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Ignoring the rona for a moment and back onto recruitment consultants, i thought i would share this. Received an email today from a recruitment agency with a CV for someone after over 70k a year as a site manager in the construction industry. The opening paragraph of the CV is as follows;

I have over 14years of experience working in construction industry in United Kingdom.
*I have started my professional development from the position of labour and I worked my way up to Crane Supervisor, Site Supervisor, Assistant Site Manager and then Site Manager, therefore I have throughout knowledge and understanding of Construction and Civil *
Engineering Industry.

I guess proofreading is a skill neither applicant nor agency possess. And this is quite normal.

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9418

About standard

Recruiters are sales - they are not renowned for their attention to detail - or following processes / systems

The only way to get them to do something it to make their commission dependent upon it

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9419

Asking for a friend :roll_eyes:

One level down from “Head Hunting”, what would a “Labour Supply Company” charge in recruitment fees?
For example a country with Freedom of Movement seeks certain types of Service staff from a country with Freedom of movement?

As in, randomly, been asked to find a local supply co who can ship Beauticians, Chefs etc for contracts (inc accomodation) to an EU Country in decent numbers.
Trying to work out what to charge them as a consulting percentage or as we used to say in Dubai, Knowledge Fee.

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Not sure what the going rate would be - seen fees in the £500 per head range from Eastern European agencies for low skill placements

I would see if you could wangle 20% of fees rendered in the first 12 months

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If they know up front they can build it into their pricing

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Recruitment agencies are similar to estate agents. Utterly garbage and money for very little, usually, with the exceptions being like gold dust

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9423

Good God that’s bad

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9424

Grates, doesn’t it. :rage:

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9425

Good call from Klopp

Very concerned by those role models not vaccinating

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This has been around for in the scientific press for a few months. Looks very effective if given early.

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Is it available for horses?
Asking for an American friend.

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Fairly small molecule, not difficult to make.

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Sardines on the train today. Only 2nd time in the office for me. Not going to be a 3rd anytime soon

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Mrs C_S was on 8am from Oxshott and had to stand - not normal so guess earlier train was cancelled. She wasn’t happy. Lol

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I bet the sardines kept the rest of the commuters away from you though?

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9434

Your humour is fishy.

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The furlough scheme ended and there hasn’t been the mass redundancies that were forecast - firms have welcomed them all back.

So all these struggling firms have created 1m jobs overnight or these people weren’t actually on furlough at all

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My wife works for a company that provides, amongst other things, P45’s to companies around the UK. They have seen a massive uptick in P45’s being given.

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