Agencies (clarification)

[Jobs at ProSpring]

At 6/4/2006 09:43 AM, Gene Kim-Eng wrote:

>Jack,
>
>Thanks for the info on that.  So if someone you call tells
>you they've already sent your client company a resume,
>then turns right around and calls them, you're out of luck?


Not necessarily; it all depends on what their placement agreement 
says (if any).


Here are some possibilities:

o.  Both Agency A and Agency B have an agreement with a client saying 
whichever agency submits your resume first is the agency of record, 
then whoever submitted you first is the agent that get's credit for 
the submission.


o.  Both Agency A and Agency B have an agreement with a client saying 
whichever agency submits your resume first FOR A JOB THEY'VE BEEN 
GIVEN PERMISSION TO FILL is the agency of record, then whoever 
submitted you first is the agent that get's credit for the submission.

However, if they were NOT given permission to fill THAT position, the 
client often may accept the resume as a "gift" and neither gets credit.

Ditto if you sent the client your resume directly.



o.  Both Agency A and Agency B submit you, but only one has an 
agreement.   In this case I'd assume the agency with the agreement gets credit.



o.  Another possibility:  you sent the company your resume (or 
applied for a job) less than six months ago, then you may still be 
their system and no one gets credit for you as they "already had you."



o. Another possibility is that the are specific submission directions 
that agency has to follow (like sending resumes ONLY to the recruiter 
in HR in an attempt to reduce the number of resumes being sent 
directly to the hiring manager).   If they person who submitted you 
didn't follow directions, then they may not be the agency of record 
even if they submitted you first.



BTW, we (ProSpring) make a point to tell candidates who our client is 
and ask if you've already been submitted there.  No sense causing a 
confusion (or doing worthless work!) if someone else has already 
submitted you for a job, especially when less scrupulous agents will 
assert they were first when maybe they were not.


IMO it's better to always:

a) Ask your agent who the end client is

b) Tell the agency they may NOT submit you to any client without your 
permission first


Many agencies won't want to tell you the name of their client or will 
balk at such a restriction -- well fine, better to know now and find 
a better agency then burning a bridge or waste a bunch of time 
interviewing for and not getting a job you really wanted because 
there was some SNAFU over being submitted by multiple agents....


My $0.02




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