atw: "the exponential job game" and agencies

I have found that most agencies are doing the best they can.=20=20

Of those, some are good with intelligent, mature and savvy staff, and
some are poor because their staff are too young and too ignorant of the
industry.  Many are messed around outrageously by the employers who get
them to recruit for prospective jobs just in case they get
approval/funding etc - but fail to tell the agencies they are doing
this.=20

However, there are one or two agencies who are downright deceitful or
discriminatory.  One refused to put me up for a job because my skill set
was not right.  In fact they had never once agreed to put me up for a
role over a number of years.  I went through another agency and got the
job.  This was the last time I bothered to respond to an ad with with
this agency as they were clearly discriminating.  I can't name them of
course, but I was in Melbourne at the time.

I think it would be a nice idea to share information about known good
and known discriminatory agencies - but I don't know how we can do it
without running some kind of legal risk?  Any ideas?  Is this something
else we should be collating knowledge about so that we can improve our
position?  We could at least list the known good agencies without
running any risk.

ck

-----Original Message-----
From: Erisa Linsky [mailto:slinka@xxxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 4:28 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Another "rates" query "the exponential job game"


I dont think that would happen very often.
The agents are trying to put up several "best" candidates for every
position
on their books.   The same position  is lodged with usually about 4 to 6
different competing agencies.   It is possible, but rare, that agents
within
the same agency will compete against each other.
If they haven't got tons of good candidates on their files, (and
sometimes even if they do)  they will advertise. The agents may be just
as desperate as us, going flat out, working unpaid
overtime trying to get a placement!   They cant spend much time
rewriting
CV's.
Recently I counted 13 agents phoning and inviting me to apply for ONE
Govt job.  That's a record for me.  Later, the job was cancelled,
ostensibly because of a staffing freeze on that Govt department.  (the
ATO) All this activity increases the moneyflow,  though it's simply the
resources used up by more people competing harder for fewer possible
outcomes. The Government can theoretically increase GDP by giving the
same job to more agents.  However, does the GST on the wasted resources
exceed the income tax
loss thus generated?    ..............Unlikely.........
Was it a market test?    Was it a fraud?


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