Blacklisting of Contractors

[alreadypacked]

You may be right but a good agent doesn't cannibilse their young by offsetting one top tier candidate against another.

If you are a true AGENT, you represent your client fully and get them the work. You don't waste their time on opportunities that haven't had the due diligence done on them. And especially not so after 3 interviews....that just smacks of disorganisation....

But you are not the client, the agent has a contract with the company not you.

[jmo21]

Mavsterm, are you saying you think a recruitment agent should only put one candidate forward for the role?

That's not generally how it works, certainly not with any recruitment agent I have ever dealt with, and I certainly wouldn't expect it to be the case either.

What kind of work do you do?

[Wanderer]

you fill in the blanks on why the agency is blacklisting.....

After reading your posts here, I'm starting to understand why you were blacklisted....

[MarillionFan]

After reading your posts here, I'm starting to understand why you were blacklisted....

I don't even understand this thread.

[Ignis Fatuus]

Why would you blacklist an agent that might actually delivery you a role just on the basis of one poster with no detail as to what his personal circumstance? No disrespect to the OP but he has a 10 page CV so certainly works a little differently than I do.

As cut throat as an agent is to get his wedge I would be just as cut throat to use them to get a role blacklist or no blacklist.

I wouldn't. There is no "role at all costs". I don't work with people I have no respect for. If I did, it would be hard to have any respect for myself.

Of course I wouldn't really "blacklist" an agent just like that. In general, I am prepared (possibly overly so) to give people another chance, but this tale does give a slightly bad impression to start with. I would keep in mind, though, that behaviour is generally that of an agent, not an agency.

[Ignis Fatuus]

Also, at most I do a phone interview and one F2F. If they don't offer me the role at that point I'm not interested. My best roles were ones offered during the first call, people who can't make up their minds are not worth working for, you get no support.

HTH

Absolutely! An interview is a two-way street, and a client being unsure after a phone + a F2F is a really bad sign, not that you are failing it but that he is failing.

I would really like to see contractors stop grovelling and stop taking contracts at any price. If it's not right, walk away from it.

[mavster07]

After reading your posts here, I'm starting to understand why you were blacklisted....

So why do you bother coming on here if you're not going to make a meaningful contribution rather than just snipe at others ??? nick off...you would know *** all about the reasons.....

[GillsMan]

You may be right but a good agent doesn't cannibilse their young by offsetting one top tier candidate against another.

If you are a true AGENT, you represent your client fully and get them the work. You don't waste their time on opportunities that haven't had the due diligence done on them. And especially not so after 3 interviews....that just smacks of disorganisation....

But YOU are not the client. Your client is also the client of the agency. You've been contracting for 20 years, I've been contracting for less than a year and I've already figured that part out.

It's perfectly normal for an agency to send more than one candidate/supplier for the same role. Your task is to be the best fit for the role. You failed.

[mavster07]

But YOU are not the client. Your client is also the client of the agency. You've been contracting for 20 years, I've been contracting for less than a year and I've already figured that part out.

It's perfectly normal for an agency to send more than one candidate/supplier for the same role. Your task is to be the best fit for the role. You failed.

Dont think so.....bit of advice, get some more contracting experience up your sleeve before you have a poke. You missed the point....

[jmo21]

Mavsterm, are you saying you think a recruitment agent should only put one candidate forward for the role?

That's not generally how it works, certainly not with any recruitment agent I have ever dealt with, and I certainly wouldn't expect it to be the case either.

What kind of work do you do?

Mav - you haven't answered my politely answered question, please do, it may help us understand the point you are trying to make.