Deluge of agents sniffing for 'references' ?

[Churchill]

Take the day off.
Money isn't everything!
Go to pub and have a few.
Home for sunday lunch.
Fall asleep on sofa for a couple of hours.
wake up relaxed and laze about for the rest of the day.
Go to work tomorrow keyed up and ready to kick butt.

Its the law, get to it

"Thats what I tell the wife anyway"

Yes Sah!

On my way, Sah!

To which Churchill climbs wearily into his banana coloured stuttgart special and roars through the Cambridgeshire countryside to his des res for breakfast with his cute and cuddly other half before leaping into the sack for the sunday morning special! To be followed by lunch at "The Ship".

Byeeeeee!

[Paddy]

Backfired.

Looking for my next contract and an agent wanted a reference. It’s an urgent requirement and although I don’t normally supply references before interview on some occasions in the past I have and the whole process has been concluded in a day.

I phoned the referee and asked told him that if the agent uses him for any other purposes such as leads; please let me know.

The scum agent did exactly that and it backfired. The company that I referred him to blacklisted him and the company.

[Diver]

Ah well, working on a Sunday. Every little helps.

Take the day off.
Money isn't everything!
Go to pub and have a few.
Home for sunday lunch.
Fall asleep on sofa for a couple of hours.
wake up relaxed and laze about for the rest of the day.
Go to work tomorrow keyed up and ready to kick butt.

Its the law, get to it

"Thats what I tell the wife anyway"

[Churchill]

Failing that. Why not be sensible?

Explain that you do not want your referees being bothered continuously and will submit references when you have the contract.

Ah well, working on a Sunday. Every little helps.

[eliquant]

In the past week I've had four agents try on the 'but we need two references' lark.. Random chance or is this an early sign that the market is going tits up ? Or maybe its just due to the summer holidays ??

For references: Take the first names or surnames of film actors/actresses and mix them up with famous writers and then give them to the agent.

Meryl Adams,
Jane Cruise
William Eastwood

etc etc

laugh at the poor devil wating time calling up the main number at the company where these made up people are meant to be and then when the agent gets mad and calls you back .. just say "they must have left the company .. sorry".

They waste your time, make sure that you waste theirs.

[teabag]

In the past week I've had four agents try on the 'but we need two references' lark.. Random chance or is this an early sign that the market is going tits up ? Or maybe its just due to the summer holidays ??