Treating candidates like s%!t

[suityou01]

Pretty much what he said.

Clients won't give feedback in case it comes back to bite them because someone takes offence, same reason they won't give references.
Agents will be talking to the successful candidate or finding new ones or on the next role so don't care or want to waste the bandwidth on those who failed.

It's crappy, but it's reality and a fact of contracting.

Mostly agree.

Feedback benefits the agent as well as the contractor. It could be that they moved the job spec a little. In my case it was "has too many short term contracts". To the agent I met the job spec perfectly, was a carbon copy of someone he placed there earlier and was doing well.

With this feedback I knew what the problem was, he knew to only put candidates forward that had longer duration contracts.

Sometimes feedback is a good thing.

[eek]

Mostly agree.

Feedback benefits the agent as well as the contractor. It could be that they moved the job spec a little. In my case it was "has too many short term contracts". To the agent I met the job spec perfectly, was a carbon copy of someone he placed there earlier and was doing well.

With this feedback I knew what the problem was, he knew to only put candidates forward that had longer duration contracts.

Sometimes feedback is a good thing.

Sometimes feedback isn't accurate. I have seen people rejected for a multitude of reasons and I doubt the agent was given the feedback we used when rejecting them.

Its a nice to have and may be honest but its equally likely the reason given was not the real personal reason (face didn't fit, someone took exception to the shoes, needed the utterly useless wheelchair bound black lesbian to meet company profile requirements).

There is your problem Suity. You don't meet enough minority criteria. Black up minstrel style and wear a dress for your next interview

[BolshieBastard]

I know for a fact I got one job because the only other candidate was almost 'argumentative' in the interview. All he was told was he didnt get the job. And he'd worked for the same client previously.

In another case when I was one of two interviewers on a Utilities project, we interviewed a woman who looked like James Robertson Justice (and sounded like him as well!). I was told in no uncertain terms at the end of the interview, she wasnt going to be marked high due to her 'not fitting in with what we want'!

tulip happens, its frustrating but there's squat all you can do.

[northernladuk]

I know for a fact I got one job because the only other candidate was almost 'argumentative' in the interview. All he was told was he didnt get the job. And he'd worked for the same client previously.

You sure they didn't get the interviewees mixed up?

[barrydidit]

There is your problem Suity. You don't meet enough minority criteria. Black up minstrel style and wear a dress for your next interview

[vetran]

To the agent I met the job spec perfectly, was a carbon copy of someone he placed there earlier and was doing well.

lots of people look like Suity

[MarillionFan]

lots of people look like Suity

Only this chap.

[suityou01]

It's a bleeding joke looking for .Net roles at the minute.

Call goes

Rate
Location
Major skills

And then the feckin' framework bingo.

Angular?
Bootstrap?
Node?
JSWidgets?
JBollocks?
ArseQuery?
......

I can't keep up.

[RowleyBirkinQC]

Brrrwwrwrwrwrw. 6 breasts.

[BolshieBastard]

You sure they didn't get the interviewees mixed up?

Ah see, presumptious again! And wrong again!

Think you'd better give up.