Agencies (clarification)

[Jobs at ProSpring]

>
>Once you have been *contacted* by an agency for a given
>position the client company is obligated to pay that agency
>their fee regardless of how they finally end up engaging you.
>Bet on the agency keeping a list of candidates it contacted
>regarding any position, being able to find out that the candidate
>eventually hired is someone on that list and going after the
>client company for its fee.  The end result of this will most
>likely be that the client will terminate the employee/contractor
>(there's a reason why companies always ask "how did you
>learn about this position?)

Forgive me if someone has already cleared this up, but a client is 
never obligated to pay an agency until the client hires 
someone.  Then they must pay the agency of record.

Most agency agreements say whoever submits a candidate first is the 
agency of record --- not who *contacted* the person first, but who 
*submitted* the candidate to the client with his/her resume, skill 
summary, current salary/bill rate, etc.

As an agency we talk to many candidates before we submit one or two 
who we feel are qual'ed -- we are only the agency of record for the 
ones we submit.

OTOH, ProSpring makes a point to tell the candidate who the client is 
(The client is XYZ, have you already sent them your resume?) --- no 
sense wasting everyone's time if we can't represent you if you or 
another agency already submitted you for the position.....

Jack




Jack Molisani, Lead Recruiter
ProSpring Technical Staffing
www.ProSpring.net
888-378-2333 Ext. 2