Recruitment Agencies

[omar]

Does anyone else have a distast for recruitment agencies.
They don't return calls/emails and seem to be judge and jury on who gets through their so called screening process.
Is there a website that only holds adverts from employers?

[cloudwatcher]

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Hi Omar,

Not all agencies are bad, and it often depends on the consultant(s) you are dealing with that determines your opinion, what you must remember is that these guys and girls are very busy and also very often commision driven , the don't mean to be rude or dismissive but they are working to very demanding targets which means that they work with the best candidates for any given job.
Most know there clients very well and if they believe a candidate is not suitable then usually they are right........ but it doesn't mean that candidates that do not get through that screening process are bad candidates, it just means they weren't right for that particular job.
So persevere there is an agency that will work for you , and if you are a good salesperson you will leave no stone unturned.

Good luck
CW

[Jim Lomax]

Originally posted by omar@Jul 3 2003, 02:50 PM
Does anyone else have a distast for recruitment agencies.
They don't return calls/emails and seem to be judge and jury on who gets through their so called screening process.
Is there a website that only holds adverts from employers?

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[Jim Lomax]

Originally posted by omar@Jul 3 2003, 02:50 PM
Does anyone else have a distast for recruitment agencies.
They don't return calls/emails and seem to be judge and jury on who gets through their so called screening process.
Is there a website that only holds adverts from employers?

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The biggest problem I am having at the moment is that there are too many agencies advertising the same job, which makes you think that there are loads out there to get. The other problem is that in most cases you never get the chance to find out who the company is who has the vacancy, I can understand the reason for security, but are these companies really getting the best staff available, I think not. Good old advertising in the newspaper seemed to work well, but now most jobs are advertised on the internet, whose conning who!

[Darren]

Hi Omar

Speaking as an ex-recruitment consultant, I agree with some of the comments that others have made that not all consultants are bad, and I understand your frustrations - unfortunately you are not alone in your experience. Yes time pressure and the pressure to sell and make commission does exist, but there is no excuse for poor customer service. In my experience, there are a few factors that can lead to this frustration-

A key to working with agencies is how to manage that relationship. Too many job seekers expect too much from the agencies, and to be fair, many consultants do not manage the job seekers expectations well enough, which is actually the cause of most the frustration.

Most recruitment agencies fill vacancies, they do not find you a job. What I mean by that is they work on a reactive basis, meaning, if their client (the employer) has a vacancy and you match the criteria you may be contacted and submitted. Consultants rarely work pro-actively on the jobseekers behalf to find you a job.

At the end of the day, agencies need jobseekers because with out them they do not make placements and do not make fees, but I think that in some cases there is room for improvement within the recruitment industry to make the overall experience better and less stressful for job seekers.

Darren