Interviewing and consequences of being flexible with recruiters

[NeverBeenNorthOfTheM25]

I interviewed for one last week which was for a grand a day.

Didnt get it though.

Dude, if you had got it I would have been like your bestest friend ever! LOL.

Im guessing only IB's can pay that sort of money.

[northernladuk]

I interviewed for one last week which was for a grand a day.

Didnt get it though.

What a *****. Why do you feel you have to lie to make a point on a serious discussion? Cockroach...

Im guessing only IB's can pay that sort of money.

He is just being an arse cause it is me. No way in hell he can command that.

but anyway...

Unless he is on a fixed-rate margin, in which case his job is to get the maximum for you so he gets the maximum commission.

Ok this one is lost on me so tell me more... How often does this actually happen? I would have thought they would have avoided this at the moment with us taking reduced rates and so on so easier for them to post ridiculous rates and someone will take it.

[MarillionFan]

Dude, if you had got it I would have been like your bestest friend ever! LOL.

Im guessing only IB's can pay that sort of money.

Actually it was FMCG. It was a senior Project Management role which would have been dealing with the CEO and board.

All the stakeholders were on £1M+ Salaries, so they wanted someone super senior. I ticked all the boxes for the project except my stakeholder management level wasnt high enough. Needless to say I've never earnt that much, so was glad to get interviews and get to the last two.

[MarillionFan]

I'm fairly certain my Northern Monkey stalker is talking bile again. Not sure why he's so obsessed, he must have fancied my last avatar.

[zemoxyl]

I have the impression that showing flexibility with recruiter is harmuful --> no CV sent to clients.

In particular about salary and positions, I use to ask 75K or 550 pd (based on comparable) but then recruiter :

1) asks if it is the minimum (even if it is in the range he posted in the ad) I say that I'd be willing to go down, even to 55K and I am more interested in that the job is challenging.

2) asks if I would consider other positions outside finance. I say ... providing it is challenging why not

Then he says he will send me the description of the positions but several times I don't hear them anymore.

Is flexibility so harmful?

jj

I have most of them (derivatives at phd level) and long hours is the best thing of this job, delivering solution to critical production issues.

But still couldn't get an interview with a bank.

Hmmm, derivatives @ Ph.D. level ? What uni was that ?

[TheFaQQer]

Ok this one is lost on me so tell me more... How often does this actually happen? I would have thought they would have avoided this at the moment with us taking reduced rates and so on so easier for them to post ridiculous rates and someone will take it.

Many customers are looking for transparency between what they are paying the agent and what the agency is paying the contractor. I have no idea about how often it happens, though - I would think that those that are on an approved supplier list have negotiated a fixed margin to get there.

I know when I was at the Home Office, the agency I was with had negotiated a maximum 12% margin. To get me in, they cut it to 9.5% since I had brought the role to them. Client then had a pretty good idea of what I was on, and I knew how much they were paying for me.

[Hex]

It happens all the time at Investment Banks. All that I know of pay a fixed fee percentage to the agency and its the bank that negotiates the contractor's rate.

[Sausage Surprise]

Dude, if you had got it I would have been like your bestest friend ever! LOL.

Im guessing only IB's can pay that sort of money.

and Northern Rock !