Direct Contracting

[Board Game Geek]

I know of an agency that don't charge "rake off" if their contractors are offered perm with the client.

[Not So Wise]

Nice to see some thinking out the box by agencies but few comments

* You don't make it clear if you intend to offer this at contract start or at any point during the contract. If it's only at contract start don't expect a very large uptake as contractor/client don't "know" each other well enough yet to merit risk of such an outlay, besides if they (client) were going to do this at contract start might as well advertise the position themselves from start and save themselves even more money

* "Buy out" option should be offered to both sides, thus he who takes the risk can either save money (client) or make more (contractor)

* £1000 is too cheap in most cases I would say, better to work on some type of ratio, aka your margin for 3 months + 10% = buy out cost. (you need to make your money as well...god never thought i would say that to an agency)

* Before buyout occurs all parties must agree and existing contract T&C's would need to be revealed (seen contracts between client/agency that are not only different than the one between contractor/agency but actually contradictory), without some serious negotiation the party not performing the buy out would not want their T&C's changed

[saptastic]

seen it also here at this IT Recruitment agency. exactly what you are saying I think - direct contracting and less agency fees.

[Iveco]

Well thanks for all of your feedback.

We've now moved ahead with the idea and the new website can be found at Contract Recruitment, with a flat fee of £2000 (or £500 a month for short term contracts).

We're already getting enquiries so fingers crossed.

Any further thoughts appreciated.

Thanks again