Agents - WTF? I'm bored, get me outta here!

[CheeseSlice]

Agents have started to get snotty about me leaving my CV on jobboards after starting my new contract. Several have asked me to remove it as they're wasting too much time chasing contractors who aren't available. Market must be hot

[MyUserName]

Agents have started to get snotty about me leaving my CV on jobboards after starting my new contract. Several have asked me to remove it as they're wasting too much time chasing contractors who aren't available. Market must be hot

I applied for another position even though I have an offer as it is about 40k more. I got a phone call from the agent who got me an offer asking what I was doing, apparently he has some kind of alert setup on JobServe, I also got a mail from an agent I spoke to previously whom I told I was no longer available.

They seem to be much more proactive in protecting their investment than they used to be.

[kal]

I applied for another position even though I have an offer as it is about 40k more. I got a phone call from the agent who got me an offer asking what I was doing, apparently he has some kind of alert setup on JobServe, I also got a mail from an agent I spoke to previously whom I told I was no longer available.

They seem to be much more proactive in protecting their investment than they used to be.

Surely that violates some data protection law or other, why is Jobserve (for a fee I imagine) keeping another agent in the loop about what else you're applying for when its none of his business.

What did you say to him (my reply would be that until I am sat at the desk with a signed contract in my back pocket I will continue to apply for roles, nothing taken for granted!)

[MyUserName]

What did you say to him (my reply would be that until I am sat at the desk with a signed contract in my back pocket I will continue to apply for roles, nothing taken for granted!)

Unfortunately I was caught seriously off guard (this is a permie role rather than a contract) and I blagged that I had been trying to stop JobSever sending me notifications as they are annoying (true) and the interface had lagged and I ended up almost deleting my account so had pressed back a few times and tried to cancel whatever I had done but the IE had crashed.