Reply to: Agents - WTF? I'm bored, get me outta here!

[MyUserName]

What did you say to him (my reply would be that until I am sat at the desk with a signed contract in my back pocket I will continue to apply for roles, nothing taken for granted!)

Unfortunately I was caught seriously off guard (this is a permie role rather than a contract) and I blagged that I had been trying to stop JobSever sending me notifications as they are annoying (true) and the interface had lagged and I ended up almost deleting my account so had pressed back a few times and tried to cancel whatever I had done but the IE had crashed.

[kal]

I applied for another position even though I have an offer as it is about 40k more. I got a phone call from the agent who got me an offer asking what I was doing, apparently he has some kind of alert setup on JobServe, I also got a mail from an agent I spoke to previously whom I told I was no longer available.

They seem to be much more proactive in protecting their investment than they used to be.

Surely that violates some data protection law or other, why is Jobserve (for a fee I imagine) keeping another agent in the loop about what else you're applying for when its none of his business.

What did you say to him (my reply would be that until I am sat at the desk with a signed contract in my back pocket I will continue to apply for roles, nothing taken for granted!)

[MyUserName]

Agents have started to get snotty about me leaving my CV on jobboards after starting my new contract. Several have asked me to remove it as they're wasting too much time chasing contractors who aren't available. Market must be hot

I applied for another position even though I have an offer as it is about 40k more. I got a phone call from the agent who got me an offer asking what I was doing, apparently he has some kind of alert setup on JobServe, I also got a mail from an agent I spoke to previously whom I told I was no longer available.

They seem to be much more proactive in protecting their investment than they used to be.

[CheeseSlice]

Agents have started to get snotty about me leaving my CV on jobboards after starting my new contract. Several have asked me to remove it as they're wasting too much time chasing contractors who aren't available. Market must be hot

[Wanderer]

Here's mine :

You are perfectly qualified to be an agent then.

[mudskipper]

Only been at it for 4.5 years, but haven't had a 'worst year' yet. Largely down to current clientCo who seem to like me and keep renewing.

[Pogle]

Nope, 2009 was the worst for me - this year's been brill!

2008 was my worst year. Since then i've been doing nicely thankyou.

[DodgyAgent]

This thread is completely meaningless unless people state their skillsets.

Here's mine :

[wonderboy]

This thread is completely meaningless unless people state their skillsets.

[NotAllThere]

I'm so much in demand, I've had to up my rate.

[SpontaneousOrder]

I've no prior years to compare to, but my first ever contract came easy, and I get loads of calls & emails & linkedIn messages. I can't say how much of that interest would possibly lead to anything, but it doesn't sound like your description - and while there are certain aspects of my CV which are good, I'm far from an established guru at the moment.

[MyUserName]

I'd say demand for you is falling.

FTFY

[Project Monkey]

I'd say demand for your product is falling.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Personally had the best year so far....

Is this another troll post?

[northernladuk]

Applied for three roles and got offered three roles in 2013/14 so can't complain either....

1078 gig since November doesn't seem right. You are saying you were a perfect match for all of those? From the responses you got I would say you aren't and need to look more closely at what you are applying for rather than a scatter gun approach.