telephone Interview

[Phoenix]

So the first question I get from the client on a telephone interview is.....
"Just what rate has the agent offered you?"
The client seems to want to find out the client markup?

Has anyone else heard of this happening?

[janey]

wouldn't they easily be able to find this out by simply searching on jobserve etc?

[Phoenix]

Just seemed a strange question....maybe the client not trusting the pimp?

[Asterix]

So...

Did you tell him the truth ? All I'd say is that 'I were told not to divulge this' or maybe 'Rate is negotiable pending the outcome of the interview' . How did it go otherwise ?

[teabag]

Did you tell him the truth ? All I'd say is that 'I were told not to divulge this' or maybe 'Rate is negotiable pending the outcome of the interview' . How did it go otherwise ?

Hell yes tell I'd tell emm..If there was perfect disclosure about the margins then the marketplace would be fairer and more efficient...

In fact I'd go so far as to ask the client myself. Imperfect knowledge does neither the client or candidate any good !!

[expat]

Hell yes tell I'd tell emm..If there was perfect disclosure about the margins then the marketplace would be fairer and more efficient...

In fact I'd go so far as to ask the client myself. Imperfect knowledge does neither the client or candidate any good !!

Good point. Efficient market.

[Phoenix]

Good point. Efficient market.

Yeah! Then you wake up and realise you were dreaming!

[AtW]

"Efficient market" in economics is pretty much the same as "absolute zero temp" in physics - a condition that never happens, but it is often used to compare how far things from it.

[thunderlizard]

Never happened, but my answer would be "The price is for me to offer, not an agent". Letting other people tell you how much you should be charging is the road to perdition.

[Nipple Clamp]

"Efficient market" in economics is pretty much the same as "absolute zero temp" in physics - a condition that never happens, but it is often used to compare how far things from it.

For most income ranges an efficient market is arguably more like a Maxwell temperature distribution.

See We're all just atoms in a gas