Recommended Agencies

[Torres]

Hi all, first time poster here.

Can anyone recommend a decent agency for Public Sector Project Management positions?

[Support Monkey]

Hi all, first time poster here.

Can anyone recommend a decent agency for Public Sector Project Management positions?

Sorry to correct your grammar but the words decent and agency are never every likely to be used in the same sentence

[Zippy]

Sorry to correct your grammar but the words decent and agency are never every likely to be used in the same sentence

WHS - an oxymoron

Try Hudson or Badenoch and Clarke

[RichardCranium]

Hi all, first time poster here.

(How did I miss this post? I make a point of looking out for neglected newbies.)

Can anyone recommend a decent agency for Public Sector Project Management positions?

It doesn't work like that in IT.

Whereas in some sectors there are a handful of agencies, there are HUNDREDS of active recruitment agencies in IT. Very few specialise; all will place someone in any role if they can.

Instead we tend to use the web-based job sites to apply for gigs. By searching on them for gigs that would suit you, you will keep seeing the same names coming up time and time again. Go to the web sites of those agencies and register your CV with them. In this way, you might get called when a suitable role comes up, before they advertise it online.

Do not believe any IT recruitment agent who says you should stick to one or two and culture a relationship with them. They are merely conning you into giving them market intelligence and preventing you going elsewhere. When you come off the 'phone from them, they will forget you ever existed and ring the next poor sucker.

As for "a decent agency", sorry, I've only been contracting for 15 years so I am too new to have come across such a beast.

[norrahe]

Hi all, first time poster here.

Can anyone recommend a decent agency for Public Sector Project Management positions?

Which particular industry do you work in, as some have specified agents within said Agency that will deal with certain clients.

[EddieNambulous]

Do not believe any IT recruitment agent who says you should stick to one or two and culture a relationship with them. They are merely conning you into giving them market intelligence and preventing you going elsewhere. When you come off the 'phone from them, they will forget you ever existed and ring the next poor sucker.

I would echo those remarks about not having loyalty to any particular agency. I've been in situations a couple of times when I've had decent-sounding agents assure me that I am on the final shortlist of candidates for a role. (Some of them are masters at sounding like they are really trying to help you personally)

And then, because I have multiple phone numbers for various reasons, they call me on a different number later thinking I am someone different and pitch that same role at me again.

[Torres]

Well guys, thanks for confirming the confidence (lack of) that I already had in agencies.

I guess it's on with the web-based job sites then.

[Growernotashower]

http://www.buyingsolutions.gov.uk/ca...from=contracts

[TFour]

The best you can hope for is that some agencies are "less worse" than others.

[stillooking]

http://www.buyingsolutions.gov.uk/ca...from=contracts

at least half of the agencies on this list are not 'good' agencies