Agent Scum

[TheFaQQer]

Well, since this has become the "Ask DA" thread....

A mate of mine applied for a role yesterday through an agency, who we will call P. He is a good fit, and the agent thought so, telling him he would send the CV over to the client.

I'm already working on the project, so said to the client about my mate going through P, and they should be getting his CV soon. Client tells me that they don't deal with P - they only deal with two agencies (A and H).

P told my mate that they would get him straight into the client, which he cannot do. Luckily for my mate, he now knows that P can't get him in there, he needs to talk to someone else. But WHY would the agency tell him that they are going to get him in (and to talk to people there if he knows any), if they can't?

(Apologies for this looking like a Moose post with all the letters and all )

[tay]

DA - Do you find ginger agents are genetically more stupid that normal ones?

[DodgyAgent]

Well, since this has become the "Ask DA" thread....

A mate of mine applied for a role yesterday through an agency, who we will call P. He is a good fit, and the agent thought so, telling him he would send the CV over to the client.

I'm already working on the project, so said to the client about my mate going through P, and they should be getting his CV soon. Client tells me that they don't deal with P - they only deal with two agencies (A and H).

P told my mate that they would get him straight into the client, which he cannot do. Luckily for my mate, he now knows that P can't get him in there, he needs to talk to someone else. But WHY would the agency tell him that they are going to get him in (and to talk to people there if he knows any), if they can't?

(Apologies for this looking like a Moose post with all the letters and all )

Because they have nothing to lose, and by having someone who is wanted they can leverage this towards becoming a supplier themselves.

[DodgyAgent]

DA - Do you find ginger agents are genetically more stupid that normal ones?

Why Tay,? are you thinking of becoming one of us?

[BrowneIssue]

So if one ignored the recommendation and was put forward more than once, surely what harm can there be?

My own experiences of a person being presented twice:

a) I was recruiting for an Analyst Programmer. Amongst the CVs was one for Arthur sent by NastyAgent.

A few weeks later I am recruiting a DBA. I select Arthur who was submitted by AnyAgent. I got a call from NastyAgent who said they got Arthur's CV in front of me first - it was the same Arthur but with differently tailored CVs.

I told NastyAgent to go away. NastyAgent phoned my boss and said they would take ClientCo to court over this. My boss told me to throw Arthur's CV in the bin and take on the 2nd choice.



Spineless manager.

Sorry, Arthur. Sorry, AnyAgent. Sorry, me.

b) I applied for a contract with Council through AnyAgent. NastyAgent calls me about a suspiciously similar role - I check to see if it is the same - they say "No, same employer but different department".

AnyAgent gets me an interview with Billy Boss of ClientDept on the 10th. NastyAgent then call with an interview on the 8th with Billy Boss of ClientDept.

I was the only candidate put forward for this specialist role. NastyAgent had put me forward to the client at a rate lower than I was being offered by AnyAgent.

My CV ended up in the bin and the position did not get filled.



Nobody got any commission, I stayed on the bench, the client did not get the job done.