Employment agencies in Mississauga are a sneaky lot, and their trickeries begin as soon as an IT operative dials a contractor and answers, “I would like to use your services to get a contractor job.”
Here are five main dirty wiles to be aware of when using employment agencies Mississauga for a job hunt.
1. Employment Agencies Have Fun When Working with Newbie Contractors
Some contractors might be old, but new, upcoming, and incoming contractors are easily obtained in the market. They have not done their homework, as they also hold an assumption that the person who is going to be ‘their agent’ is always going to have their back.
This affection of job agents for new contractors makes the hiring of a job a very effortless task.
Your ‘agent’ wants to get you a job but is eagerly waiting for a ‘kill.’ While the margin in the typical industry is between 15%-25% agents stand to make much more than the first-time contractor.
There are several instances where recruitment agents were getting over half of the amount that the client gave the contractor.
2. The Non-Existent Jobs
During employment, contractors frequently check the boards to identify contracts that suit their category and, once identified, they immediately proceed to bid for the contracts. However, very often employment agencies Mississauga just list these ‘Mississauga jobs’ in order to gather such applicant with these skills in their database. It means that it is not a real job.
When the contractors reach out to the agency with regards to them after sending the CV, the job agency will often say, “It is already taken.”
We have been told by contractors that this happens within a few minutes of the position being posted and the submission of the CV.
3. We Will Get References from the past Clients you worked with
This can sometimes be true, but such circumstances are very rare, likely occurring only in fewer than 1% of the events where job agencies request it.
What they are actually looking to get are the identities of the companies and the departments that source contractors.
Businesses hire people for the sole purpose of fishing for potential contacts. Normally, they aren’t the ones who get into touch with probable clients, even though they normally explain that when they are calling, it is that there is a position they would like the contractor to fill.
4. Your Bottom line – they always ask
It is a query that agents pose to contractors particularly during the recession periods because they believe that contractors will accept any condition.
He or she has given the quote that the contractor has previously wanted. They are somewhat apprehensive about answering the job agency question. But the agent immediately assures them that you will try to provide them with the quote they are looking for but, “we do not want you to lose some Mississauga jobs with lower rates, right?”
The doubtful but frantic contractor will go ahead and give them a quote which is normally a ‘base rate’. Sometimes, they are required to notify you of each position they submit you for so that you can handle the situation if it occurs in future. Now what happens is that the base rate you quoted now becomes the new rate.
If he discovers you can go with that, why would he give you more than that? He can make a profit out of the difference.
5. They fail to let you know your contract may not be renewed
Two or three days before the expiry of the contract, the contractor will call the employment agency Mississauga to ask whether or not the contract will be renewed. He answered that they would call the client back. If his client company renews the contract, the agent hurriedly seals that deal. However, if otherwise, the contractor will tell you that he cannot get through to the company client. This agent is for the client and thus does not want you to be jobless or even leave early.
He will play the contractor for a few days before the deadline.
By then, you will not be able to get another job contract and will, therefore, spend weeks, if not more technically, ‘on the bench.’