Reply to: Rate agencies?

[Rialto99]

Of course they do have some excellent bloggers : like this one here.....

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And here's BrilloPad's latest blog, posted today.

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"Downing Streak! Get a few thousand naked running up Downing Street. There will be no kettling. And loads of publicity."

BrilloPad 2009

[Rialto99]

Of course they do have some excellent bloggers : like this one here.....

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One of our finest and most popular blogs.

Who was it that said ‘content is king’?

BrilloPad will always have a special place in our hearts....

[BrilloPad]

Of course they do have some excellent bloggers : like this one here.....

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[saptastic]

As I have seen with many trade sites if it is not influenced already by the biggest advertiser it will be in 12 months when it needs to make money. As has been said only people with an axe to grind will add or it will just be frequented by trade people. Hard to get something accurate and representative off the ground. Sorry - another cynic.

[Liability]

Whatever makes you think that a contractor is going to be bothered to go on the site and make an entirely objective opinion of an agency? the only contractors that will go on the site will be those either with an axe to grind or those who have been shoehorned by an agancy to say nice things about them.

The "axe to grind" contractors will probably be those who have been told that they havent got the job or those that pester and irritate the lives out of everyone.
Although there will be many genuine grievances, the only ones likely to be aired are by troublemakers and/or people with too much time and no life.

Alternatively they will be targeted by agencies who have the time inclination and money to spend on promoting themselves as they do in the annual recruiter awards.

Id disagree with this. Same thing was said about the Trade / Workmen site - and these are now doing extremely well - as people want to know who to trust and which trademen did/does a good job and which doesnt.

It is all about how he positions the "business". Id personally go on it if it helped a fellow contractor / agency out and they did a good job.

[DodgyAgent]

I fail to see the cynic in the post.

I am doing some shoehorning right now

[pmeswani]

Whatever makes you think that a contractor is going to be bothered to go on the site and make an entirely objective opinion of an agency? the only contractors that will go on the site will be those either with an axe to grind or those who have been shoehorned by an agancy to say nice things about them.

The "axe to grind" contractors will probably be those who have been told that they havent got the job or those that pester and irritate the lives out of everyone.
Although there will be many genuine grievances, the only ones likely to be aired are by troublemakers and/or people with too much time and no life.

Alternatively they will be targeted by agencies who have the time inclination and money to spend on promoting themselves as they do in the annual recruiter awards.

I fail to see the cynic in the post.

[DodgyAgent]

that is going to be key - the basis of ratings. I would assume once they have a number of users - they can put in some sort of rating mechanism [and one that isnt open to manipulation]. I think honest contractor review and feedback would be an idea and would need to be modded obviously. But if a agent is on the site- they shouldnt have an issue in being rated and vice versa. Maybe have a "Notes" section as well as a 1 to 5 rating whereby you can edit either as an Admin if the comments are just silly.

Whatever makes you think that a contractor is going to be bothered to go on the site and make an entirely objective opinion of an agency? the only contractors that will go on the site will be those either with an axe to grind or those who have been shoehorned by an agancy to say nice things about them.

The "axe to grind" contractors will probably be those who have been told that they havent got the job or those that pester and irritate the lives out of everyone.
Although there will be many genuine grievances, the only ones likely to be aired are by troublemakers and/or people with too much time and no life.

Alternatively they will be targeted by agencies who have the time inclination and money to spend on promoting themselves as they do in the annual recruiter awards.

[Rialto99]

That use to mean "The feature will never be implemented".

Not in our world!

It'll be done...

Cheers
R

[pmeswani]

Both these two are on the developers 'to do'...

That use to mean "The feature will never be implemented".

[Rialto99]

The "search jobs" box: difficult to read the grey font on white background and I want to be able to press enter to submit the form once criteria has been typed.

Both these two are on the developers 'to do'...

Cheers for the feedback

R (not an agent / agency)

[Rialto99]

I use captcha on my webmail as it does reduce any possible spam bots trying to logon to my webmail. However, Captcha is now broken technology (can't remember where I read it off hand). Another thing, from a security stand point, I do hope you plan to introduce SSL / https for logons. I'm one of those people who don't like transmitting passwords in plain text.

Yep, SSL will be live shortly for login and Umbrella / ASP sign ups.

Cheers
R

[pmeswani]

This is good stuff, thanks pmeswani. I have to say, I'm not a huge fan of the recaptcha box either.

All noted.

Cheers
R

I use captcha on my webmail as it does reduce any possible spam bots trying to logon to my webmail. However, Captcha is now broken technology (can't remember where I read it off hand). Another thing, from a security stand point, I do hope you plan to introduce SSL / https for logons. I'm one of those people who don't like transmitting passwords in plain text.

[Liability]

guys guys....

Donot get excited by this new wonder kid..<snip>

For me it looks like cunning idea from an agent/agency..I was trying to update past & present roles details there..Looks like I need to input my Line Manager's name /Email address in order to get any points/ranking...

So which ever agency have access here will definitely able to contact line managers direct...!!Rest ...we all know howthey will use them..

So think twice...........

def not a good idea to put in previous name.....or do as I do - just enter Ben Chaud as the name for any line manager.

[youwhut]

The "search jobs" box: difficult to read the grey font on white background and I want to be able to press enter to submit the form once criteria has been typed.