Recruitment Agents...

[DodgyAgent]

I had an agent contact me with a role a couple of days ago, I politely replied that although I was looking, this particular role was not my skill set. I got back an e-mail apologising for sending the mail but my profile came up in her search and all the relevant keywords matched (it was directly connected with what I do, just not what I do - it was a DBA role) so she decided to to contact me. She now knows exactly what I do and will look in that particular area.

I also had another agent contact me in much the same manner for a not too dissimilar role, he was very upbeat and that I wold be a cert for it so I decided to go forward with it. This was 6 weeks ago I haven't heard a peep since...

Apart from the fact that the first one who was female, the only other difference was that the first one was also a German agent and German agents and agencies tend to be like that, polite, contact you even though you turned it down, ask you exactly what your skill set is and then contact you only with your requirements. I said that the last time I was looking for a project that I wouldn't deal with UK based agents again due to their ignorance and just downright uselessness but I went ahead and nothing has changed. As people on here have pointed out, just look at their LinkedIn profiles and you'll see what they really are, salesmen. Look at their previous jobs and then also look at how many times they have changed their jobs and fields. I'm afraid that it seems the majority of UK agencies employ barrow boys and spivs and in my eyes are nothing less than unprofessional.




(* Not all of them as I have met and dealt with some good ones with whom I would be more than willing to deal with again)

We still beat them in two world wars

[darmstadt]

We still beat them in two world wars

And what does that prove, apart from the fact that you're still living in the past? Maybe if you got away from that then maybe you would be a better businessman

[DodgyAgent]

And what does that prove, apart from the fact that you're still living in the past? Maybe if you got away from that then maybe you would be a better businessman

OK, so how successful are German recruitment agencies compared to UK ones?

[darmstadt]

OK, so how successful are German recruitment agencies compared to UK ones?

Did I say they were successful, I was pointing out that they seemed more professional than UK ones. As you're in the business you should probably know this. Actually many of the agencies here are in fact UK subsidiaries or at least the German arm of a UK firm so the question would be, which companies branch is more successful, the UK or the foreign ones? BTW, the largest recruitment agency in the world is Swiss