Recruitment company in India.

[MicrosoftBob]

If you are in the UK, then someone from an agency is probably not so much an agent finding you a contract, as a parasite inserting himself in the chain, to your cost.

FTFY

[SueEllen]

Anyone come across this before? Genuine or something simply to meet Tier 2 visa requirements, i.e advertise the job in the UK to meet the terms of the 'Resident Labour Market Test'?

You answered your own question.

The role may still pop up with UK agencies - notice I said agencies not agent - but until it doesn't don't apply and even if it does, don't apply.

[SlipTheJab]

Aah feck!

[eek]

^ This. Nothing racist about it, but the rates and service and security aspect (please send a copy of bank statements, passport etc to secure this role) means they can FOAD.

This industry is ****ed as it is, without Bob agencies lowering rates and pissing off clients with terrible service.

PS. Can you imagain a Bob agency placing Suity to a client. Jeez what a combo....

I believe that story has already been done. suity had a nervous breakdown from it...

[SlipTheJab]

That's a scam I have been worried about. Basically as far as possible I would prefer to send CV's to known agents or directly to clients.


Out of interest, how do you distinguish between the two?
- Accents/Grammar/Names?
- Company based abroad?

Combination of factors, the tone of the email and low rate give it away, £300 a day in London FFS!

[MrMarkyMark]

£300 a day in London FFS!

Seen £150 PD, London, in what I do .

[yetanotherbob]

Seen £150 PD, London, in what I do .

I have been quoted £230 a day by an offshore consultant in India (Couldn't verify if they were a genuine rockstar or just a chancer though). That would equate to £1400 pd in the UK (taking PPP into account).

[suityou01]

^ This. Nothing racist about it, but the rates and service and security aspect (please send a copy of bank statements, passport etc to secure this role) means they can FOAD.

This industry is ****ed as it is, without Bob agencies lowering rates and pissing off clients with terrible service.

PS. Can you imagain a Bob agency placing Suity to a client. Jeez what a combo....

Adapt or die you thick crustacean.

[Joe Black]

Combination of factors, the tone of the email and low rate give it away, £300 a day in London FFS!

Lots of jobs in London these days being advertised for not much more than that, unless it's banking and involves quants, derivatives, greeks and such like. Certainly on the MS side.

Rates have definitely been pushed down, and seeing a recent bulk email I received from a well known agency gives a possible why. Out of 600+ names (yep, they put them in cc not bcc!) to say mine was one of very few English sounding ones (10% at most), was a bit of a shock.

[DodgyAgent]

I refuse on principal to consider any role advertised by the mob across the ocean, would rather deal with Dodgy than a load of Bobs...

You do know how to compliment a man