silly people

Okay - so this is slightly a rant.....

I do not know how to majority of recruitment agencies get paid - i thought usually it is via when you get the job- they take a certain percentage of your salary from the company that has given you the role.

Well i am now thinking otherwise - could it also possibly be when they send you for an interview ??? if anyone knows this would be good.

Well earlier this week i received an email from a recruiter that i have spoken to before but i do not usually get anywhere with - there a bit lazy and pretty crap ( naming no names)

Well she basically emailed me and said i have role that has come up for you - could you let me know when this week you are free and we can go from there.

Firstly - she did not send me a job description - so i was like right okay.

emailed her back and said okay i do not mind going for an interview - But what is the job ? have you got a job description.

so from there she decided to email me 2 bullet points ???? 2 bullet points of something i did not understand.

I did not bother to reply - i thought to myself if you cant be bothered to send me a decent job description i am not going to bother either.

Well from there later in the day she decided to email me a time and day that she had booked me into  - And this time with a proper breakdown of the role.

This role is apparently something i do ? there was actually nothing on the job description i could relate to in any sense.

So i decide to email this lady back - "sorry but i don't think the role is for me i don't really understand the role at all looking at the job description "

so she emails me back - saying "oh can you phone me" - i called her and she basically made me feel so small  - she called me stupid and i was being dumb for not taking this opportunity.

So from there i said back to her - no i am not stupid - i don't understand why you are sending me for a job interview with a company i have been waiting for a role to come for a long time, I AM NOT GOING INTO AN INTERVIEW WITH A COMPANY LIKE THAT WHEN I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE ROLE AND MAKING MYSELF LOOK STUPID IN THE INTERVIEW.

well she said i was stupid and she put in the email not to read the job description - i did not see this .

So from there the conversation ended.

If you are a recruiter is customer service not something you are trained in ?

Yes i understand the market is very competitive but what is the point in sending a candidate to a role they don't know ?

would it not be better to send them to something they can actually relate to and have the possible chance of getting the job.

With so many people being out of work these days - i don't think it helps with them being sent to interviews that are pretty pointless.

I would like to know your views on this people - I want to know and name the bad recruitment agencies and why ? was it a particular person that you was dealing with ?

I just think if we can get a list together this would actually help people back into work instead of going to a pointless recruitment agency - that is going to send you to a director role when your a cashier girl - no offense.

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thank you :) and happy job hunting

For the non workers ...

Okay ... So this is a tad of subject ... But I feel like there is something to be said here !!

And I hope you all agree !

So it has been in the press a lot recently about benefit cuts .. People not working blah blah blah !

Yes I work so the benefit cut does not affect me ..... BUT !

I think this actually needs to get broken down into points here so :

1) people who are sick - and no I'm talking about a flu and cold ect - I'm talking about people that have serve disabilities and mental health issues THAT are genuinely sick ! Why are we making these people suffer more then what they already are ?
Should we not be helping these people have better life's ... They are already bloody suffering CAMERON !!! If me and you was to get sick ... And we actually could not work ... Would we not want help ? Would we not want that little bit extra just to help our little life's a bit easier for ourselves ??? Ask yourself this ???

2) The people that actually do want to work but are finding it hard : Now why am I hearing these people being labeled as benefit scroungers ??? There not !!! There genuine people who want to work ! They are looking but actually can't find anything .... They go to the job centre and sign on ... The job centre are too busy to actually help people because the system is weak ! Why is there not a proper recruitment system in place ! To actually help people better themselves and back into work ??! Instead of !!! Go apply for a certain amount of jobs and see how it goes ??? Or bloody putting them into the pound shop and cheap labour ! I'm sorry but who actually wants to be a check out girl all there life ???? Just irritates me such much ! The job centre are meant to be their for people and advise them back into work ! I'm sorry but from what I have seen and herd ! They actually do NOTHING ! And we all know why that is !!! Because there is too many people out of work and they can't keep up with it ! If David Cameron actually pulled his finger out of his ass and done something with the job centre and made it a strong and sufficient system ! Somewhere people feel like they could turn to when there out of work ! This would not be a problem ! .... I know what your all going to say ... But the jobs are not their ??? Well the way I see things .. They are ... It's just the skills people lack for that job ... This is where the job centre could bring in extra training and skill building techniques to help yes HELP people find a new role ! And a better career !

3) The people that actually can't be bothered : now this makes me laugh so hard ! If someone cannot be bothered to work ... What are you going to do all your life ??? As much as I don't like my job ! And I hate getting up early ! I have financial commitments ! And I would get bloody bored sitting at home all day watching Jeremy Kyle ! ... Are these people ... Doing this because the system is weak ?! I have no idea on this ... Personally I don't understand how someone would not want a career ? Would you not like to have a good life ? Building a better future for yourself ? Building better relationships with people ?

I just don't get it !

I would love some comments on this one people ? On how you feel ?? Sorry it's a bit of track but i feel like i had to say something ... But I'm sure in some sense we can all relate to this some how !

Thank you ! Oh and remember to follow me on twitter :) @liamsbigblog

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