to be really annoyed with recruitment consultant....

[fireupthequattro]

Applied for two jobs in last few weeks with two different recruitment agencies:

One in Switzerland - interview LW got job on Monday, offered twice the amount of money I was expecting.

Other one similar position in Canada half the money of the aforementioned role. Didn't hear anything re this one until 30 mins ago.

Agency woman rang - wanted to grill me on why I could do this role - there were so many very experienced candidates applying, what made me different? Always gets my back up when people ring you like this and expect you to drop everything (trying to get 5yo in car and stop sing "ah, ah ants on my arm" at full volume) to launch into full telephone interview.

Anyhoo, I said TBH I don't want to mess you about - I have accepted other position etc..

She replied, "Oh, funny I know that company have offered LOTS of people that position, it seemed to have been going around the agencies a bit." I didn't respond so she replied "well, if you want to risk taking that one I hope it works out okay."

I told her I had an actual contract in my hand, it's not a verbal, or an if or maybe. She said "hmmm, yes I've heard that before, well good luck with that" in a snorty sardonic type voice.

Why? Why be such a horrible unprofessional mare? Am all worried now even though company is huge, stable and has been excellent she seemed to enjoy sewing that seed of doubt in my head....

[Poledra]

Maybe she fucked up - was supposed to have contacted you a while ago, forgot and was desperately trying to cover her arse by doing a telephone interview with you ASAP.

If so many qualified people are applying for the role, what does it matter to her that you are no longer interested?

Or is she panicking??

Best of luck with your new job in Switzerland!

[Mouseface]

OMG.

I used to be in recruitment.



I would NEVER treat a candidate like she has you.

Vile woman.

She is a prime example of why I HATE alot of the recruitment companies out there.

They do so much damage by hiring staff who are complete twunts.

They are impersonal and only worry about their fee.

My DH has been in recruitment for 16 years and runs his own business. He's assignment based. He only interviws candidates (in person may I add) for the roles he advertises and then recommends them to the client for them to interview.

You have my sympathies and I wish you every success in your chosen role.

[GetOrfMoiLand]

Well done Quattro.

Some consultants are arseholes. There are brilliant ones but they are few and far between tbh.

[Magaly]

WOW... That would worry me. I hope it's just a really underhand tactic though.

One comment from a recruitment consultant that I'll never forget happened when I went in to an agency when my dc1 was about 11 months old. I handed in a cv and asked if I could register. I told her what I did and where I used to work, and I said I would like to work part time. She said 'wouldn't we all?'

I never heard back from her.

[Mouseface]

Magaly

My point exactly - twunts.

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

Gah there are some AWFUL recruitment consultants out there but she sounds horrendous!

Congratulations on your new job

[fireupthequattro]

Thanks guys, am being thrown off now for Mathletics but will read all threads post bed time x

[foureleven]

I was a recruitment consultant many years ago, and I was lovely....

I used to get cards and flowers from people who I hadnt even found work for because I had boosted their confidence so much that they got a job elsewhere.

Many only worry about their fee but its a very short sighted way of working. I had so many candidates who found work through someone else and then ended up to be recruiting themselves in their new job and came to me to find them staff because I was so nice..

These dickheads really ruin the reputation of the industry.

Good luck in your new role!

[fireupthequattro]

Yes foureleven I have met some lovely Recruiters, I work in a specialist industry and word does get round about the crummy ones. This was allegedly a good one, otherwise I don't tend to apply through them.

(Following one occasion of 23yo Lynx whiffing spotty wide boy telling me what make up to wear to prospective interview. [Am 39, with 16 yrs experience in the field, and have recruited over 20 staff])

I had one who worked with me for 8 months on a contract for job in Turkey, and, when the deal was about to be sealed, I had to pull out. I was dreading the comeback, but she was so amazing, understood my family perspective, work life balance and said based on my worries it was the correct decision. She also used to do my role - so clued up on her speciality.

When I need to recruit I will definitely be using her and wrote her amazing recommendation on linkedin.

[minipie]

Forget it.

Reminds me of a conversation my DH had with an estate agent recently.

Estate agent "are you still looking to buy?"

DH "No, we made an offer on X house in Y street and it's been accepted"

Estate agent "Oh, is that the small house, needs a lot of work?"

how rude.

[fireupthequattro]

funny that minipie, I was going to compare some of them with dodgy estate agents - scrabbling on the floor for their percentage at all costs.

Disclaimer: Other responsible Recruitment Consulants and Estate Agents are available.

[fireupthequattro]

Yes Lunatic, there are also those ones who would ring me up 3 times a week re a job in London even though I kept telling them I lived near Salisbury, had DC's etc

I used to leave them sell me the job in the end and say - "sounds great! - Now, would they mind me arriving at 11am and leaving at 3.30pm to get back in time for the childminder?"

Suddenly I didn't sound like the perfect candidate for the job.

[OrganicHairbrush]

Doesn't surprise me.

I had the care agency recuitment consultant who told me off for ringing 999 when a client had a seizure and turned grey on the bathroom floor.

[potplant]

If she thinks there is something iffy about teh job then why didn't she just come out and say it rather than being all cryptic?

Am I the only one to be a bit impressed with the glamorous international job offers!

[TheFantasticFixit]

Ah, the blessed recruitment consultant. I am back on the old temping merry go round at the moment whilst waiting for another role to start and talking to my agencies daily is sucking the life out of me.

The worst story I have is following an interview with a publishers the company fed back to the agency who proceeded to tell me in great detail how much the company really didn't like my personality. I was mortified and it really dented my confidence for some time, especially given that only a few months before I had been through redundancy!

[fireupthequattro]

potplant international yes, glamour errr no, especially if you could see me now, sat with brown hair dye all over forehead and bleach riddled holey jogging pants on.

Am part terrified, part excited, part exhausted at the prospect of it all.

thefantasticfixit I have been off for 18 months following hideous redundancy so I pat your hand with sisterly understanding.

So with terror and slight depression from previous redundancy I really don't need bitchy consultant antics and am enjoying warm waves of congratulations from mumsnetters. Has made me feel much better !

Thank you lovely peeps, the Milka Bars are on me!

[cookiemonster100]

Minipie we have only had the same thing today with an estate agent!! Would not mind but he looked about 16!!

[Lizzylou]

I am a Recruitment Consultant, for my sins, but I am very much in the Foureleven mould.

This week I got someone a job who had had to give up work through having cancer and then tried to get back into his field during a recession. It has taken us 12mths, but my god, when he got that offer, I am not sure who was more pleased!

And it is my own business and it is a drastically reduced fee and extended rebate period, but goodness, it was a good feeling.

There are good and bad in every role, sorry that she was so shitty to you.