Bye Bye AGENCY Commission and bull.

[Jedcom]

Dear Moderator, please read this as I think it may be of benefit to all contractors. My name is John Danson, I am a contractor. I have been in this game for about 12 years. One thing that gets my goat is finding out how much the agents are actually on. An insider at my last place said 45% a day of my fee was disappearing into the pockets of the agency. My latest agent really muffed up by sending me both sets of contracts. There was 45% for me and they were getting 55% a day until I explained that even for a doormat like me it was too much. I negotiated 30% with little hassle. Still theft. Even an estate agent only gets 4%. And that's theft too. If anyone would like to send me their CV I am doing something for free so that we can all benefit from the internet, hardly a new idea. Which begs the question - why is no-one using it? It's a contractor direct to market idea, and the marketing is free. And it's time has come. Your locations, your rate range and skills go into a 3 minute profile, you say when you are available, your name gets included on a news letter and it is sent off to a cleverly organised list of IT managers. The interest from 14 of my old line managers has been very high. They hate agents even more than we do. The site is brand new, (last Tuesday) and contains a few profiles (currently 27, hidden). When I get to 50 a monthly newsletter will be sent out. If someone contacts you directly for an interview then it's cost you nothing. I hope to run advertising around it at some point. But for now I feel like I am getting my own back on these robbers. Why in the age of the internet we are still going through a sales agent is beyond me. Email me through the forum and I will reply more or less straight away. Solidarity brothers. Or more coin. Either way take care. John

[northernladuk]

Dear Moderator, please read this and ban me

FTFY

If anyone would like to send me their CV I am doing something for free

You really expect anyone to believe that?? Jeez

It's a contractor direct to market idea, and the marketing is free. And it's time has come. Your locations, your rate range and skills go into a 3 minute profile, you say when you are available, your name gets included on a news letter and it is sent off to a cleverly organised list of IT managers. The interest from 14 of my old line managers has been very high. They hate agents even more than we do. The site is brand new, (last Tuesday) and contains a few profiles (currently 27, hidden). When I get to 50 a monthly newsletter will be sent out. If someone contacts you directly for an interview then it's cost you nothing. I hope to run advertising around it at some point. But for now I feel like I am getting my own back on these robbers. Why in the age of the internet we are still going through a sales agent is beyond me. Email me through the forum and I will reply more or less straight away. Solidarity brothers. Or more coin. Either way take care. John

You have 14 of your old line managers none of which will probably have no budget, all of which are probably having to work through a PSL? You want to do all this for free? You think we are stupid?

You looking for referal bonus or something like that? Or are you actually wanting a piece of what the agents get and intend to place people under the pretence it is all free but in fact you are going to pocket 45% like they do but use an even bigger lie to 'steal' the contractors money.

If your business accumen is anything like your ability to write in paragraphs and ask moderators questions in open forums they we are all screwed. Calling people in an two established industries 'robbers' isn't exactly business speak.

[NeverBeenNorthOfTheM25]

Ouch, Id hate to cross northernlad when hes having a bad day! lol.

[nomadd]

Dear Moderator, please read this as I think it may be of benefit to all contractors.

..or alternatively of benefit only to you?

Please read the 1,000 posts on here entitled "Why do clients use agencies?" Then come back and respond. Might have been a good idea to do that before posting and calling for a Moderator...

[northernladuk]

Even I think I am a t*sser when I read back my own posts. I really ought to type something out, save it as draft, have a coffee and come back and delete it. I might start to make some friends that way.

[Growernotashower]

Even I think I am a t*sser when I read back my own posts. I really ought to type something out, save it as draft, have a coffee and come back and delete it. I might start to make some friends that way.

I've just done that, I was going to put that 'YOUR AN IDIOT! AND YOUR IDEA IS IDIOTIC!' but I didn't as I'm trying some new anger management techniques

[TykeMerc]

I've just done that, I was going to put that 'YOUR AN IDIOT! AND YOUR IDEA IS IDIOTIC!' but I didn't as I'm trying some new anger management techniques

Tad tricky calling someone an idiot when you don't understand that YOUR hasn't got even vaguely the same meaning as YOU'RE (which is a commonly use abbreviation of you are in case you didn't know). They may well sound the same, but they are totally different words...

[Growernotashower]

Tad tricky calling someone an idiot when you don't understand that YOUR hasn't got even vaguely the same meaning as YOU'RE (which is a commonly use abbreviation of you are in case you didn't know). They may well sound the same, but they are totally different words...

You know what, I did type you've when I did it in lower case but it didn't have the same impact, then made the mistake when retyping it. But I have it nailed now, like 'YOU'RE A PEDANTIC LITTLE FELLOW AREN'T YOU'

[chicane]

PIDANTIC

[Growernotashower]

I'll shut up