Employment agencies?
- 11 August 2012 19:59186838I see the arguments for and against' employment agencies has been rumbling on in the letters page of the Dover rag for some week now.
So watts the truth on these businesses? Are they good for workers / bosses??
It just doesn't ring right with me to have to pay a middle man to earn a living. - 11 August 2012 20:15186846i worked for one in the nineties, used to be galling seeing what they earned out of me.
one of my jobs was checking invoices coming in so i saw that they charged 120% more than they paid me.
the interview with me took 10 minutes then for the next year their sole task was to produce a wage slip every week. - 12 August 2012 01:03186868When one signs on, Keith, after 6 weeks the Job Centre asks one to subscribe to a couple of these work agencies.
Most factory jobs - if not all - are advertised via work agencies.
So job applications to most factories go through the relevant work agency. When you don't receive a reply, it's the work agency that doesn't reply! The application never gets as far as the factory recruiter.
I love these little excursions. Here's one:
Part of standard covering letter:
...although I have no previous work experience in a factory, I am willing to learn.
I do not drive a vehicle, but there are bus and train connections from Dover to Margate (or wherever). Plus a few more standard phrases.
All letters sent off electronically every 2 weeks after midnight on the same day as signing on.
100% guarantee you'll get an electronic reply from the job website that your applications have been sent on to the recruiter (work agency).
100% guarantee they work agency won't ever reply, Sometimes they might send out of compassion an electronic reply (computer automated) that your details are now stored and should some other vacancy come up in the future, they may contact you. (hi hi)
The Job Centre know full well how it works, that you' never get a chance, and as long as you have at least four applications with names and addresses, they'll wave you through.
if you really want a job, say you can't speak English, then you may get one by mistake.
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12 August 2012 07:22186875When my wife retired she went to the said agency to seek part time work. The bored lady there wasn't at all interested, she advised going on-line to register and complete a test. The website didn't work!
TerryQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? - 12 August 2012 09:19186892why do factories use agencies to recruit when the job centre service is free?
- 12 August 2012 09:39186895I suppose that in employing an agency worker the 'high' hourly rate is offset by keeping wages low and de-risking entirely (as our friend has it) on the benefits/responsibility front plus the cost is passed-on. Recruiting via an agency does away with the hassle etc. of having a HR dept. plus the applicants are pre-screened for competency and suitability.
With the Job Centre route the employer does not have the JC on their side to the same degree as with an agency.
Perhaps too, the employment agent may play golf and the JC officer less so?Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 12 August 2012 13:54186905I don't use agencies as I am self employed, but I come in to contact with many men supplied to other trades by them.
It's not a good position for these workers,
These agencies take a cut of there money, for instance, on lets say £100 the agency will take £20, then they will employ a second company so they take £18 + a week to do the admin for the tax and national insurance. (Pay to get paid)
So the poor sod doing the work will get £62 after paying of the parasites, before the taxman has a go at him.
But even before they get the job they will have to contact the agency over a premium telephone number.
Now I think employment law is the driving force, for this boom in these agencies
And I think This needs to be eased up so businesses can employ people when they need them and sack them when they don't .
This should get rid of these agencies so the worker doing the jobs, can get to keep the cash they have grafted for, instead of giving it to some pen pusher sat in an office.