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Previously on "On the bench and aready being dicked about by agencies"
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Originally posted by k2p2 View PostWhere's the N come from in LNB? London-Norwich-Brighton? Is that why it took him all day?
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostHe's making it up.
I also believe he's made the completion of the LNB up as well. Where is the video? Where is the triumphant picture? Where is the boasting?
To be fair to Suity, nobody believed he was going to make it. So making it should preclude a huge amount of triumphant willy waving and told you so.
But there isn't.
This is a moon landing scenario.
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostHe's making it up.
I also believe he's made the completion of the LNB up as well. Where is the video? Where is the triumphant picture? Where is the boasting?
To be fair to Suity, nobody believed he was going to make it. So making it should preclude a huge amount of triumphant willy waving and told you so.
But there isn't.
This is a moon landing scenario.
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Originally posted by Zippy View PostThis is not your problem Suity. If the beggars refuse to tell you the client details you can't possibly know whether you have been put forward for the same thing twice. I'd say feck 'em and move on. (and don't deal with those agencies any more).
I also believe he's made the completion of the LNB up as well. Where is the video? Where is the triumphant picture? Where is the boasting?
To be fair to Suity, nobody believed he was going to make it. So making it should preclude a huge amount of triumphant willy waving and told you so.
But there isn't.
This is a moon landing scenario.
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostGot a call from the second agency this afternoon. It is the same gig. They did put me forward. It's a mess. The first agency wants me to send a written statement that I exclusively gave him sole permission to represent me. Crossed wires or not, this stinks. I told agency B that I need to drop out of the running, and that I am no longer interested in the role. Still not got a clue who the other two agencies are ffs.
This could get nasty so best to stay out of it. Also I moaned at agency 2 for not sending through their details. Muttered some excuse and said they would send them through again. Nothing. I cannot contact them, and I assume they do not wish to be contacted.
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Originally posted by doodab View PostYou can get certified on the playstation now?
About SCEA - The PlayStation® Story, Offices, Management, Milestones & Technology
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Originally posted by Mason Boyne View PostHis employment status is about as tenuous as the value of your gold reserves.
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Originally posted by The Agents View View PostLOL
Anyway - Surely there should be some common sense applied here?
If I'm qualifying someone, I want to know whether they've been put forwards for the role. Whether that means asking who they've been put forwards to, or whether they've been put forwards to XYZ, it matters not - but you should be able to identify whether you've been spoken to about the same role previously before agreeing to submission. I know everyone is chasing work here there and everywhere, but the more people who refuse to be put forwards without clear information, then better.....
This could get nasty so best to stay out of it. Also I moaned at agency 2 for not sending through their details. Muttered some excuse and said they would send them through again. Nothing. I cannot contact them, and I assume they do not wish to be contacted.Last edited by suityou01; 21 June 2011, 18:30.
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostIt is a belter of a tale.
It is classic how many agents ask if I have got experience in JEE when my CV says SCEA Certification was given 7 years ago on the front page.
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Originally posted by jmo21 View PostI don't how many times I've had a conversation along these lines:
Agent: So do you know C#
Jmo21: yes
A: What about .Net
J: yeeesss...
Hadn't heard the winzip one before, that's a beauty!
It is classic how many agents ask if I have got experience in JEE when my CV says SCEA Certification was given 7 years ago on the front page.
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostYou know the hiring manager is very probably technically able, you know yourself to be technically able and in a position to explain that to the hiring manager, sadly HR and the agents come between a meeting with a completely uninformed abstract view on the role and the candidate. Like a blind person selling a painting I suppose. "So what is this thing called relational databases, have you got much experience in them".
Cliphead's tale about not being put forward for a role because he never had winzip on his CV is a corker.
Agent: So do you know C#
Jmo21: yes
A: What about .Net
J: yeeesss...
Hadn't heard the winzip one before, that's a beauty!
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostWhy do agencies need to be so tight lipped, devious and cretinous (sorry Dodgy not you you're lovely)
Agency rings and asks me if they can put my CV forward for gig A. Won't tell me who it's with, or precisely where, but I know it's in West Yorkshire. Day rate is fine, work sounds ok. Sure, go for it.
Next agency rings and asks if they can put me forward for gig B. Won't tell me who it's with, or precisely where, bit I know it's in West Yorkshire. Date rate is fine, work sounds ok. I highlight I've already been put forward for a similar sounding gig in West Yorkshire. I am told to rest assured they're not the same gig. Still won't tell me who it's for, just that it's a well known legal practice.
I wouldnt worry about it, I have the same happen .... Once you get an offer back and find out who it is, then you can decide to accept or reject ...
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