Originally posted by Jawz .
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I know that some government agencies have an agreed markup with their EB's as well.
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Originally posted by Joe BlackHave had that here as well on a few interviews, via a Belgian recruitment company, someone from the agency came along, chauffeured me to the client etc.
Sometimes felt more like an office meeting than an interview.
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Have had that here as well on a few interviews, via a Belgian recruitment company, someone from the agency came along, chauffeured me to the client etc.
Sometimes felt more like an office meeting than an interview.
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In Germany, quite often someone from the agency will accompany you to the interview and sit in as well. I did one some years back and they started talking about money after I had done the techie bit and so I knew exactly the markup! She was well fit though but I didn't get the gig luckily....
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All down to personal choice isn't it? I personally never discuss rate with the end client. I've been asked a couple of times but always pointed them in the direction of the pimp. Never been an issue.
However, if a client said to me 'it's us who are paying you' then that would ring the alarm bells as they obviously don't understand the relationship...
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Originally posted by mcquiggdHad an interesting experience during the latest (admittedly a permie interview)... the agent was left completely out of the loop, and I discussed salaries, bonus payments etc directly with the HR person...
And, I only supplied references to the company, none at all to the agent...
Most unusual...
Not that unusual for a permie role. In these cases the agency normally takes a fee based on a percentage of your salary, for the first X months. They only need to work with the client to confirm what you've been brought in on.
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I know some of the big banks, in particular, dictate the agencies' markups, so they're just checking that the agency is sticking to the contract
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Had an interesting experience during the latest (admittedly a permie interview)... the agent was left completely out of the loop, and I discussed salaries, bonus payments etc directly with the HR person...
And, I only supplied references to the company, none at all to the agent...
Most unusual...
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Originally posted by dotnetterI know this is a no no and I know everyone is against (I am too)
BUT...
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I was asked a couple of years ago at an interview, and the interviewer told me that the agent was stitching me up. Not by a lot, but enough to p1ss off the interviewer. I still got the job though (TonyE, you know where).
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I always discuss my rates with client to get an idea if the pimp is not stitching me up .
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Mentioning rate in interview
I know this is a no no and I know everyone is against (I am too)
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One interview I went for, they asked me my rate, I said I would discuss that with the agent blah blah but they persisted and basically said, 'well its us paying you'. So I told them, I didnt get the job as they said they was looking for someone with a 'little more experience' in a certain area that they really needed. To be fair I did feel a bit out of my league anyway and felt a bit stitched up by the agent, so I probably dropped him in it with the client by disclosing my rate.Tags: None
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