myoptika wrote:
Temp agencies can be cunts sometimes, so don't worry too much. There are plenty out there so dust yourself off and get back out there. I believe in you!
Hello all.
Just to say I actually used to work for a recruitment agency. They are all cunts. As was I (actually maybe I still am, you'd have to ask some people who know me).
Don't take any of their shit seriously. Don't be put off if they don't offer you work.
They will have an assignment to fill at short notice and are looking for the easiest hit to fill it. If you don't have the obvious at the top of your CV you will miss out. So make the top thing on your CV generic enough to tick a lot of office type boxes.
They aren't racist/sexist/[youchoose]ist. What they will do is what the client asks for. So if their *ist client asks for "a young girl to do some filing in the office" that's what the agency goes and finds (despite this being illegal on two fronts).
Inherently people who run offices (and I have to say this is mostly women, not older men like you might imagine) take this approach. So agencies seem this way.
It's a numbers game. Register with as many as possible. Ring them all every morning you aren't working and ask them why. You will be working soon as you will become that easy slot in person when they need one. Then when you've worked once well, they will put you to work again and again as they know they can rely on you. Then you'll get a real job out of it and you'll be happy and they'll have to find someone else!
Good luck!