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Sending gift (bottle ??) to agency contact helped to get your contract..?

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    Sending gift (bottle ??) to agency contact helped to get your contract..?

    Is this becoming a trend ..???

    if so how many of you here in CUK send X'mas gift or gift after joining a new contract to your the agency contact who helped (?) get your contract..????

    #2
    i send car park tickets.

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      #3
      BITD agent’s used to buy YOU a bottle of wine.
      "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
      - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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        #4
        The fact being these days an agency gets 500 CVs for a role and knowing most agencies have no idea what to look for. At least the taste of free wine he/she had will get you to the top of the pile..??? (BTW I am not trying to bribe them at all..)

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          #5
          Originally posted by cojak View Post
          BITD agent’s used to buy YOU a bottle of wine.
          not to mention lunches/dinners.
          monthly, if you go back far enough.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Darren_Test View Post
            The fact being these days an agency gets 500 CVs for a role and knowing most agencies have no idea what to look for. At least the taste of free wine he/she had will get you to the top of the pile..??? (BTW I am not trying to bribe them at all..)
            not for anything I do, they don't.

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              #7
              Never bought an agent anything, never will.

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                #8
                Send a gift to an agent??

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
                  Never bought an agent anything, never will.
                  offered one a kiss once, he declined

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                    #10
                    Shove some money in an envelope through his letter box.
                    'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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