Post April impact on recruitment agents

[Hapax]

WGAF?

Contractors with unpaid invoices at agencies going down the pan because of the changes?

[ladymuck]

Contractors with unpaid invoices at agencies going down the pan because of the changes?

That's no different to agencies going down the pan today for any other reason. IPSE plus membership covers you for that, I can't remember if the likes of Qdos offers an equivalent policy.

[Hapax]

Why?
They still need to find people. And they'll still get their cut for doing that.
There'll be some changes to the way they operate but it will likely be greater costs in the payroll side and reduced costs in the legal side.
And do you not think their extra costs will be factored into the new contracts being issued over the next 2 months?

This is pretty muddy.

It's not at all clear that clients will continue to use agents as they have in the past. Nor is it clear that agents are going to able to reinvent themselves as suppliers of temps on their own payroll. Many of them don't have the management skills or technical resources to do so. These guys are not the sharpest blade in the toaster. For a lot of them, particularly the smaller ones, it's game over.

[LondonManc]

No sympathy at all. We've all made them rich and generally they make it harder to find work by preventing you getting nearer to it. Get them to Hunan as soon as possible.

FTFY

Some good ones but generally they haven't a scoobies.

[Hapax]

That's no different to agencies going down the pan today for any other reason. IPSE plus membership covers you for that, I can't remember if the likes of Qdos offers an equivalent policy.

It is significantly different.

This is a very substantial change to the market and a lot more agents are going down the pan as a consequence.

[ladymuck]

It is significantly different.

This is a very substantial change to the market and a lot more agents are going down the pan as a consequence.

Are you an agent and therefore have an inside track on this? You seem very sure...

[BritishLad88]

It is significantly different.

This is a very substantial change to the market and a lot more agents are going down the pan as a consequence.

It's hard to predict how every entity that is part of this whole supply chain will end up.

there would be ever more agents in the market, they probably just switch over to handle perm roles instead.
As for the agencies they belong to, well, smaller ones are likely going down the pan like you say hence, I see lot of them are fighting all corners to try to cling on to anything they can grab hold off.
Whilst, other agencies are becoming more creative and in seek for other possible solutions via SOW or even turning themselves into an Umbrella

The specialist contracting accountancy firms probably the biggest suffer but then again, they can become Umbrella too if they want to go down that route.

[northernladuk]

It is significantly different.

This is a very substantial change to the market and a lot more agents are going down the pan as a consequence.

Are there? You know this how?

[Andy2]

They can always go back to their original jobs of used car salesman or real estate agent or selling double glazing

[ladymuck]

They can always go back to their original jobs of used car salesman or real estate agent or selling double glazing

We can only hope that Walkabout plans a mass expansion programme so they all can work behind the bar again