Interesting reply from a recruiter

[northernladuk]

I think you managed to read it completely the opposite way round

Wouldn't be the first time....

[GigiBronz]

Heard a new one today and not sure where to put it.
Have been applying for some time for roles that i find under an agency name on efinancial. not a single call back so i thought to give that lady a call and see how it goes.
While she was looking my name in the databse, not sure if she had my details on screen yet but she asks: “have you been a contractor in previous role?” hearing that i started my pitch with “looking to develop skills, building career and all that sh**”. Shortly after i get interrupted with “it’s because we don’t put forward contractors, clients don’t respond to them, so we stopped...’’.
There could be other things that she might not like about my cv but seemed quite spontaneous.
Has anyone encounter this before?

PS: have seen somewhere written that in times of low demand and high supply they tend to prefer to put forward people that are in a role. Because why fill 1 spot when you can do 2. I would imagine this from their sneaky kind... but could that be true about the hiring managers?

Left this on State of the market a few weeks back...