[SWLUG] Black list agencies

[Foeh Mannay]

I would also concur - I spent about 9 months wasting my time with
agencies off jobserve - by all accounts I never once got to speak to
anyone useful (always on lunch or busy).Despite the fact that the only
restriction I specified was "commutable from Swansea" I was only ever
contacted ONCE by ONE of the agencies, asking if I would like to go for
an interview for a job in the midlands!

If you have to use agencies, it's definitely worth going in face to
face, as they have to talk to you then. Also it would seem that despite
all the guff on the web sites, unless you visit in person or telephone
once a week they won't consider you against any roles they have coming
in!

Foeh


On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 10:28, Frank smith wrote:
> HI
> Yes I can concur with this, after moving to Cardiff from London
> three year ago and reaching the over 45 age group
> the jobserve pages are a total joke.
> 
> It's normally the same job time and again.
> Also there is a lot of ' fishing ' going on for job s that don't exist
> but the agency wants CV's, this is one of the main problems with online
> agencies.
> 
> 
> Thats a good point about network guys. seems strange that the ' NOC '
> guys are now watching the programming jobs walk out the door and off to
> other climes!
> 
> It seems most IT is now viewed as a cost to the company, and as such
> means cheapest is best.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 09:04 +0000, discuss-request at swlug.org.uk wrote:
> > agencies
> > from Jobserve into a blacklist of bad agencies.
> > 
> 
> 
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