[linuxjobs] "No agencies" policy?

[Simon Hobson]

Cornelius Marney wrote:

>Whilst I appreciate that sometimes the emails are a little vague and 
>this may be "annoying" to some ...

I suspect this may be the biggest issue. Agencies tend to post vague 
hints, not giving any clue about who the employer is, what they are 
offering, where they are, and so on. This seems to be the norm on the 
job sites, and I've seen jobs advertised by agencies where the 
employer has specifically stated that they won't consider anything 
other than direct applications (if you can work out who it is and 
find their own site). To say this doesn't promote "positive feelings" 
about the agencies concerned would be an understatement.

I know employers can also be vague, but IME agencies are far worse.


In other words, I doubt most people are actually against agencies 
posting - but they are against anyone posting vague adverts that 
don't give you enough information to decide if it's worth looking at. 
In particular, though it may be cynical or it may be based on 
experience, people seeing "generous salary" (or words to that effect) 
expect it to mean "so little we won't say because no-one will apply".

Don't forget that the potential employer, or their agency, is selling 
themselves to the potential employee. You only get to make a first 
impression once.


I've no problem with agency postings. What I am against is useless 
postings that could be potentially interesting, or could be a 
complete waste of time as it doesn't meet one of more of my 
objectives (location, pay, type of work).

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