what to do?

[EternalOptimist]

call agent 1, ask them not to submit you. If they say 'shoot, too late' , tell them to carry on as you dont want to let them down.

If they say 'ok', they were never going to submit you anyway, so go with agent 2

[Fred Bloggs]

That is exactly what I was going to say.

I think the only option is to tell Agent 2 to submit you ONLY if they find out you have not been previously submitted.

That way you try to avoid hassle by just blindly submitting for a 2nd time.

That's the best solution. As long as you can trust agent #2 to not just submit you anyway. I agree asking agent #1 is just asking to be lied to though.

[russell]

I just let all the agents submit me, the big clients have an automated system that rejects duplicated submissions, and it annoys agents an added bonus. Even if the clients sees you being submitted a few times it looks good as you have been hand picked by multiple agents and I have been told this by a few managers. If the agents start complaining you just pick the one that emailed you first with an role id.

[jacquiw]

Did agent 1 forward your cv to the client? If so I would say no.

Firstly they've already had a look at you and have decided they don't like you so you'll be wasting your time and secondly it is just unprofessional having your cv turning up at the same client from multiple agents. Makes you look a real fly by night character.

If agent 1 hasn't already sent your cv then I'd go for it if I were you.