No wonder they are results driven and never phone up when they promise to. 25% - I am shocked. License to print money or what!
2006-11-15 21:52:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
I just feel the percentages are too high and it affects how the recruiter deals with the candidate i.e. the recruiter is targeted to place as many candidates as possible rather than actually helping all candidates to secure the right job. I went to see a recruitment consultant a few weeks ago in London - great meeting, i was really vocal etc etc. Recruitment consultant said he would call me at least twice a week. Has he called - No. Why not - because he is busy placing other candidates. All i want is a phonecall giving me an update.
The point i am tryiny to make is that the consultants arent doing enough legwork.
And before any clever dick chips in I have an excellent CV great experience and am an IT Manager of 10 years standing so yes i am a good candidate.
2006-11-15 22:05:58 · update #1
CJ -what are you talking about. How hard can it be to run a recruitment agency. you match candidates to job roles thats it. I still think its a license to print money. Seems most of you are suckered into it!
2006-11-17 01:52:32 · update #2
CJ -what are you talking about. How hard can it be to run a recruitment agency. you match candidates to job roles thats it. I still think its a license to print money. Seems most of you are suckered into it!
2006-11-17 01:52:38 · update #3
thats right, but i was talking to my friend last night and he said he was getting paid more from being through the agency than the people who just got the job on their own... so everyone's a winner!
2006-11-15 22:04:36 · answer #1 · answered by tera_the_giga_dragon_bytes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! these % are accurate. The head hunter or recruitment consultant or recruitment agent will take a large % of the first years salary as a fee or commission where the client company is happy with the employee recruited.
**Its seen as a win win situation because the client company gets an employee with the right skills and hopefully fits in. The person gets a job & income, the agent gets his/her fee.
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2006-11-15 21:58:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They charge the company who try to recruit employees through them - if one of their candidates is successful (and usually there is a rule about staying in post for a certain period of time) the company will be charged. Considering agencies don't always do that much it's not a bad deal for them is it?
2006-11-15 21:55:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I 100% agree and it is true they do charge that amount of commission - have been temping now for a year and I can tell you that I have been placed in a couple of nightmare jobs, which were totally unsuitable and an insult to my intelligence.
These days though it is hard to gain employment without using an agency they seem to have taken over.
2006-11-15 22:10:36 · answer #4 · answered by ali 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all I see here is that the returns for recruitment agencies is good..and we also should maybe try our business skills at running such agencies and I somehow feel they deserve those huge amounts of money given that for agencies to secure lifetime contracts with good companies is not easy. So when they do get the deal done..it is worth it.
2006-11-15 23:03:30 · answer #5 · answered by CJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The agency I used to work for got mega amounts of money for me! My workplace was paying them £21.00 per hour and I only got £9.00 of that! All they did was make a phone call to put me in contact with them and they took all that money! Talk about earning off someone else's back! They did release me to my workplace for free though. Most agencies make you buy their employees if their client takes them on permanently.
2006-11-15 21:58:15 · answer #6 · answered by Jo_Diva 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋