heck I thought, so I let them put my details forward. Soon after they arranged a "telephonic" interview (telephonic - I've added to my offshore vocab bank) with outsourcing firm. Lo and behold, they never showed for the call, my chasers fell on deaf ears, nitto, total telephonic silence.
End of story...except the Indian recruitment agency now has an audit trail of me supposedly attending an interview for which they can falsely state I (and quite possibly many others) was unsuccessful...and use it to substantiate their argument for bringing in yet another offshore bod in at a cheaper price at expense of UK nationals. Distorting and undercutting the market at our expense.
All seems a little suspect to me. Am I paranoid ? Anyone else had similar experience ?
Didn't think I'd ever in a million years find myself saying this...but the experience actually made me feel good about our own UK agencies
Being totally aware of the risks, and not having to accept any old contract, thought I'd pursue one of their approaches to try and see what's what. A Harlow (read: Mumbai) based one (why is ALWAYS Harlow
) sent me a role spec I'd previously discussed with a UK agency, whom declined to put me forward, with justification to be fair. So I spoke with Indian outfit, who then advised the role would be via one of the large Indian outsourcing firms rather than for the end-client, identity of whom I'd learnt from UK agency. What the heck I thought, so I let them put my details forward. Soon after they arranged a "telephonic" interview (telephonic - I've added to my offshore vocab bank) with outsourcing firm. Lo and behold, they never showed for the call, my chasers fell on deaf ears, nitto, total telephonic silence.
End of story...except the Indian recruitment agency now has an audit trail of me supposedly attending an interview for which they can falsely state I (and quite possibly many others) was unsuccessful...and use it to substantiate their argument for bringing in yet another offshore bod in at a cheaper price at expense of UK nationals. Distorting and undercutting the market at our expense.
All seems a little suspect to me. Am I paranoid ? Anyone else had similar experience ?
Didn't think I'd ever in a million years find myself saying this...but the experience actually made me feel good about our own UK agencies
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