Hi all. I hope you can advise on a slightly tricky situation I'm in and how best to resolve it.
Early last week a recruitment agent contacted me by telephone regarding a job. We discussed the role at length over the phone and then he submitted my CV. A few days later, another agent emailed me a job spec for a role at the same company. The job spec was quite generic and didn't appear to mention much of what I'd discussed with the first agent. I assumed it was for a different role and agreed to be put forward. I now realise I should have checked with the agent but I was unsure on the protocol at the time as I've worked for a same company for many years and am new to the world of recruitment agencies.
Anyway, I got a phone intv through the first agent, which happened on Friday morning. I only got the job description from the first agent on Thursday night and immediately saw it was probably for the same job. On the phone intv with the hiring manager I was upfront about the situation and said I thought I'd been put forward by a second agent but wasn't sure if it was the same job. The hiring manager said that he had seen my CV from the second agent but not to worry about it as he'd received the CV from the agent who'd organised the interview first.
Having cleared it up with the hiring manager I thought nothing more of it but it's started to bother me a bit again today. I had a call from the first agent to say that the manager wants to set up a further, face-to-face interview next week. That's great and at least means the manager hasn't thrown my CV in the bin in order to avoid any issues further down the line.
At this stage I've yet to hear back from the second agent. He's also put me forward for another role and I know the company is quite interested in my CV. I'm waiting to hear back on that two. Obviously I don't want to alienate agent 2 as they have good jobs in my field and have played fair. So what's the best way to handle this from here? Should I contact the second agent and explain what has happened or trust that the hiring manager will deal with the situation and take him at his word that I shouldn't worry about it. I don't want to make matters worse.
Early last week a recruitment agent contacted me by telephone regarding a job. We discussed the role at length over the phone and then he submitted my CV. A few days later, another agent emailed me a job spec for a role at the same company. The job spec was quite generic and didn't appear to mention much of what I'd discussed with the first agent. I assumed it was for a different role and agreed to be put forward. I now realise I should have checked with the agent but I was unsure on the protocol at the time as I've worked for a same company for many years and am new to the world of recruitment agencies.
Anyway, I got a phone intv through the first agent, which happened on Friday morning. I only got the job description from the first agent on Thursday night and immediately saw it was probably for the same job. On the phone intv with the hiring manager I was upfront about the situation and said I thought I'd been put forward by a second agent but wasn't sure if it was the same job. The hiring manager said that he had seen my CV from the second agent but not to worry about it as he'd received the CV from the agent who'd organised the interview first.
Having cleared it up with the hiring manager I thought nothing more of it but it's started to bother me a bit again today. I had a call from the first agent to say that the manager wants to set up a further, face-to-face interview next week. That's great and at least means the manager hasn't thrown my CV in the bin in order to avoid any issues further down the line.
At this stage I've yet to hear back from the second agent. He's also put me forward for another role and I know the company is quite interested in my CV. I'm waiting to hear back on that two. Obviously I don't want to alienate agent 2 as they have good jobs in my field and have played fair. So what's the best way to handle this from here? Should I contact the second agent and explain what has happened or trust that the hiring manager will deal with the situation and take him at his word that I shouldn't worry about it. I don't want to make matters worse.
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