atw: Re: 2 x contract opportunities in Melbourne

  • From: "bja" <bashley@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:11:03 +1000

And that's a ditto from me.

Cheers.

Bruce Ashley
Senior Technical Writer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Christine.BirtleyKent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, 24 June 2004 4:54 PM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: 2 x contract opportunities in Melbourne
>
>
> Oh dear - I can't stay quiet on this one.  Pegasus is one of the most
> supportive recruiters I have worked through - including Anna
> personally.
> They are thoroughly professional and I would recommend them to anyone.
> If anyone is to blame for this situation it is ourselves.  We are too
> divided and lazy to establish and enforce professional
> standards, we have
> allowed incompetents to enter into the industry and
> 'juniorise' our role,
> and we are failing to educate our clients effectively.  We
> cannot expect
> recruiters to do what we have failed to do - that is -
> educate the market
> place.
>
> ck
>
>
>
>
>
> "Brian Clarke" <brianclarke01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent by: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 24/06/2004 04:33 PM
> Please respond to austechwriter
>
>
>         To:     <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>         cc:     <donald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, (bcc: Christine
> Birtley-Kent/AUS/ANZ/CCA)
>         Subject:        atw: Re: 2 x contract opportunities
> in Melbourne
>
>
>
>
> Hello Donald,
> My 13 year old daughter uses statements like your opener.
>
> My problem, if it is mine, is that I would like a little more honesty
> instead of
> the gouging behaviour. In one recent job, I was told there
> was 6 weeks of
> work and to quote a rate. I finished the work in 4 days. If I
> had known
> that in
> advance, I would have charged much higher. The agent should know the
> quantum of work - the contractor usually gets dribbles of
> info before the
> quotation is demanded. Very one-sided.
>
> If the recruiter gets feedback like mine and chooses not to
> advertise,
> aren't
> we better off without such shonks?? If recruiters learn from such
> feedback and choose to improve their service, aren't we better off??
>
> Brian.
> <snip>
>
>
>   And your problem is?
>   <snip>
>   If the recruiter gets feedback like this, they will simply
> stop posting
>   jobs on the list.
>
>   Donald Halley
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