Agencies to avoid....

[quackhandle]

Spoke to one pimp the other day about a gig down south, but first there was an online test to perform and the interview is with the pimp and not the client.

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[User98]

Fleas that live off the Dogs back ...

In general, I would really love to find a way to rid the Industry of these blood-sucking Parasites (wouldn't we all) that add Yards to the overall Cost.

Personally, I will not deal with any Pimp that speaks with an Indian accent - or, work for Companies like Wipro, Tata, InfoSys etc either i.e. The Bob COs. And, neither will I deal with the OffShore.

[BolshieBastard]

In general, I would really love to find a way to rid the Industry of these blood-sucking Parasites (wouldn't we all) that add Yards to the overall Cost.

Sadly, the old women and 'cant be arsed' worker types who generally populate client HR departments, want an easy life until retirement. And how much easier can it be than to get an agency to shift the hundreds of cv's they get and whittle them down to 10 or 12?

[Darren_Test]

Good experience & weekly payments from SCOM. Probably the best agency I dealt with so far.

Worst experience with Spring & Penta Consulting. Both deserves to be in "Avoid List"

[kevpuk]

Good experience with Clearwater PS; weekly payments, online timesheet authorisation etc. and no bad experiences to date

[quackhandle]

Being pushed for a role that the pimp (one of S3 grp) is blatantly trying to push to a "prospective" client, not on PSL. So vague about rate/length etc.

As a young farm boy from Tattoine once said "No reward is worth this."

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[MyUserName]

Being pushed for a role that the pimp (one of S3 grp) is blatantly trying to push to a "prospective" client, not on PSL. So vague about rate/length etc.

As a young farm boy from Tattoine once said "No reward is worth this."

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Wasn't it Han Solo who said that?

[quackhandle]

Doh! Well spotted, shocking error since I was watching the Lego SW short film Padawan Menace this morning with my wee lad.

As a Correllian Smuggler/Scoundrel once said.

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[NDawg]

Has anyone worked with PremierIT. Ive had a few calls from their agents. They call me up,
tell me about this Investment Banking role in detail (not disclosing the client)

They then say they will email me about it further along with a job description.
However what I get is a request from the agent asking for 2 references.
I then reply back and ask 'Do you have a job description for the role that you described to me?'

They never reply back!

I got a call from a pimp there today. Withheld number, the usual "so we have a role for you, are you available, what were your past rates, what would you be looking for in terms of rates now?" BS.

Told him to send me a spec and I'd call him back to discuss further.

So far nothing.

[flipFlop]

Your Search is Over With "Real Time"

It can be only a matter of hours before Real Time get me a gig with the info. I gave them after retrieving their E-mail from the spam folder.

I am contacting you from Real Time Recruitment Solutions, a specialist recruitment consultancy dedicated to providing permanent and contract staff to IT and Engineering companies developing C/C+ Real Time and Embedded Systems throughout the UK.

We are very busy working with a number of clients across the South of England at the moment and would like the opportunity to go away and speak to any potential clients about your CV to see if you might be suitable for one of their open positions.

Can you please get back to me with the following information to enable us to go away and work with your CV and profile:

1. What would your ideal role be in terms of technical skillset?

2. Current salary and package?

3. Avalibility to start work?

4. Which companies has your CV been sent to so far in your job search?

5. Which companies have you inter ivewed with so far in your job search?

I must stress it is important to let me know the names of the companies as I do not want to duplicate your CV or jeopardise any applications you may have on going in the process.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Kind Regards,

George Eaton
Divisional Manager
Real Time Recruitment Solutions