Coal IT

[Yil]

Got an offer of a contract through Coal IT: Coal IT - Empowering your business potential .

I've never heard of them before so has anyone worked through and/or has an opinion of them?

TIA

[northernladuk]

Wish people would make a bit of effort....

http://forums.contractoruk.com/busin...8277-coal.html

[Yil]

Wish people would make a bit of effort....

http://forums.contractoruk.com/busin...8277-coal.html

I had (made the effort and...) seen that thread but it's from 2009 - was really looking to see if there is any more current information.

[Scoobos]

I've had favourable dealings with them in the past year, won an interview but then refused as someone came in and pipped me.

They continue to deal with me, so I'm happy.

[Yil]

I've had favourable dealings with them in the past year, won an interview but then refused as someone came in and pipped me.

They continue to deal with me, so I'm happy.

Thank you Scoobos.

[Project Monkey]

Had a permie offer through them about 3 years ago. Had no problems until I turned down the job, then the guy got a bit stroppy... "why didn't you tell me you had other offers" etc, etc.

[NDawg]

Worked a contract with them over the summer. All well and good until the final paycheck which I spent the better part of 2 months chasing up.

[TestMangler]

Hi..

I am a Recruiter and work for a leading recruitment agency.

My answer is: You should look for better options rather than chosing Coal IT.

Thanks,
Smit

I look for, at the very least, the ability to spell in a 'Recruiter' that I'm chosing.

I assume the OP can't go and 'chose' another recruiter because this one has the 'chosing' role that he 'chose' to go for.

[dmini]

I went for a role through them a few years back. All good till I got the paperwork - pure permie - every single HR policy you could dream of to be signed off. Not even vaguely looking like a contract! They slammed the phone down on me when I declined. Hopefully the contract paperwork has improved since then.

[Rabotnik]

Just spoke to an underling there about a role and then a few minutes later her master called me.

At first I thought she was fishing for rates info as she asked me about 3 times what I would charge and I just gave her a roundabout figure dependant on work and location.

Then her higher-up called and went into some detail on the role and he also asked me to confirm the rate. Then when I asked him who they were he said he couldn't tell me due to exclusivity bla bla. I didn't feel like pressing him on it and the legality of forwarding my CV to an unknown since I'd already talked to him enough and didn't see what would be gained from it.