<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Fantastic post. I'd like to repost the comment I left on your blog here for clarity:<div><br></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; "><i>Great article but I'd like to point out that whilst I'm flattered by your comments, I'm not an agency recruiter. Hacker Jobs is very much an independent side project and my full-time day job is as the in-house Tech Recruitment Manager for Globaldev. I don't consult with any other companies and have literally zero intention of ever venturing back into the world of agency recruitment.</i></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; "><i>That being said, if you're a rubyist in London then there's an exceptionally high chance of running into me sooner rather than later as Globaldev are growing immensely.</i></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(66, 71, 74); text-align: left; "><br></div><div><div>Great work Najaf.</div><div><br></div><div>Steve</div><div><br></div><div>On 24 May 2013, at 15:22, Najaf Ali <<a href="mailto:ali@happybearsoftware.com">ali@happybearsoftware.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">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:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://happybearsoftware.com/my-experiences-with-recruiters-and-how-id-like-to-be-sold-to.html" target="_blank">http://happybearsoftware.com/my-experiences-with-recruiters-and-how-id-like-to-be-sold-to.html</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>-Ali</div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Rob Beattie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:RBeattie@recruit360.co.uk" target="_blank">RBeattie@recruit360.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><p class="MsoNormal">Morning all,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I hope you are well.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I appreciate this might be opening a can of worms but I’m keen to get your thoughts and ideally some advice.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I know there’s a stigma attached to our industry but I can assure you we aren’t all bad!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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? <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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? <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’m open to suggestions, although things like die, rot in hell and get out of recruitment aren’t options I’m afraid :-)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
I take pride in what I do and so it would be really helpful to get your thoughts.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I look forward to hearing from you.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
Rob<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">R<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">ob Beattie – Recruit360 </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365d">Tel - 08450 310 360<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#c00000">Direct line - <a href="tel:%2B44%20%280%29%20117%20906%200146" value="+441179060146" target="_blank">+44 (0) 117 906 0146</a><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:rbeattie@recruit360.co.uk" target="_blank">rbeattie@recruit360.co.uk</a> <u></u><u></u></p></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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