Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Agency Anguish

I wish I could find the key to working with recruitment agencies. They are the call-centre of job-seeking, the wall-like receptionist standing between you and your doctor. Unfortunately, they are a part of life so if someone could just provide a strategy for making them useful…?

Do the staff have their hearing removed when appointed? Why, when you say specifically you want to work local, to avoid pressurised offices and contract working do they think you might be interested in a 14 month contract based 14 miles away, working in a pressurised office for six managers. Oh, applicants must have recent experience of working for several people…I screamed, silently!

But it’s not all gloom. Two more agencies have my details and there is the local authority interview next week. The search feels as if it is starting to pick up. No news from the chocolate factory.

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