Reed Recruitment..
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Gargamel said:
You are wasting your time Bad Company, I have tried many many times on here to defend our noble profession. Can't win.
I've come to the conclusion that you are right. This thread is a bit like blaming bankers for the recession.If you guys could do it you would be the ones ordering the new Ferrari's (just ordered my 4th). From what I've read here you could not and will not.
Well to offer a different perspective my experience of Reed on three separate occasions has been positive.
Yes clearly there's the usual image and stereotype issues one sees in every sales role. (Ex-Estate Agent here.)
1st time was getting me temping work in my gap year - about 9 years ago now. Got me three placements over a year, all in good offices and looked after me - all the placements were appropriate to my skill sets and with employers that didn't take the p*ss.
2nd time was after I left uni at the end of the first year. Got me nicely sorted with another office position for 3 months until I found permanent work.
3rd time was when I left estate agency and was looking for something different they again found me something suitable and got me in.
All three experiences were professional, communicative and I was satisfied with the results.
Perhaps I'm lucky - though I seem to have been lucky on multiple separate occasions which makes me wonder whether 80% rubbish is anywhere close to the truth.
(Incidentally my current job was via an agency who rang me and got me in to an interview within 24hrs of me uploading my CV to monster.)
Yes clearly there's the usual image and stereotype issues one sees in every sales role. (Ex-Estate Agent here.)
1st time was getting me temping work in my gap year - about 9 years ago now. Got me three placements over a year, all in good offices and looked after me - all the placements were appropriate to my skill sets and with employers that didn't take the p*ss.
2nd time was after I left uni at the end of the first year. Got me nicely sorted with another office position for 3 months until I found permanent work.
3rd time was when I left estate agency and was looking for something different they again found me something suitable and got me in.
All three experiences were professional, communicative and I was satisfied with the results.
Perhaps I'm lucky - though I seem to have been lucky on multiple separate occasions which makes me wonder whether 80% rubbish is anywhere close to the truth.
(Incidentally my current job was via an agency who rang me and got me in to an interview within 24hrs of me uploading my CV to monster.)
bad company said:
I've come to the conclusion that you are right. This thread is a bit like blaming bankers for the recession.
If you guys could do it you would be the ones ordering the new Ferrari's (just ordered my 4th). From what I've read here you could not and will not.
Try entering the industry today, as a grad, see how different it is. You're living in dream land if you think most firms work the way you do.If you guys could do it you would be the ones ordering the new Ferrari's (just ordered my 4th). From what I've read here you could not and will not.
The same way working for Knight Frank in Esher is a far cry from working for Foxtons in Islington, both the same job, yet totally different day to day jobs I would wager.
I've been within the City recruitment market for a number of years and am on my second own venture. Quite frankly I would avoid Reed like the plague and attempt to get your first role within a more credible brand- eg Michael Page, Badenoch & Clark, Robert Walters etc.
The training on offer will be better and you will be working on more senior roles which will help you build your own network. Building a network and your own brand are the two key things to do when working for a large corporate.
Best of luck.
The training on offer will be better and you will be working on more senior roles which will help you build your own network. Building a network and your own brand are the two key things to do when working for a large corporate.
Best of luck.
We used to work with Egon Zehnder, Korn/Ferry and Spencer Stuart - none of their chaps looked like that....
caprirob said:
Ah recruitment - its all about Shiny suits, pointy shoes, hair product and new minis.
Having just been through the employment-seeking mill ( and ended up getting a job by applying direct to a firm rather than going through a recruiter ) the evidence I have seen leads me to the conclusion that the recruitment industry is where estate agents go when they fancy a career change.
Having just been through the employment-seeking mill ( and ended up getting a job by applying direct to a firm rather than going through a recruiter ) the evidence I have seen leads me to the conclusion that the recruitment industry is where estate agents go when they fancy a career change.
Name-and-shame prevents me from saying much really. What I will say, is that you might like a look at these article on "The Kernel". Some VERY interesting reading in there, some of the methods used are even more cynical than I had thought.
http://www.kernelmag.com/features/report/2401/tech...
http://www.kernelmag.com/features/report/2403/tech...
http://www.kernelmag.com/features/report/2402/tech...
If you have an option, always go with the small and well established local recruitment people.
http://www.kernelmag.com/features/report/2401/tech...
http://www.kernelmag.com/features/report/2403/tech...
http://www.kernelmag.com/features/report/2402/tech...
If you have an option, always go with the small and well established local recruitment people.
I have used most recruitment agencies and they are all pretty much the same. Blaggers!
Reed have been especially bad though. They tried to screw me over when I changed positions in the bank to a new role through another agency. Claimed that I couldn't do it for 6 months then tried to get compensation from the new agency to buy out my contract. In the end it cost me £100 a day (new agency clearly passed their cost on to me) which I was informed about 2 days before the start date. Usually my day rate is my day rate its not up for negotiation however in this situation I had to compromise. And its not as if I don't know how much they charge the client for my time.
If I could cut them out of my life and source work on my own I too would be able to buy new Ferraris instead of used ones.
Reed have been especially bad though. They tried to screw me over when I changed positions in the bank to a new role through another agency. Claimed that I couldn't do it for 6 months then tried to get compensation from the new agency to buy out my contract. In the end it cost me £100 a day (new agency clearly passed their cost on to me) which I was informed about 2 days before the start date. Usually my day rate is my day rate its not up for negotiation however in this situation I had to compromise. And its not as if I don't know how much they charge the client for my time.
If I could cut them out of my life and source work on my own I too would be able to buy new Ferraris instead of used ones.
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