Reply to: can i directly contact client for feedback?

[Contreras]

Why would you add someone on LinkedIn when his only experience of you is a failed interview and and he uses and agent to field his contractors for him? Besides giving the interviewer a good laugh before he rejects what's the point?

Good question. I'd agree it's not something to be done lightly and without a good feel for the situation.

However for what it's worth, I've done exactly this and as a result a year later landed the best rate of my contracting career so far. Client direct and using my own contract and ToB. Quite why I linked and quite why I then followed up a year later does not make sense even to me! The guy was a cat-1, power-tripping, a-hole. I nearly walked on day-3 of the contract. Since then he got fired. Currently in talks with the new management with a view to extend to what will be almost a year.

[northernladuk]

Why would you add someone on LinkedIn when his only experience of you is a failed interview and and he uses and agent to field his contractors for him? Besides giving the interviewer a good laugh before he rejects what's the point?

[Eirikur]

If you're active on linkedin then you can always add the whoever interviewed you.

In this instance I wouldn't contact the client. Maybe if you don't get it you can send them a message wishing them luck and thanks blah blah blah

This is exactly what I did when I was still new at contracting. Within 5 minutes after sending the message on LinkedIn to the endclient I got the agency on the phone, I was unprofessional blah blah blah blacklist blah blah blah.

[WTFH]

Please save your sympathy for someone who needs it I moved on from this role last week to something else in Financial Services which is longer term. Just thought I would be consistent & post my results to let others know (who may need the sympathy!!).

Have you learned from the advice given here or not?

[uk contractor]

Please save your sympathy for someone who needs it I moved on from this role last week to something else in Financial Services which is longer term. Just thought I would be consistent & post my results to let others know (who may need the sympathy!!).

[SlipTheJab]

Yep that's gonna do a whole fat lot of good isn't it.

Maybe agents treat us like numpties because sometimes we act like it? Our own worst enemy and that.

Indeed, might I suggest a more sympathetic place for the poor soul to visit for further empathy.

[northernladuk]

I'd name & shame to save anyone else getting time wasted in future but its subject to an NDA!!!

Yep that's gonna do a whole fat lot of good isn't it.

Maybe agents treat us like numpties because sometimes we act like it? Our own worst enemy and that.

[missinggreenfields]

I'd name & shame to save anyone else getting time wasted in future but its subject to an NDA!!!

No-one cares.

Life's too short to waste on this - move on and do something else.

[SlipTheJab]

Updating to say as expected the client ignored me but the agency told me the client closed the role without offering any feedback so its been filled & or cancelled without any further contact from the client! I'd name & shame to save anyone else getting time wasted in future but its subject to an NDA!!!

[SlipTheJab]

Updating to say as expected the client ignored me but the agency told me the client closed the role without offering any feedback so its been filled & or cancelled without any further contact from the client! I'd name & shame to save anyone else getting time wasted in future but its subject to an NDA!!!

Mistake number 1 was contacting the client directly, number 2 is getting yourself worked up about it, its par for the course.

[MrMarkyMark]

Updating to say as expected the client ignored me but the agency told me the client closed the role without offering any feedback so its been filled & or cancelled without any further contact from the client! I'd name & shame to save anyone else getting time wasted in future but its subject to an NDA!!!

Name and shame all you like, finding anyone that GAF, might be more of of problem.

Move on, it's part and parcel of what we do...

[FrontEnder]

I'd name & shame to save anyone else getting time wasted in future but its subject to an NDA!!!

What would be the point? It's nothing out of the ordinary, you'l have to get used to it.

[uk contractor]

Updating to say as expected the client ignored me but the agency told me the client closed the role without offering any feedback so its been filled & or cancelled without any further contact from the client! I'd name & shame to save anyone else getting time wasted in future but its subject to an NDA!!!

[VillageContractor]

I think you can still link with clients on linkedin if you've not got the role.

It helps me build up a network of people who need my skills

[LondonManc]

Im undecided about this to be honest. If someone asks nicely, then so what, just be nice about it.

Not sure if, as a client, you can rely on the agency. I wonder how many clients ask the agent to please let the contractor know the outcome and/or why but then the agent cant be arsed?

If your contract is with the agency, you ask the agency.
You don't start moaning about Tesco's price of beans directly with Heinz do you?