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Is it normal to feel sorry for an agent?

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    Is it normal to feel sorry for an agent?

    Agent asks if I have anything on the table. Of course I day no, and of course my CV gets paraded – she has two interviews lined up for me in the same day.
    This morning I told her about my offer and acceptance.
    While she appreciates I called her, she feels betrayed I told her nothing else on the go and worried about egg on her face with two firms.
    She will learn bless her – she even invited me over for a coffee…… She is half my age.

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    Originally posted by Gruffalo View Post
    Agent asks if I have anything on the table. Of course I day no, and of course my CV gets paraded – she has two interviews lined up for me in the same day.
    This morning I told her about my offer and acceptance.
    While she appreciates I called her, she feels betrayed I told her nothing else on the go and worried about egg on her face with two firms.
    She will learn bless her – she even invited me over for a coffee…… She is half my age.
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      #3
      Not normal at all.
      Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!

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        #4
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        Originally posted by Gruffalo View Post
        Agent asks if I have anything on the table. Of course I day no, and of course my CV gets paraded – she has two interviews lined up for me in the same day.
        This morning I told her about my offer and acceptance.
        While she appreciates I called her, she feels betrayed I told her nothing else on the go and worried about egg on her face with two firms.
        She will learn bless her – she even invited me over for a coffee…… She is half my age.
        She is an agent. You believed her?

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          #5
          Nearly every time an agent asks about other stuff they are fishing so it is a reasonable approach to tell them nothing so you should not feel sorry at all.

          The dysfunctionality that exists in the agent contractor relationship has been completely manufactured by them, when the recruitment industry adopts a level of professionalism and ethical behaviour then I will start worrying about how I treat them.

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            #6
            Originally posted by minestrone View Post
            when the recruitment industry adopts a level of professionalism and ethical behaviour then I will know they're up to something.
            FTFY

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              #7
              Originally posted by Gruffalo View Post
              egg on her face with two firms.
              she even invited me over for a coffee…… She is half my age.
              sounds like a porn script in reverse

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                #8
                Originally posted by CloudWalker View Post
                sounds like a porn script in reverse
                He wasn't going round to sort her pipes!
                Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by tractor View Post
                  She is an agent. You believed her?
                  Other way around - she believed me when I said nothing else on the go. Of course I said no to get my CV to the cheese desk, hence I am teaching her the ways of the world....

                  Will be an interesting coffee - I think she likes me.....

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Gruffalo View Post
                    Other way around - she believed me when I said nothing else on the go. Of course I said no to get my CV to the cheese desk, hence I am teaching her the ways of the world....

                    Will be an interesting coffee - I think she likes me.....
                    wilmslooooooooooow!

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