So, talking about Agents…

Why do I get the impression that 90% of them work approximately 30 feet away from their desk at all times? Seriously, when was the last time you spoke to one who knew about the role in question? Usually you get a researcher, who knows nothing beyond what’s on their tick list, or a receptionist who fails to pass on any kind of message, or a voicemail that presumably has an auto-delete feature since it clearly never goes anywhere near a human’s ear..

I can understand why they might be a little bit busy. Any non-specialist role these days (and quite a few specialist ones, come to that, if it looks like a good payer) is going to get upward of 300 applications, some of whom might actuallybe able to do the job. So clearly they need time to read all the submitted CVs and pick three. And then tomorrow, they can start again.

So why don’t they look at the CVs they’ve already got? Out of all the thousands they get every week – quite a few of them from the same people – there must be a couple that actually offer the required skills and experience. Ah, of course. That means they would have to pick up the phone and talk to contractors…