[LRUG] ADVICE

[Najaf Ali]

Late to the party I know, but I started writing a reply and it turned into
the Iliad. It had a fun story in it so I went ahead and published it to my
blog instead:

http://happybearsoftware.com/my-experiences-with-recruiters-and-how-id-like-to-be-sold-to.html

There's no identifying information but if you'd like me to remove the
quote, let me know. Also, Steve (Buckley), you're in it.

-Ali


On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Rob Beattie <RBeattie at recruit360.co.uk>wrote:

> Morning all,****
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> I hope you are well.****
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> I appreciate this might be opening a can of worms but I’m keen to get your
> thoughts and ideally some advice.****
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> I signed up to LRUG a month or so ago in order to try and gain a better
> understanding of the Ruby market in London.  I’ve had a positive response
> from a few candidates but generally speaking I see antipathy towards
> recruitment consultants / agencies.  ****
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> I know there’s a stigma attached to our industry but I can assure you we
> aren’t all bad!****
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> What I’m trying to understand is why employers, and to a certain extent
> candidates, are so against working with agencies?  Is it because of fees?
> Have you had bad experiences?  If it’s company policy, why is it company
> policy?  ****
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> I appreciate there are a lot of companies who now operate a direct
> sourcing model and simply don’t need to use agencies.  I get that and I
> understand your reasoning behind this, but for companies who are struggling
> to find good candidates, and don’t have the resources in place to spend the
> majority of their day sourcing candidates, why won’t you use agencies?****
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> For those of you who are open to working with agencies, what do you feel
> is the best way for me to approach your company?      ****
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> I’m open to suggestions, although things like die, rot in hell and get out
> of recruitment aren’t options I’m afraid :-)****
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> I take pride in what I do and so it would be really helpful to get your
> thoughts.****
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> I don’t want to clog up the mailing list so if you have any thoughts /
> advice, I’d be extremely grateful if you drop me an email or alternatively,
> feel free to give me a call.   ****
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> I look forward to hearing from you.****
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> Regards,****
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> Rob****
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> R*ob Beattie – Recruit360 ***
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> *Tel - 08450 310 360*
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> *Direct line - +44 (0) 117 906 0146*
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> rbeattie at recruit360.co.uk  ****
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Ali, http://happybearsoftware.com
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