Reply to: Not ALL bad.........

[andy]

"Look I didn't come on here to take crap just to say don't slag off all of us because we are not all crooks like you think."

Where do you normally go?

pimpuk.com ?

[MarillionFan]

"Look I didn't come on here to take crap just to say don't slag off all of us because we are not all crooks like you think."

Where do you normally go?

[SallyAnne]

Excellent use of "nobber" Luke

[lukemg]

All my 7 contracts have come through agencies. In that time, I have not really had a cross word with any of them. I have been messed about a bit during the recruitment process by a few agencies, but rarely take it personally. I won't deal with Hoaxley in any way but that is about it.
The rest have been mostly professional, not taken huge percentages and paid on time, what else do I need from them ?
You fail the interview - agent doesn't tell you because SOME nobber contractors get arsey when they get bad news - No call - you didn't get the contract, move on.
Agent finds someone better/cheaper/more local/more desperate/someone they can exploit for bigger margin and doesn't tell you you weren't put forward - you didn't get the contract, move on. As an aside to this, I like the PSL arrangements for this reason.
It is a tough BUSINESS, grow a thick skin, you will need it and don't sweat the small stuff or things you can't control !

[JamieITRecruitConsult]

No of course not!

I'm rude to people who ring me up and ask me to explain my job to them, so they can keep an eye out for me (happens more often than you'd think). It drives me nuts and I more often than not give them loads of abuse then just hang up on them.
I also hang up on agents who's accents I cant understand - sorry but if I cant understand your broken English now, I'll be livid when I haven't been paid and am trying to get an explaination off you!

Apart from that, I'm normally nice as pie - they're just doing a job after all.

BUT agents like Jamie (who can't possibly be real, but who I'll be looking out for in the future - I deal with IT Recruit a lot) shouldn't come on here touting for jobs and spouting his smarmy patter without expecting to be instantly shot down! Come on!

I didn't come on here to tout any jobs and I hope i'm real! Look I didn't come on here to take crap just to say don't slag off all of us because we are not all crooks like you think.

[Ruprect]

This whole thread looks like a wind up. Jamie you are AtW and I claim my £5.

[EqualOpportunities]

Stop stealing my patter

I never touched it

[Bagpuss]

All you need to do is maintain a good relationship with a few good agents. It's only the newbies who should/could be having problems. It may be those still having problems have the wrong (bad) attitude.

[SallyAnne]

Are you guys (SA et al) always this rude to agents?

No of course not!

I'm rude to people who ring me up and ask me to explain my job to them, so they can keep an eye out for me (happens more often than you'd think). It drives me nuts and I more often than not give them loads of abuse then just hang up on them.
I also hang up on agents who's accents I cant understand - sorry but if I cant understand your broken English now, I'll be livid when I haven't been paid and am trying to get an explaination off you!

Apart from that, I'm normally nice as pie - they're just doing a job after all.

BUT agents like Jamie (who can't possibly be real, but who I'll be looking out for in the future - I deal with IT Recruit a lot) shouldn't come on here touting for jobs and spouting his smarmy patter without expecting to be instantly shot down! Come on!

[Spacecadet]

Are you guys (SA et al) always this rude to agents?

I'm always fairly polite and even engage in banter from time to time, usually at the expense of the company the agent is trying to recruit for - eg caudwell group, moneysupermarket.com

The only thing i really hate about some agents is the fake contracts used to fish for leads, although i've wised up to that now so I don't fall for it so it doesn't bug me.

[Bagpuss]

Are you guys (SA et al) always this rude to agents?

[Spacecadet]

It looks like you've bought the Rand Corporation Cold War bleak self-interest zero-sum game theory

which in this instance is probably the best theory to use

[SallyAnne]

Feck me Sal, rag week is it?

Stop stealing my patter

[Euro-commuter]

Hopefully the highest possible, just as you should be aiming for the highest rate possible. He is working for a profit making company, not a public service.

It looks like you've bought the Rand Corporation Cold War bleak self-interest zero-sum game theory

[Cowboy Bob]

An agent fight. Great, where's the popcorn...