[LRUG] ADVICE

[Rob Beattie]

Morning all,

I hope you are well.

I appreciate this might be opening a can of worms but I'm keen to get your thoughts and ideally some advice.

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.

I know there's a stigma attached to our industry but I can assure you we aren't all bad!

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?

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?

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?

I'm open to suggestions, although things like die, rot in hell and get out of recruitment aren't options I'm afraid :-)

I take pride in what I do and so it would be really helpful to get your thoughts.

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.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Rob

Rob Beattie - Recruit360
Tel - 08450 310 360
Direct line - +44 (0) 117 906 0146
rbeattie at recruit360.co.uk<mailto:rbeattie at recruit360.co.uk>
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