Fishing Agents - doing my head in

[CheeseSlice]

Indeed, it's almost always guaranteed to be an agent. What annoys me is that they ring you in the middle of the working day and if you answer start reeling off the usual speel with no consideration about whether you can talk or not. Had one out of the blue recently from some wide boy who started banging on about the perfect role he had for me as soon as I answered, when I managed to get a word in to inform him that I was actually in a contract and not looking his next question was 'so where's your current role and what daily rate are you on'... I hung up

Maybe you should do what some others on this board do which is to get another SIM card and insert it in a cheap payG or old phone. Only use that number on your CV and only switch the phone on when looking for roles.

On occasion when the fishing gets really bad I've actually stopped answering the phone to numbers that I dont recognise (either caller withheld or not). I'll just check voicemails and emails once per day and choose the ones I want to respond to. Most timewasters (not all) wont bother leaving a voicemail whereas the agents who are serious will do, so you may get 8 calls and only 1 or 2 leave a message. There's a small risk in missing real roles by doing this but if your primary way of getting contracts is from unadvertised 'agent-calls-you' roles like this, then it can be a good timesaver.

[Dark Black]

Vivid Resourcing one to avoid. Particularly bad for fishing - can often be seen advertising roles with rates so much higher than a typical market rate to be just to good to be true.

[zazou]

Vivid Resourcing one to avoid. Particularly bad for fishing - can often be seen advertising roles with rates so much higher than a typical market rate to be just to good to be true.

Their CV upload page looks a bit cheeky to me.

[kal]

Their CV upload page looks a bit cheeky to me.

Just got am email from them, for 2 identical roles, one in London & one in Brum (fishing exercise probably), email asks for CV's along with a 'quote the rate you're looking for' line... time wasters.

[Wanderer]

Their CV upload page looks a bit cheeky to me.

Just tick the opt out button and then withdraw it if you get offered the contract.....

[cojak]

Just tick the opt out button and then withdraw it if you get offered the contract.....

And put 'Fred' and 'Wilma' in the reference section.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Fishing exercises have come down in recent weeks. It seems that now the rates are way too low or very good but highly competitive with little in the middle.

[quackhandle]

One today from our old friends CF.

"So how you finding the market?"

"Who have you interviewed with recently?"

Bless 'em.

qh

[Boney M]

One today from our old friends CF.

"So how you finding the market?"

"Who have you interviewed with recently?"

Bless 'em.

qh

CF?