Agency right to represent emails

[PerfectStorm]

In my experience, every agent is different.

Some send the right to represent email straight away before they put me forward; some other send the email later on when I've already have an interview invite; some other don't send it at all.

In principle, I never ever trust agents so if I've agreed to be represented by agent A and get approached for the same role by agent B, I always ask agent B to ask end client if they already have my cv. If they haven't, I go with agent B.

The trouble is that if agent B gets a sniff of an idea that agent A may be repping you, they don’t want to get involved anyway

[Eirikur]

It happens all the time. Can't see the logic why they do it, maybe they've sent in the max number of CVs or the role was pulled or they heard a rumour the role would be released, but in most cases they're just morons

[PCTNN]

In my experience, every agent is different.

Some send the right to represent email straight away before they put me forward; some other send the email later on when I've already have an interview invite; some other don't send it at all.

In principle, I never ever trust agents so if I've agreed to be represented by agent A and get approached for the same role by agent B, I always ask agent B to ask end client if they already have my cv. If they haven't, I go with agent B.

[simes]

Oh FFS.

Hadn't heard of that one before. But of course, it makes complete sense.

[KinooOrKinog]

One well known agency uses this trick to take out the competition

Agency can only submit 2 candidates - already has 2 candidates

Anyone else that contacts them with a good cv, they get asked to sign the sole represent email - agents puts cv in the bin, contractor thinks his cv is submitted and does not submit via another agent


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You know, that's kind of along the lines of what I was thinking. What if another agent contacts me about the same role, I say no thinking I've already applied via first agency, but first agency hasn't sent my cv at all... But I thought I was being paranoid!

[GhostofTarbera]

One well known agency uses this trick to take out the competition

Agency can only submit 2 candidates - already has 2 candidates

Anyone else that contacts them with a good cv, they get asked to sign the sole represent email - agents puts cv in the bin, contractor thinks his cv is submitted and does not submit via another agent


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[KinooOrKinog]

Hope you haven't recently revised your CV and broke your email address on it

No..

[simes]

Have you called them back to confirm your CV has gone forward?

I don't think every agency does the 'right to represent' email. I haven't had one for a while.

No, but this chap is saying the agent specifically alluded to them, suggesting these agencies still do them. But just didn't follow through.

OP - call, call, call.

[Anonimouse]

Checked your spam box?

[jmo21]

Hope you haven't recently revised your CV and broke your email address on it

[ladymuck]

Have you called them back to confirm your CV has gone forward?

I don't think every agency does the 'right to represent' email. I haven't had one for a while.

[Lance]

overthinking it.

Agents are not always very bright, and don;t always do what they're meant to.
It could well be they never sent your CV. You'll (probably) never know.

Carry on looking.

[KinooOrKinog]

In everyone's experience, do agents always send these out every time?

Yesterday I applied for a role on Jobserve which could have been written for me. The agent phoned me straight away and after some discussion he said he would send my cv to the client & get a right to represent email across to me, but didn't.

I later got a phone call from someone else at the same agency for a different role. Again, he said he would send my cv to the client, but didn't send me a right to represent email.

I then got another call from a different agency about two separate roles & again no right to represent email.

I'm fairly sure the roles exist as they gave me the client names (except the second one) so my question is - do you think this mean they've decided not to put me forward for these roles? Or am I overthinking due to being stressed over the state of the market? (as if I don't overthink everything anyway! )