Reply to: What next?

[Board Game Geek]

You know, I'd like to see the outcome of putting an advert in the local paper inviting scaffolders to submit a for a job involvling exterior work on a house.

Then inviting a few to interview.

Then mucking them around and saying you've got the job...no wait...you haven't..hang on...I'll let you know.

I can imagine the repercussions.

[gingerjedi]

Sounds like standard agency practice, you didn't get the job, someone else did so they avoid having to tell you, hoping you will get the message. You don't, so they tell you the 'other candidate' story 'I'm as gutted as you are mate', so you don't give them any more grief and they can blame the client.
End result is the same but I would be tempted to take anything an agent says about why you didn't get a job with a pinch of salt.

I had a agent ring me to give feedback on an permy interview I attended, he said the client was positive but he hadn't heard if the I'd got the role yet but was expecting to hear shortly...

I then told him I'd received the rejection letter the day before.

[lukemg]

Sounds like standard agency practice, you didn't get the job, someone else did so they avoid having to tell you, hoping you will get the message. You don't, so they tell you the 'other candidate' story 'I'm as gutted as you are mate', so you don't give them any more grief and they can blame the client.
End result is the same but I would be tempted to take anything an agent says about why you didn't get a job with a pinch of salt.

[Menelaus]

I've been told that the only good agent is a dodgy agent.

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[GardenGirl]

I've been told that the only good agent is a dodgy agent.

[Doggy Styles]

I've been told that the only good agent is a dodgy agent.

[Menelaus]

Will do that in future thanks for the suggestion. Job hunting right now is a nightmare because there seems to be alot more bulltulip about!

Yep. Lots and lots of BS I'm afraid

[GardenGirl]

FWIW, a lesson learned. You should, perhaps, get the agent to email you in future to say you've got the job subject to one reference.

If they then come back to you with the type of tulip you've had from them you can refer them back and tell them that you'll be on site Monday. I've done this before with an agent and the amount of backtracking was - well, lets just say, imaginative.

Will do that in future thanks for the suggestion. Job hunting right now is a nightmare because there seems to be alot more bulltulip about!

[Menelaus]

You maybe right but thought I'd learnt to tell the difference between the blagging agents by now though. The client said the late applicant had more Crystal experience than me which is fair enough as i never pretended otherwise, but if it doesn't work out they will call me (the last one didn't hence the vacancy!).

FWIW, a lesson learned. You should, perhaps, get the agent to email you in future to say you've got the job subject to one reference.

If they then come back to you with the type of tulip you've had from them you can refer them back and tell them that you'll be on site Monday. I've done this before with an agent and the amount of backtracking was - well, lets just say, imaginative.

[GardenGirl]

I suspect your disdain for the client is misplaced and sole blame should lie with the agency. I could be wrong though.

You maybe right but thought I'd learnt to tell the difference between the blagging agents by now though. The client said the late applicant had more Crystal experience than me which is fair enough as i never pretended otherwise, but if it doesn't work out they will call me (the last one didn't hence the vacancy!).

[GardenGirl]

What is your area of speciality, GG?

I've been working on projects for the last 3 years, in a sort of Junior PM\BA role, however because of the state of the market and the fact I'm not as experienced as most in this area, I went back to my previous area of expertise Service Management which I have more than 10 years experience of.

[oracleslave]

The agent told me I had the job and they only asked for 1 reference (not an unreasonable request at offer time) they didn't gain anything other than a reference out of it as my referee is benched.

I suspect your disdain for the client is misplaced and sole blame should lie with the agency. I could be wrong though.

[GardenGirl]

Who told you that you had the job? The agent probably just said that to get the 2 references out of you.

The agent told me I had the job and they only asked for 1 reference (not an unreasonable request at offer time) they didn't gain anything other than a reference out of it as my referee is benched.

[DimPrawn]

They wouldn't do that would they?

Have they no professional integrity whatsoever?

[oracleslave]

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Who told you that you had the job? The agent probably just said that to get the 2 references out of you.