Multiple roles with the same agent

[lje]

Sometimes agents are quite pro-active. Whenever a large piece of work comes to an end at my clientco I get calls from agents who represent other contractors to see if I'm looking for a new role. It has been happening quite regularly for the last year or so.

[redgiant]

In a word never! And, many contractors I know are the same.

Never ceases to amaze me why agents dont try harder to secure work for someone who's just landed them a load of commission for doing sweet FA.

Perhaps that's the answer, they make more money out of new contracts?

It's even less work for them to do if they find a role for someone they already have done so - they have all my company details (bank account, VAT cert., Cert. of Incorporation etc.) so aside from any clientco paperwork it's a walk in the park. The less time spend shuffling paperwork the more time to spend on getting other contracts sorted out ... seems daft that it doesn't happen more often.

[norrahe]

In a word never! And, many contractors I know are the same.

Never ceases to amaze me why agents dont try harder to secure work for someone who's just landed them a load of commission for doing sweet FA.

Perhaps that's the answer, they make more money out of new contracts?

Yep, same here!

Seem to have landed various contracts with many and various agents, don't understand why the same agents don't find me summat else.

[SimonMac]

I got a call from my agent as they know I am coming to the end of my current contract as they have a gig with the same ClientCo, albeit a different location.

[Boo]

My first two contracts were with the same client and through the same agency, different project teams at the client and a 4 month gap between roles.

But since then : never.

And talking to other contractors leads me to believe it is quite uncommon for agencies to do anything whatsoever in respect of continuity of employment...

Boo

[BolshieBastard]

In a word never! And, many contractors I know are the same.

Never ceases to amaze me why agents dont try harder to secure work for someone who's just landed them a load of commission for doing sweet FA.

Perhaps that's the answer, they make more money out of new contracts?

[redgiant]

I have just got a second contract with a different clientco from the same agent as my last contract

Just out of interest how many of you have got multiple contracts from the same agent / agency and how many? My old man used to get IT contract jobs in the 80s from the same agent but it doesn't seem very common nowadays.