recruiter submits CV but won't name company

[darrenb]

Hello,

There's a promising contract local to me. I called the goon and he talked for a while and said he'd send my CV on. However, he wouldn't name the company.

What are the odds that he really is sending it? Is it possible (in your experience) that he is just trying to block me from applying through other agents? The job actually suits me very well, but you can't trust recruiters to know that, especially when they have reached their "maximum CVs submitted" point.

What if I do apply through other agents and my CV reaches the company twice? Will the company (in your experience) dismiss my application?

Bit of a dilemma, right? I'm a bit anxious about this job, because there haven't been many appropriate opportunities lately.

D.

[b0redom]

I never let them send my CV without letting me know location, rate, and client. They'll bitch and moan a bit, but eventually they'll tell you.

[pmeswani]

Hello,

There's a promising contract local to me. I called the goon and he talked for a while and said he'd send my CV on. However, he wouldn't name the company.

What are the odds that he really is sending it? Is it possible (in your experience) that he is just trying to block me from applying through other agents? The job actually suits me very well, but you can't trust recruiters to know that, especially when they have reached their "maximum CVs submitted" point.

What if I do apply through other agents and my CV reaches the company twice? Will the company (in your experience) dismiss my application?

Bit of a dilemma, right? I'm a bit anxious about this job, because there haven't been many appropriate opportunities lately.

D.

If they don't tell you who the client is, then the chances are that the client doesn't exist. The agency is probably trying to either get your CV, or just trying to find out your current situation.

[Lewis]

I never let them send my CV without letting me know location, rate, and client. They'll bitch and moan a bit, but eventually they'll tell you.

Second that !!

[darrenb]

OK I made a mistake. What do you think is my best bet now?

I believe the job is real because there are ads from different agents for it.

D.

[ft101]

OK I made a mistake. What do you think is my best bet now?

I believe the job is real because there are ads from different agents for it.

D.

Contact the different agents then - if you don't 100% know the client, then why not apply for those 'other' roles?

[ratewhore]

Contact the different agents then - if you don't 100% know the client, then why not apply for those 'other' roles?

I concur. Original agent is obviously of the barrow boy w*nker mould...

[darrenb]

Well, he did give me enough information to identify the client pretty exactly. How will the client react if they get the same CV from two different agents?

D.

[BigTime]

Well, he did give me enough information to identify the client pretty exactly. How will the client react if they get the same CV from two different agents?

D.

they'll probably go to the second agent and say we already have this cv. he'll contact you and say they received the cv via another agent and then you have the option of saying you didn't authorise the first agent to send it to them.

[thunderlizard]

I don't see how he can be blocking you if he doesn't tell you who the client is.

If the client does get you CV via 2 routes, then they will usually have some way of sorting it out and there's no use in worrying about it.