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onlyme · 24-02-2009, 06:08

Every 'good' agency is meant to go through cv's, re-write if necessary, interview the candidate at least once and check references before the candidates cv is even passed to an employer to look at.

For an employer to do this for the hundreds of cvs that get sent in for each position they advertise would take too many man hours, hence why they pay for an agency to do it, and then get a shortlist of a few of the best cv's.

The employer only pays the agency if he recruits one of his candidates, so for example, an employer can pass a brief to 3 agencies, who can each then eventually pass the best 3cv's back out of the 000's on their books (all who have been referenced, interviewed etc), and the employer can choose 3 out of the 9 for interviews. Once appointed, one agency will get the fee, the others will get nothing for the work.

This is generally less costly than having someone senior in a company doing the same work. Also most agencies have a guarentee that if the candidate leaves within 3 months say, they will be replaced for free or the fee will be refunded.

24-02-2009, 06:08	#54
onlyme Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 843 Liked: 1 times Rep Power: 107	Re: why do employment agents have their heads up their you know whats Every 'good' agency is meant to go through cv's, re-write if necessary, interview the candidate at least once and check references before the candidates cv is even passed to an employer to look at. For an employer to do this for the hundreds of cvs that get sent in for each position they advertise would take too many man hours, hence why they pay for an agency to do it, and then get a shortlist of a few of the best cv's. The employer only pays the agency if he recruits one of his candidates, so for example, an employer can pass a brief to 3 agencies, who can each then eventually pass the best 3cv's back out of the 000's on their books (all who have been referenced, interviewed etc), and the employer can choose 3 out of the 9 for interviews. Once appointed, one agency will get the fee, the others will get nothing for the work. This is generally less costly than having someone senior in a company doing the same work. Also most agencies have a guarentee that if the candidate leaves within 3 months say, they will be replaced for free or the fee will be refunded.