Threats from agency

[LondonManc]

My current contract is at an end client I turned down 9 years ago (I accepted a permie role elsewhere in stead, my mistake)
Over time all managers will have left or moved, no one will remember you ever turned down an offer

Yet I've seen it happen. How odd.

[NotAllThere]

People getting angry usually means that the anger is the only recourse they have.

Learn the power of simply saying 'no' and walking away. Not my circus, not my monkeys.

Also learn the power of "and". To everything the other party says, respond "And?". E.g.
- I'm really unhappy that you've turned down the job at this stage
- And?
- Well it's really unprofessional.
- And?
- You'll be blacklisted.
- And?
- You'll never work in this industry again
- And?

repeat until other party explodes.

[iainp999]

Yet I've seen it happen. How odd.

I don't doubt this at all, but I'm not sure I'd want to work for someone so petty anyway!

[clearedforlanding]

All a recruiter needs to do is mark the candidate's Daxtra (or whatever software) file with "conversation required" - as in somewhere in the spectrum of "talk to me before recommending this person to another client" and "carry on looking for someone else" depending on scarcity.

HR can do the same.

[SueEllen]

All a recruiter needs to do is mark the candidate's Daxtra (or whatever software) file with "conversation required" - as in somewhere in the spectrum of "talk to me before recommending this person to another client" and "carry on looking for someone else" depending on scarcity.

HR can do the same.

Depending on your skillset it means SFA.

[clearedforlanding]

Depending on your skillset it means SFA.

Hence why I wrote

depending on scarcity.

[d000hg]

Some points to consider from experience:
Don't expect to work at that end client that you've turned down. Ever. I know some have informal lists.

Doesn't that rely on them knowing who you are in the first place, and remembering? Even a small company is deluged in CVs pretty much constantly.

[clearedforlanding]

Doesn't that rely on them knowing who you are in the first place, and remembering? Even a small company is deluged in CVs pretty much constantly.

CTRL-F?

[psychocandy]

All a recruiter needs to do is mark the candidate's Daxtra (or whatever software) file with "conversation required" - as in somewhere in the spectrum of "talk to me before recommending this person to another client" and "carry on looking for someone else" depending on scarcity.

HR can do the same.

One agency out of 10 million. Probably even just one agent out of that agency. I've seen that happen too. One agent is peed off with you but another at same place doesnt give a monkeys if it gets him commision instead.

[NigelJK]

One agent is peed off with you but another at same place doesnt give a monkeys if it gets him commision instead.

+1

Better still if the 'pro' agent skips ship to another agency.