Agent invitations on LinkedIn - new tactic

[bobspud]

So my wife keeps telling me

[DodgyAgent]

No I'm just an old fart .

[bobspud]

TBH I think you're expecting too much from an agent in terms of how much time they will spend looking at your CV.

No I'm just an old fart that remembers back to the days when I only needed to know two or three names in the whole industry and they knew me. I didn't need to cold call or waist time sending CVs through Jobserve.

[Spacecadet]

Most of the time they are different peeps. Account managers engage end customers. The pimps then whore us out. They C.V sift and then give the word matches to the account manager... I want my pimp to understand the differences between transferable skills and technology specific parts in a CV.

Hardware design is transferable to any platform or vendor. Perl scripting is a specific skill. You don't look at a Perl scripting CV for Java role, but once you have a candidate that is regularly designing infrastructure for BIG data centre implementations, Its a fair bet that they can design hardware solutions... you don't need to ask if its HP / DELL or IBM...

TBH I think you're expecting too much from an agent in terms of how much time they will spend looking at your CV. Even after its been pre screened by whatever CV search software they use, they are still just going to quickly scan it for key words and then either bin it or call you.

Showing which skills are transferable and which are not is up to you and how you present yourself on your CV. It should not need interpreting.

[bobspud]

I'd rather have an agent who can stun the client into taking on contractors

Most of the time they are different peeps. Account managers engage end customers. The pimps then whore us out. They C.V sift and then give the word matches to the account manager... I want my pimp to understand the differences between transferable skills and technology specific parts in a CV.

Hardware design is transferable to any platform or vendor. Perl scripting is a specific skill. You don't look at a Perl scripting CV for Java role, but once you have a candidate that is regularly designing infrastructure for BIG data centre implementations, Its a fair bet that they can design hardware solutions... you don't need to ask if its HP / DELL or IBM...

[Spacecadet]

The foxy ones are a pain in the ass. They rely far too much on fluttering eyelashes and word searching c.v's. I'd rather deal with a slightly less gorgeous bird that speaks my language and understands what the industry is about...

I'd rather have an agent who can stun the client into taking on contractors

[bobspud]

The foxy ones are a pain in the ass. They rely far too much on fluttering eyelashes and word searching c.v's. I'd rather deal with a slightly less gorgeous bird that speaks my language and understands what the industry is about...

[Spacecadet]

I've never worked via a female agent.. do all female agents look like this?

From my experience: no, only 99% of them are foxes

[Arturo Bassick]

This thread is useless without pictures!

[craig1]

Fact: There are no women on the internet.

The more strenuously they insist that they really are women, the more likely they are to be sweaty fat beardy truckers called Dave.

[Freamon]

I've received 3 new invitations on LinkedIn from agents.
Usually I would bin them without a single thought.

...this time however, with new LinkedIn profile pictures, I'm not so sure...

These agents are all extremely 'foxy' female agents . One of them even has a photo of said agent wearing a strapless dress and a suggestive look on her face.. either that or she's topless

I've never worked via a female agent.. do all female agents look like this?

Try this:

Search by Image · Inside Google Search

[aussielong]

Haven't had any of those - I have accepted a few linkedin requests from agents - my settings are that they can only see mutual contacts so they can't spam anyone in my network they don't already know.

That said, they have all been 1000% useless at actually getting me any work. They always have loads of stuff going on until actually need a gig. More fool them though - my last few gigs were word of mouth with nominal commission paid to friends.

Yeah yeah. I always respond with "I can meet you for coffee or beer to talk about these job opportunities". None of them has taken me up on the offer - and No, I havent got my photo on linkedin before you ask.

Actually, one of them bit and i'm meeting her in a few weeks.

If I get a few beers out of a great looking chick I don't mind being harassed on linkedin.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Haven't had any of those - I have accepted a few linkedin requests from agents - my settings are that they can only see mutual contacts so they can't spam anyone in my network they don't already know.

That said, they have all been 1000% useless at actually getting me any work. They always have loads of stuff going on until actually need a gig. More fool them though - my last few gigs were word of mouth with nominal commission paid to friends.

[CheeseSlice]

I've received 3 new invitations on LinkedIn from agents.
Usually I would bin them without a single thought.

...this time however, with new LinkedIn profile pictures, I'm not so sure...

These agents are all extremely 'foxy' female agents . One of them even has a photo of said agent wearing a strapless dress and a suggestive look on her face.. either that or she's topless

I've never worked via a female agent.. do all female agents look like this?