On Friday 22 September 2006 13:33, Adam Kennedy wrote: > > What I would look out for is recruiting firms. I had one that > > placed me once, into a job I wasn't particularly suited to. > > They took 15% from the employer for that. Some time after I > > was chatting with them and they said "oh, if we'd known you > > were a networking person we could have got you a lot more" -- > > ie, they hadn't even read my CV for their 15% and they were > > really working for the employer, not for me. > > One of the Perl maintainers did an analysis of this situation a few > years ago. > > His conclusion was that their intrinsic interests don't belong with > either party.
> They don't work for the companies, and they don't work for the people > they find jobs for. > > The remuneration structure of the industry means they work only for > themselves, and the situation is set up for them to abuse both sides and > use every trick they can to do so. Recruiting Firms do try to keep both parties Happy!! It is important for us to place people in jobs that : 1 - They are capable of doing!! 2 - That they enjoy doing!! 3 - In a Place they want to work For the Client we Try to Match 1 - The Skill they ask for 2 - A Reliable Person 3 - At a Remuneration Level they can afford!! If the Recruiter you are using does not try to place you in roles you want to be doing, then go to a different agency..... If you are doing jobs that you don't like then you as the candidate need to be more discriminating as to the roles you accept. As the candidate you have the choice, to accept or decline an assignment, if it does not suit you. Most decent agencies will do there best to keep the candidates happy as possible because it is difficult to recruit Good People, if you piss off your candidates you have no people to offer for roles from your clients, if you piss off the client no roles for the candidates. Have to try to keep both sides happy. Those agencies that have been long established, WILL listen to what you want, and try to keep you happy, (and well paid). I regards to the contracting and setting up a company, you may find it difficult to get assignments in the larger organisation or through an agency if you are a sole trader, as workers comp and insurances get a bit dicey. If you are getting your own clients then they will be wanting to see all your insurances up front, especially Workers Comp, if you are working from their premises, on a regular basis and could be deemed an employee under the workers compensation act. Other things to do Register at more than one agency if you want to be able to discriminate more, talk to your consultant about the type of assignments you want, prefer, skills you have and want to develop. It is important to communicate with your consultant to get the Jobs you want!!. (as you may have guessed I do recruiting, not in IT at present but the rules are the same no matter what industry) -- Beam Me Up Scotty!! - Never Said Scott -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
