Has anyone else put you forward for this role?...

[billybiro]

For example, trusting an agent to do something for you as per your item 1) is just inviting disaster. Agents work for themselves, not for you. They will quite happily screw your chances up if there is the slightest chance they can make a quick buck and so on.

Exactly, so why would Agent 2 give a monkeys if your CV is already in via Agent 1?

Surely he'll just submit it, hope the client doesn't notice the duplication and hope that Agent 1 doesn't get wind of it and start a bun fight. And even if that does happen, he just walks away and has lost nothing, all the while having something to potentially gain?

[northernladuk]

Exactly, so why would Agent 2 give a monkeys if your CV is already in via Agent 1?

Surely he'll just submit it, hope the client doesn't notice the duplication and hope that Agent 1 doesn't get wind of it and start a bun fight. And even if that does happen, he just walks away and has lost nothing, all the while having something to potentially gain?

Bearing in mind he can only submit 2 or 3 CV's you'd hope he would use his allocation to get people in that haven't been submitted so he's got a chance of getting someone placed rather than ending up in a situation where the client drops the candidate and reduces the chances of both agents getting someone placed.... but this are agents we are talking about.