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Originally Posted by AnnieK
I worked for a Recruitment Agency and we are not all bad. Believe me, if they had work, you would be working. They don't get paid without having people in assignments so they are not going to sit on available shifts and not assign them.
The problem at the moment is generally nervousness in recruitment. All employers know that come April it is going to cist far more to employ staff with the hike in employers NI that is coming. The whole market, regardless of industry is feeling a shift in the speed of recruitment.
Did you sign a Contract when yiu signed with the agency? Are you just registered with 1 agency? I would recommend you sign up with others too to keep your options open.
Employers are getting huge numbers of applicants for each role so you do need to try and get applications in as soon as roles go live if you are applying direct. . ..after someone has read 100 CVs, they do go blind.
I get it's frustrating, I really do but try not to let a bad experience with one agency get you down.
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Trust me they definitely have shift work availability as it's
a busy establishment, but they are either messing people about or lying. It was supposed to be 4 on 4 off flexibility.
They are one of these companies / recruitment services which say" urgent work " " hiring multiple people" ,so it's very confusing.
I signed a full contract,they have everything from me . I was made to believe I could start straight away. They sent me a copy of all the agreement. They have me in their system & on their payroll. But I've not even started 1 shift.
But the texts they send out have a robotic/ auto feel . And you only reply when you are agreeing to that specific shift.
If they don't have the right shifts,then they shouldn't have misled me into believing they did.
I probably would have lost my belongings anyway,as they don't even have secure places to put stuff . So that was a big turn off . But I was still willing to give them a try but just keep my valuable/ personal belongings ie keys, phone ,money actually on me in a belt & pocket if that makes sense.