Re: Contracts on Jobserve...

tyrone_farrow@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Steve wrote:
OK, I'm a contractor returnbee, done my first one-dayer last week.

I've been watching the roles on Jobserve and talking to a few agents,
some perfect jobs for me, great chat with the agent, I'm great for the
role apparently, then nothing.

Then same job appears two days later, via six different agencies so
what really happens?

1. Job appears

2. Person A applies

3. Agency B puts you forward.

4. Client C just sits around as usual

5. Meanwhile other agencies advertise the job

So what does the contractor do?

Keep waiting or play the innocent and apply for same role through all
agencies? Push youself or wait for news?

Steve

Job A appears,

You apply to agency B...
Agency B phones you up and tells you how wonderful you are... They will
bullsh1t you as much as they can... it's their job... If you believe
anything an agent says then I have some really good swamp land for
sale...

Agency B can only put forward X amount of CVs, maybe they already have
enough to put forward. So maybe your's isn't one of them. They're not
going to phone you back and tell you, they're (90% of them anyway)
already onto the next position to full and phoning you back could
endanger their chances of them getting position A fulled, 'cos you
could then apply through another agency.

Apply with the other agencies, but be open with them, tell them that
you've already spoken to Agent B at Agency B, but are not sure if he
put your CV forward. If they're any good they'll phone the client
beforehand to find out if you're already put forward.

Tyrone


Often agencies "anonymise" CV's to prevent clients bypassing them and going direct to the candidate. The danger with your scenario is that your CV appear with the client more than once. Employers often don't like seeing the same CV more than once.
More seriously though it introduces the problem of a turf war between the agencies as to who gets the commission should you get the job. Agencies hate this and it could get you sidelined as trouble.

Also, its often the case that the agencies who post the 2nd/3rd/4th...... version of the same job have not been retained by the client to do so. Through their industry knowledge and a bit of detective work they have made a guess as to who the client is and are putting together a batch of CVs in the hope of stealing the business.


B.
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