1) Client gives agencies on PSL (Preferred Supplier List) heads up for a role, but specifies each agency can only submit up to 5 CV's of best candidates.
2) Agency 1 advertises and hoovers up all the CV's of those with skill set.
3) Agency 1 responds to all candidates with matching skill sets and implies verbally that CV being forwarded to client for consideration.
4) Agency 2 contacts candidate who hasn't been short listed by Agency 1
but is under impression he/she has been. So candidate asks Agency 2 not to
forward his/her CV to client.
5) Result Agency 1 has eliminated the majority of the competition for the role
and one of their candidates is hired.
I know for a fact that this has happened to me on at least one occasion (from insider at another agency) and if this is the case then it is most likely a widespread practice.
The only solution I can see to this practice is to get your CV in to all the agencies and tell each that you have not been submitted via another agency.
However I am very loathe to adopt this kind of practice. What do others think ?
2) Agency 1 advertises and hoovers up all the CV's of those with skill set.
3) Agency 1 responds to all candidates with matching skill sets and implies verbally that CV being forwarded to client for consideration.
4) Agency 2 contacts candidate who hasn't been short listed by Agency 1
but is under impression he/she has been. So candidate asks Agency 2 not to
forward his/her CV to client.
5) Result Agency 1 has eliminated the majority of the competition for the role
and one of their candidates is hired.
I know for a fact that this has happened to me on at least one occasion (from insider at another agency) and if this is the case then it is most likely a widespread practice.
The only solution I can see to this practice is to get your CV in to all the agencies and tell each that you have not been submitted via another agency.
However I am very loathe to adopt this kind of practice. What do others think ?
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