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Originally posted by malvolio View PostAssuming you know who sent it first. In my usual BigCo haunts, I am compeltely separated from the CV reception and distribution peopleDown with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostThat's why I always work on the principle of which one gets to me first. Seems fair.Blog? What blog...?Comment
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There is an easy way to get your CV seen first. Just change your name by deed poll to Aaron Aardvark.Comment
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Been in touch with an agent about a potential contract in a few weeks when the project starts. They want me to email them confirming I want them to represent me for this vacancy, so no other agent can put me forward to the client.
Apparently the client is requesting this as they've had aggro in the past with the same contractor being put forward by multiple agencies.
Am I being paranoid when I think it's just the agent trying to stop me using other agencies, that may be offering the same role at a better rate in the next few weeks?Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
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Originally posted by PAH View PostBeen in touch with an agent about a potential contract in a few weeks when the project starts. They want me to email them confirming I want them to represent me for this vacancy, so no other agent can put me forward to the client.
Apparently the client is requesting this as they've had aggro in the past with the same contractor being put forward by multiple agencies.
Am I being paranoid when I think it's just the agent trying to stop me using other agencies, that may be offering the same role at a better rate in the next few weeks?Comment
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Originally posted by expat View PostAnd that's my question: if another agency later offers you the same role at a better rate, why should you not be free to take it? Is that not a free market? Does nobody here believe in the market when it comes to them?
I may include wording along the lines of "as long as the rate is comparable to that offered by any other agency for the same role".
Though I can see they'll just bin my CV and look for someone else, which might not be that hard in the current climate.Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
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Originally posted by expat View PostAnd that's my question: if another agency later offers you the same role at a better rate, why should you not be free to take it? Is that not a free market? Does nobody here believe in the market when it comes to them?
By agreeing to the agency putting you forward you are already in a contractual realtionship (probably further refined by their default Ts&Cs). If you want to chase the best rate through the agency then don't agree to work with them until you've had all available offers and can choose one.Blog? What blog...?Comment
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Originally posted by malvolio View PostThen you wonder why agencies treat contractors with such contempt... As a starter for 10, google for "Cost of Sales" and "Operational Overheads" and "Primacy of Contract".
By agreeing to the agency putting you forward you are already in a contractual realtionship (probably further refined by their default Ts&Cs). If you want to chase the best rate through the agency then don't agree to work with them until you've had all available offers and can choose one.
All of what you say applies to other markets where cost of sales and operation overheads are undertaken by would-be sellers before completing sales. They don't compel the potential other party, who remains just that. As for Primacy of Contract, you google Freedom of Contract.
And tell me how I'm bound by an agency's "default Ts&Cs" if they're not bound by mine.
Thinking about buying my bottle of Bordeaux from Sainsbury's does not make me "already in a contractual relationship" with them, and neither does thinking about taking a contract via Dodgy Agency Ltd.Comment
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You didn't say "Browse the offers and pick one", you said "Back out of arrangements being made on your behalf in favour of someone else". Different thing altogether. Like I said, go do your research, then bitch about fair trade.
Or put it another way. Sign a contract, turn up on Monday, on Tuesday you're off home becuase they found someone better and cheaper. By your terms, that's fair as well.Blog? What blog...?Comment
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