Job agencies
February 17th, 2010
‘the agent is not there to find you a job’
The best advice I’ve ever seen written down for those seeking work through agencies is what follows below:-
There do seem to be some misconceptions about agents.
The agent is *not* there to find you a job. In theory the agent is there to find the best staff for the employer – it’s the employer they’re working for, you can tell this by the fact that it’s the employer that pays them, not the candidate.
This theory rarely plays out in practice however. In practice the agent is working for himself. He does *not* try to find the best staff for the employer, he tries instead to make the most profit for himself, which is *not* always the same thing.
Whatever, the concept of “finding you a job” never enters an agent’s brain for a nanosecond, it’s simply not what they do.
If you want to see the whole quote in context then click the article header Job agencies and you will be taken to the relevant page.
In my experience it is far too easy to be taken in by agents on the phone who would appear to have your best interests at heart, some do, most do not.