New pimp strategy

[DodgyAgent]

You mean, Dodgy's gonna get bobbed

[DodgyAgent]

There is no money in placing contractors unless you are in a niche or working for an "uber aggressive" agency such as the S3 group. With single figure margins the days of the honest hard working agent are long gone.

[suityou01]

There is no money in placing contractors unless you are in a niche or working for an "uber aggressive" agency such as the S3 group. With single figure margins the days of the honest hard working agent are long gone.

Oh, wait.... how do I get gigs.

[MyUserName]

There is no money in placing contractors unless you are in a niche or working for an "uber aggressive" agency such as the S3 group. With single figure margins the days of the unicorns are long gone.

FTFY with something which is at least some people believe ever existed

[d000hg]

There is no money in placing contractors unless you are in a niche or working for an "uber aggressive" agency such as the S3 group. With single figure margins the days of the honest hard working agent are long gone.

5% of £300/day (being deliberately conservative) sounds alright to me - surely one agent can manage/represent 2-3 dozen contractors?

[Old Greg]

It seems more and more I get called up by a foetus. Thin reedy voice, asking if I have any experience with ERP, or C Hash. You ask which ERP and things go from bad to worse.

Then you get asked all the mundane crap and feel like saying did you actually read my CV?

Then, and here comes the punchline, I'm happy that you are someone we can work with, so I will now add you to the "long list" and pass you across to one of the senior recruiters.

Anyone else notice pimps are hiring youngsters to do the shortlisting, and general ring arounds?

I understand from agents I've worked through that it's pretty standard practice to get the new hire pimps to ring around the no hoper contractors for practice.

[Old Greg]

Damn.

That's why I talk to so many.

Don't worry. One day you'll be allowed to phone a real contractor.

[AgentJohnson]

Does anyone use a separate number, a pimp hotline so to speak (e.g. with an old PAYG SIM)? Managing their calls on your main number (even if it is just muting the ringer) can be a PITA.

[DirtyDog]

Does anyone use a separate number, a pimp hotline so to speak (e.g. with an old PAYG SIM)? Managing their calls on your main number (even if it is just muting the ringer) can be a PITA.

I use YAC and have done for many years. Redirects to my phone, I can switch off the redirection so they leave a voicemail which comes into my email as an MP3, and assign a ringtone so that I can tell who is calling.

Plus it costs them about 50p a minute to call me