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    Agency bug bears

    Interested in hearing from you all about your biggest Recruitment Agency bug bears.

    What do agencies do that really get your goat?

    Conversely, what do they do well?

    Basically, a thread to vent on!


    #2
    Originally posted by Hireonomy View Post
    Interested in hearing from you all about your biggest Recruitment Agency bug bears.

    What do agencies do that really get your goat?

    Conversely, what do they do well?

    Basically, a thread to vent on!

    How is describing what agencies do well 'venting'?
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      #3
      Originally posted by Hireonomy View Post
      Conversely, what do they do well?
      Leave me alone when I don't want to deal with them.

      Remember when I'm in contract so they don't hassle me.

      Pay me on time.
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        #4
        Originally posted by speling bee View Post
        How is describing what agencies do well 'venting'?
        because, from reading most of the comments on here... I didn't think there would be many positive comments... happy to be proven wrong

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          #5
          Originally posted by Hireonomy View Post
          because, from reading most of the comments on here... I didn't think there would be many positive comments... happy to be proven wrong
          Well they engage us to supply services so they can't be all bad, but I'm not sure that counts as venting. It's very confusing.
          The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.

          George Frederic Watts

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            #6
            Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
            Leave me alone when I don't want to deal with them.

            Remember when I'm in contract so they don't hassle me.

            Pay me on time.
            Is that what they do well, or what you would like them to do?
            The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.

            George Frederic Watts

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_Park

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              #7
              Hasn't this topic been done to death already...

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                #8
                Originally posted by speling bee View Post
                Is that what they do well, or what you would like them to do?
                The question was "what do they do well", which is what I answered.

                The answer remains the same, though, for either of those questions.
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
                  The question was "what do they do well", which is what I answered.

                  The answer remains the same, though, for either of those questions.
                  I was just checking. Thank you for clarifying. But were you venting?
                  The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.

                  George Frederic Watts

                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_Park

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by kal View Post
                    Hasn't this topic been done to death already...
                    Many times....
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