Apologies for using this for personal gain but here's the deal:
So, despite being in steady employment I recently applied for a job. The next day I receive a call from the Recruitment agency expressing their interest in me. Had about a 20 minute chat with the recruiter (covered the points in my CV etc) that ended with her saying that she was keen, would speak to her 'colleague' (boss?) and then get back in touch about the next steps (interview etc).
The next day I decided to send a courteous but 'probing' email and had an almost immediate response saying that they were no longer interested!!! If that's the case, why ring me in the first place and make out that they really were keen on me?
That's twice in two years now that I have been 'done' like this by 'recruiters'! So what's the deal? Why ring me the day after I submit my CV declaring their interest in me and then the following day mug me off?
I did 28 years in the RAF so this is kind of new to me. Why do they make out that they are interested and then they don't even give me an interview 'face to face'!
So Charlton Life 'Recruiters' how does it actually work? Both morally and ethically? I guess commission must play a part in this somewhere?
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People can be complete let downs. Says more about them then it does about you.
Have always worked very closely with them though and hate the lot of them, wouldnt trust them an inch
Without knowing the conversation you had or the job involved its hard to understand their reasons. They handled it badly though, they should have at least told you they will keep your cv and actively look for other roles.
The problem is now that the turnaround on vacancies is so quick with agencies that they don't really give a shit about the candidates, they just want to fill the role before someone else does.
Luckily I work in a small sector and for a family agency, so it's all about relationships. I don't need to chase commission so I'm not an arsehole.
Been in the industry for 11 years this year (not in a consultant/sales function before you lot lynch me) and there are a lot of young, inexperienced types who are still beasted on pure stats that ultimately don't benefit anyone other than overzealous micromanagers' old school thinking.
My advice would be to hunt out very niche, specialist agencies. Many of these have popped up over the years and the whole candidate experience is getting better in the main with them. Once you've found - stick with them.
If so, then don't worry as 18 other candidates got the same response the next day.
Scumbags - all of them.
As The President says, you're lucky to get any feedback at all. Usually you'd never hear a word again.
I rest my case....
I also think the smash the phone, 1000 dials a day only has a place for new starters. Once you've been in a telesales environment for X amount of years, if they are still holding you too KPIs like that it's ridiculous
Using a recruitment consultant is not obligatory so I advise everyone who is distrusting of them not to use one - there are many avenues for people to explore if they want to get in front of the ultimate hiring manager.
Employer surveys show that something like 70% of medium sized businesses up plan to recruit in the next 6 months so there is plenty out there. KPMG / REC reports for H2 2014 showed massive drops in job seeker numbers so again plenty of scope for optimism for those seriously looking.
Not sure you have been 'done' in this instance really - if you are a seriously looking for a new role then it should come fairly easily if your skills, expectations and effort line up. If perhaps you aren't seriously looking then maybe someone picked up on this ?
Once you get to asking these questions a few times you will begin to discover if the vacancy exists, or whether the agencies are just number crunching. Some of the recruiters (as opposed to the Consultant) get brownie points for the number of candidates they engage with each week.
It took me some time to get my question list right for the |IT contract market, but I can usually tell within the first minute so of the phone call if it's a goer or not.
Good luck and don't take it to heart.
This method some companies employ is counter productive, very lazy and seeks only to flatter a weekly stat sheet. Nobody in the chain benefits from it, the client the candidate nor the recruiter and their boss/company.
There are good people in this industry. If you want advice, help or a moan, PM me. It has been my industry for almost 20 years.
I often talk to people who send CVs to me on a Sunday. Has all manner of benefits from both parties point of view.