Agency Commission / Markup

[FarmerPalmer]

25% on top (20% of total) does seem to be the norm in my experience.

as long as the agent gets me the gig and pays my invoices on time then I don't have an issue as they pay me way before they'll see a penny from client co.

[RichardCranium]

have never come across a professional typist who is a guy?

ADA is trying to pass himself off as female. He used the name Lucy at one point, which was a bit of a give-away. Methinks the network admin permie doth protest too much.

[EddieNambulous]

ADA is trying to pass himself off as female. He used the name Lucy at one point, which was a bit of a give-away.

The age of the trannypimp has dawned?

[RichardCranium]

The age of the trannypimp has dawned?

You mean you've never been unexpectedly Rogered by an agent?

[Another Dodgy Agent]

ADA is trying to pass himself off as female. He used the name Lucy at one point, which was a bit of a give-away. Methinks the network admin permie doth protest too much.

Oh bless, look your trying to be funny, ahh! You got me, your absolutely right, how did you guess me out Mr Cranium, it must be your HUGE interlect and cunning wit! Have you thought about being a complete <snip>? Just a thought, cos your half way there and evidently you can train on courses to gain the remaining stages of extreme ******!

[richy]

25% on top (20% of total) does seem to be the norm in my experience.

as long as the agent gets me the gig and pays my invoices on time then I don't have an issue as they pay me way before they'll see a penny from client co.

So which was the agency? One of the S group? (Progressive, Huxley, Computer Futures etc).

I do wish agents were open about rates, usually i can get them to tell me, but then I just find out later they lied. (I should ask them to put it in writing!)

Ciao, Richy

[ZoppZ]

This sounds like HAYS they took 40% on my gig. After 3 month, I went via another pimp for the same role and got better rate. The client helped me since they wanted me to stay.

[The Agents View]

Firstly - Get it out of your head that they're charging a percentage of "YOUR" rate. It's actually the agents rate, and it includes far more than "sticking someone in".

25% is the top end of the market - and I'm talking proper, consultative agents, who work on the basis of quality, work on a relationship and referral model, and know their interims/contractors as well as their markets, extremely well. I would never lie about my margins, they start at 25%, and typically negotiate down to 20% - but then people come to me because I don't generally get it wrong, so they save the hassle of sifting through 3000 CV's (which is my job) and interviewing tons of people (also my job) - they also get to see customised references against the role, proving that I'm not spouting tulip about the contractor. If you build up that confidence with the client, then an extra £1000 of charge over 6 months is worth paying when compared with 4 hours sifting CV's, 5 hours of interviewing potentials, often X2 for a second opinion, and then finally making a decision.

On the candidate side, I can then use the fact that I work on relationships, and use them to keep myself in touch with the market place - this means when there is movement, I generally know about it, hence increasing the chances of multiple placement of an individual..... All of my contractors know how much I'm charging the client for their services - there's no point in hiding it when you work at senior level - ultimately most of them see the invoices for their own services!!

TAV

[XLMonkey]

I've worked in a lot of offices over the years and have never come across a professional typist who is a guy?

You've just come across two then - 70 wpm, word perfect (80 is faaaaast ADA - I'm impressed).

touch typing has proved to be a more valuable skill than any of the other qualifications I've picked up over the years.

[EddieNambulous]

You've just come across two then

So you are a contract typist?