Recruiter says they cannot disclose the company's name but want to forward CV

[billybiro]

There was no rate I would have worked for them. Could never work for a tobacco company. It was a shame as the role looked great but knowing how these companies push their products at youngsters in third world countries to build new markets, there is no way I could be a part of that.

As the great American wrestler, Ted DiBiase (aka The Million Dollar Man) once said, "Everybody's got a price!".

[stek]

I'd love to work for a porn site, I could JFT (Jerk from toilet).

[Stevie Wonder Boy]

Not the whole picture that though is it. One scenario maybe.

Or some other scenario that doesn't involve you getting any work. If they can't tell you who the client is, that's fair enough. Its when the asshats ask you for exclusivity without revealing the clients name or tell you your rate is too high.

I've done some serious soul searching and decided that there really isn't much point to any recruitment agency.

[saptastic]

Is this a normal practise in contracting?

Apparently financial institutions has asked for candidates but cannot disclose the name of the bank/organisation.

From my understanding under GDPR the recruiter will have to confirm the destination of your CV (i.e. end client) as they are sharing the data with a third party and therefore needs your approval. Unless they have approval specifically to share your details with a list of clients or you provide approval for sharing to anyone.

[northernladuk]

From my understanding under GDPR the recruiter will have to confirm the destination of your CV (i.e. end client) as they are sharing the data with a third party and therefore needs your approval. Unless they have approval specifically to share your details with a list of clients or you provide approval for sharing to anyone.

Not sure that's true...is it?

[MrButton]

Not sure that's true...is it?

I didn’t think there were any changes from DPA -> GDPR which would make this true either.

But interested to hear from some experts.

[SueEllen]

Not sure that's true...is it?

Even if it was true individual agents would breach it as they breach the Equality Act regularly.

(Anyone who cannot guess someone's approximate age who has their qualifications on their CV is a complete fecking dumbass.)

[DaveB]

From my understanding under GDPR the recruiter will have to confirm the destination of your CV (i.e. end client) as they are sharing the data with a third party and therefore needs your approval. Unless they have approval specifically to share your details with a list of clients or you provide approval for sharing to anyone.

No, they just have to inform you what your information will be used for and how, not specifically who it will be shared with. They may not even need specific consent from you if they can justify it under Legitimate Interests. They would just need to issue you with a privacy notice explaining what they will do with it, how and why. I.E. They are a recruitment business, you are looking for a role, it is in both their and your legitimate interest to share your data with potential clients.

The wording will be similar to what you see on opt in marketing now. "Your personal information may be entered into a data base, used to match your skills and experience with client requirements and shared with selected third parties in order for us to provide you with recruitment services." or words to that effect.

In practice most of them will tell you who the client is before submitting a CV as it avoids multiple submissions, and get you to agree to them being your sole representative for the gig.

GDPR doesn't actually change your rights, it just enforces them more specifically and with bigger penalties for not doing it properly.

[m0n1k3r]

Most of the time there is no role and the agent is BS-ing you. If in the same conversation the agent also asked for 2 references it's 100% certain there is no role.

Not quite. It is not uncommon for clients outside of the UK to be provided with two references per candidate (why just two I don't know, but I've seen the actual documents from such clients). It is becoming increasingly common in the UK as well.

While the agent might be BSing you when asking for references, they might just as well be speaking the truth and just doing what is required for a submission to the client. It is impossible to tell which one it is. Just make sure to have very good references who can confirm your abilities and, in the rare case they would instead be sold to, can just tell the caller to not bother calling again.

[NobotTheRobot]

Not quite. It is not uncommon for clients outside of the UK to be provided with two references per candidate (why just two I don't know, but I've seen the actual documents from such clients). It is becoming increasingly common in the UK as well.

While the agent might be BSing you when asking for references, they might just as well be speaking the truth and just doing what is required for a submission to the client. It is impossible to tell which one it is. Just make sure to have very good references who can confirm your abilities and, in the rare case they would instead be sold to, can just tell the caller to not bother calling again.

My policy is never give any references before an interview. I can only ask so much of my referees' time so I have to pick very carefully. The agents who were serious and who got me interviews never really bothered with references so I tend to keep my policy intact.