Hired.com and other simular new pseudo-direct business models

[Eirikur]

They also have recruiter accounts on web sites like jobserve, to find the details of contractors and then email bomb them, not unique to these people the 99% retention and "free" cv review guys do the same.

[jmo21]

Every so often we get some contractor on here plugging their version of this type of thing as an amazing "new" way to eliminate agencies.

IF clients want to work like this, they just post their jobs/contracts directly on the job boards themselves (as some already do).

Trouble is a large percentage don't, and need/want the agents to do the leg work, keep the contractor at arms length by being in the middle etc.

[uk contractor]

Part of this new scam perhaps!
Police from online crime unit warn recruiters of rise in fake job scams | Business intelligence for recruitment and resourcing professionals

[MrMarkyMark]

Looks like a poorly cast line to pay for contract searches which you should have been able to find yourself anyway.

For that reason I'm out.

[rocktronAMP]

So they scrape jobserve, filter out the agency gigs and charge you for the result?

I'd didn't go any further than this to be honest.



I am hoping that is just spin and not them not really understanding it.

Yes it does sound ar~e-backwards, doesn't it?

I stumbled across them, because they were advertising to developers over Twitter, saying they now support freelance. https://hired.com/freelance - When I read the words "Forget paperwork", then I get nervous, very nervous ... still trends that happen in North America sometimes appear over here in the original form, and then maybe in modified form.

[northernladuk]

So they scrape jobserve, filter out the agency gigs and charge you for the result?

I'd didn't go any further than this to be honest.

Why go agency-free?
Cut out agency fees – earn more
Deal direct with your client for trouble-free negotiations
Secure your status outside of IR35
Easier to negotiate home working, remote working or flexible part-time contract options

I am hoping that is just spin and not them not really understanding it.

[Big Blue Plymouth]

In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island, has any contractor with a genuine Limited Company (or ethical Umbrella) ever been successful finding contracts with the new business model of Hired.com / Hired.co.uk ?

Got an email plugging some site called contractspy.co.uk which does exactly this. It's a subscription service though...

Agency jobs and fixed-term employment contracts are excluded so you receive only genuine day rate contract roles with direct clients. For less than a pound a day you will receive a wealth of direct IT contract jobs direct to your inbox every working day, and you can cancel your subscription at any time

Just wonder what the reality of a "wealth of direct IT contract jobs" actually is?

[northernladuk]

Does it even offer contracts? It appears to be heavily focused on perm roles?

I'd hate to be investigated for IR35 when I got my work through them lol.

[rocktronAMP]

In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island, has any contractor with a genuine Limited Company (or ethical Umbrella) ever been successful finding contracts with the new business model of Hired.com / Hired.co.uk ?