[LRUG] ADVICE

[Steve Buckley]

Also the follow-up discussion on Hacker News is quite relevant:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4115700

Steve


On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Steve Buckley <steve at hackerjobs.co> wrote:

> Hey Rob
>
>
> I'll try and simplify it for you.
>
> There are two primary factors at play:
> 1. The extortionate costs in exchange for a poor service.
> 2. The deceptive and underhanded tactics practiced by the majority of
> recruiters in the agency industry.
>
> If you want to explore those two points in a bit more detail then I
> suggest you read one of my older blog posts "All that's wrong with the
> Recruitment industry" -
> http://hackerjobs.co.uk/blog/2012/6/15/all-that-is-wrong-with-the-recruitment-industry
>
> - Steve
>
> *From: *Rob Beattie <RBeattie at recruit360.co.uk>
> *Subject: **[LRUG] ADVICE*
> *Date: *24 May 2013 10:29:47 BST
> *To: *"chat at lists.lrug.org" <chat at lists.lrug.org>
>
> 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****
> ** **
> R*ob Beattie – Recruit360***
> *Tel - 08450 310 360*
> *Direct line - +44 (0) 117 906 0146*
> rbeattie at recruit360.co.uk ****
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