Agencies to avoid....

[Eirikur]

Resource on demand who despite me writing an email to their director not to approach me anymore after a series of total F@#k-ups, still approach me several times per month with totally non relevant roles.

[TTT]

Agencies to avoid....

MPOWER PLUS UK LTD

Lovely Indian people who have a nasty habit of not to paying last month invoice...

Avoid at any cost!

[unixman]

Most likely they offered someone else the contract at a higher profit margin for the agency. They keep you in the dark until he accepted or declined. If the other person accepts you will never ever hear from them again if he declines they might come back to you saying, you've got it

Doesn't make sense. The client chooses you from a shortlist supplied by the agency. The agency might choose to leave you off the list if your higher rate would impact their profits. But their reputation will suffer if their preferred candidate is poor or can't do the work. Agencies are in competition with each other, and sometimes the client engages more than one to meet the same requirement. If agency A messes up, provides a poor contractor, the client might give them the boot altogether.

[uk contractor]

I would add Hyphen - they completely f*cked over me and my team mates.

Not paying us in full for last months pay.

Parent company is Adecco group I doubt they would not pay you what's contractually due time to call your lawyer if otherwise!

[patrickbaitsman]

I would add Hyphen - they completely f*cked over me and my team mates.

Not paying us in full for last months pay.

[JohnJizzle]

Rullion - sorted out interview for me, rang me every day and morning leading up to it.

I sorted accommodation, drove there - interviewed well (I thought). Wasn't asked anything technical - just very vague things so nothing to really mess up.

Rang them after - then never heard from the again. E-mailed asking if I had the role or not a few times but they never emailed back (Tried a couple of people who I had dealt with)

few months go by and then get in touch about another role!

[Gumbo Robot]

Most likely they offered someone else the contract at a higher profit margin for the agency. They keep you in the dark until he accepted or declined. If the other person accepts you will never ever hear from them again if he declines they might come back to you saying, you've got it

Hmm... quite possibly, yes. It wasn't a great rate & I went in at the top end of the range.

Oddly enough, I've just had another agency on the phone about the same role & their day rate is way below what I went in at.

[uk contractor]

Most likely they offered someone else the contract at a higher profit margin for the agency. They keep you in the dark until he accepted or declined. If the other person accepts you will never ever hear from them again if he declines they might come back to you saying, you've got it

This happens all the time agencies rarely tell you now as your their backup plan if their no1 profit margin choice declines!

Clients should audit agencies to see how many highly skilled candiates vs lower rate candidates cv actually get put through to them. IME its shocking that so many big name agencies will favour a lesser skillset to gain a higher profit margin as its only a few % difference vs placing the lesser candidate

[Eirikur]

Why can't they just f****g say "You didn't get the job" instead of all this evasive bullsh1t ?

Most likely they offered someone else the contract at a higher profit margin for the agency. They keep you in the dark until he accepted or declined. If the other person accepts you will never ever hear from them again if he declines they might come back to you saying, you've got it

[jmo21]

Same here.

2 stage interview (1 telephone, 1 face to face) at Capita Events in Taunton. "You're a shoe-in mate - we're only sending you and one other bloke for 2 positions"

Face to face seemed to go well & I did ok in the technical test (quite a gruelling one stood up at a whiteboard).

Now, agent just won't give any feedback "Probably still all on holiday, mate" while it seems Computer Futures are also soliciting for this one - at much lower rates than I was put forward for.

Why can't they just f****g say "You didn't get the job" instead of all this evasive bullsh1t ?

They aren't making money from you, so you mean nothing to them.

They are desperately trying to find another candidate to offer up to the client, otherwise they get paid ZERO.

If you have got the role, they'll be all over your email and voicemail like a rash trying to get you signed up. If that isn't happening, you probably haven't got the role (ok, some clients will take a bit of time).

Move on, the quicker you realise you are wasting your time begging for feedback the better.