Hi there folks,
As a contractor, with a large network of colleagues across the globe who are also contractors, I have noticed over the last few years that recruitment agents are becoming more and more demanding, strident and intrusive. Simultaneously the service that they offer in terms of any attempt to allow the slightest accommodation to the contractor seems in many, not all. cases, to be diminishing.
Apart from a quick phone call with you, following a cursory glance at your CV, the screening before you are shoved in front of the end client can be very hit and miss. I know I have had many embarrassing experiences when the potential contract has been misrepresented to me and I'm assured that I'm not alone in this.
I've heard shocking stories of the treatment that contractors are increasingly facing and I think it's time to do something about it - when you think about it, all we need to do is connect with the end clients and their own HR teams, I'm not sure why, in this tech age, we actually need the recruitment companies anyway.
I have an idea that I think would help the contracting community enormously and, to underline my determination to bring the control back to the contractor, and away from the strangle hold of the increasingly disturbing shenanigans of the recruitment industry, the site would be completely free and I would be really happy to collaborate as a community with this.
Contractors take massive risks in making themselves available to the industry and provide a wealth of experience, I have a great deal of respect for my colleagues in this sector and I am tiring of the massive amounts of money that is being expected by agents on a daily basis for what is essentially a very limited role in the service paradigm.
I would like to add here that there are some terrific agents out there who, for me, have often become good friends, these remarkable agencies are becoming fewer and fewer however and, as the experienced professionals that we are in the contracting community, I believe we can work together to create a better future for the industry.
I'd love to hear your feedback, thoughts or suggestions and hope that, as contractors, you will appreciate, recruitment agents have actually needed us just as much as we have needed them.
It;s time to combine our passion, experience and skill to start a new era.
Thanks for reading.
As a contractor, with a large network of colleagues across the globe who are also contractors, I have noticed over the last few years that recruitment agents are becoming more and more demanding, strident and intrusive. Simultaneously the service that they offer in terms of any attempt to allow the slightest accommodation to the contractor seems in many, not all. cases, to be diminishing.
Apart from a quick phone call with you, following a cursory glance at your CV, the screening before you are shoved in front of the end client can be very hit and miss. I know I have had many embarrassing experiences when the potential contract has been misrepresented to me and I'm assured that I'm not alone in this.
I've heard shocking stories of the treatment that contractors are increasingly facing and I think it's time to do something about it - when you think about it, all we need to do is connect with the end clients and their own HR teams, I'm not sure why, in this tech age, we actually need the recruitment companies anyway.
I have an idea that I think would help the contracting community enormously and, to underline my determination to bring the control back to the contractor, and away from the strangle hold of the increasingly disturbing shenanigans of the recruitment industry, the site would be completely free and I would be really happy to collaborate as a community with this.
Contractors take massive risks in making themselves available to the industry and provide a wealth of experience, I have a great deal of respect for my colleagues in this sector and I am tiring of the massive amounts of money that is being expected by agents on a daily basis for what is essentially a very limited role in the service paradigm.
I would like to add here that there are some terrific agents out there who, for me, have often become good friends, these remarkable agencies are becoming fewer and fewer however and, as the experienced professionals that we are in the contracting community, I believe we can work together to create a better future for the industry.
I'd love to hear your feedback, thoughts or suggestions and hope that, as contractors, you will appreciate, recruitment agents have actually needed us just as much as we have needed them.
It;s time to combine our passion, experience and skill to start a new era.
Thanks for reading.
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