Desperate Agency’s ! The Begining of the End

Hello,
I have recently been ‘released’ by one of the large offshore recruitment companies in Europe. Although I found my work at times frustrating, it was actually quite simple but more importantly: profitable.
I thought I would shine a wee bit of light to those who so enjoy dealing with personnel recruiters. I am sure some of you already are aware of our tricks, empty promises and voracious appetite for CV’s but for the uninitiated, this note is for you.
For the past six years I have been making a tidy living off the backs of you. From Pushers to Deckies and all in between, I thank you for you work. I have never been offshore. Never stepped foot on a ship, vessel, platform, helicopter. Why would I? I work(ed) from home and find it quite comfy.
Firstly, we love CV’s. It matters not if you have 25+ years of experience or are fresh from Uni – please send me your CV. The larger our db is, the more we can impress our clients. And, when the company is sold (or acquired) the db is a valuable commodity. Just don’t try to borrow it for your own interests.
http://www.collascrill.com/news/jersey-business-fined-for-contempt-of-court-in-landmark-email-database-case.aspx
There is no standard CV. I have seen them all. Most people cannot write to save their lives, so it is usually entertaining to read CVs. Great insight to ones life. No matter what program, format or style people use, I am only interested in stripping out you name, location, years of experience and your contact details. Your CV is never sent on to the client so do not waste your trying to use fancy fonts, pretty pictures and long winded descriptions of every ship or piece of kit you have worked on – I just need your CV to add to the pile. CV collection milestones means a bonus pay, so please, send me your CV.
We can advertise any job, real or not, on our website. This does not cost anything. – as noted above.
It is now my turn to deal with a recruiter to find another job – how soon the tables do turn.
Best of luck to you all!

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Thought to mention one more bit about choosing a candidate to put forward. Whomever has lesser (see cheaper) day rate coupled with mobilization cost will get my nod. Let me explain. Two equal CV’s but one gent will require a hire car for an additional 150 quid to get him home / to the airport, sorry.
Clients usually (not always) have set mob rates. I will calc out who will be the cheapest to send. Job in Italy, you live in Greece, equal candidate lives in Houston – guess who makes the difference on the flight cost. Works both ways when someone is needed in GoM. I understand that we have all families to feed and bills to pay but when someone can put an extra tenner in my purse, each day worked, well, hope the contract is for 30 days. “If you lowered your rate by 50 Euro, I can get you in for sure” Another line I cut and paste from my book-o-bravo sierra. Again, best of luck, dog eats dog.

Well one can only hope for a great agency cull I have been contracting in various industries before I ws in ROV and saw 2 big culls of agencies , there was one in the mid 80s , but the real armageddon was the telecoms boom of the 1990s caused a mushroom of agencies onto the bandwagon my records went from 7 good and 5 marginal agents to 9 good and 53 marginal or downright bad agents in 7 years ,,,,,but when the telecoms boom …bust in 2002 the number of agencies fell in 18 months to only 9 ,,,it was a rout and a lot of money was lost ,many satff made redundant some agencies moved onto new areas like the parasites they are and others went bankrupt some for £ millions ,,,,

When i look at the lists of agents ,,dealing with ROV work I think there must be over 50 well known ones but only 8 or so a real decent companies another 4 or 5 are OK to deal with and the rest are either just chancers or worse

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Spot On T – Boy.

2015 work has already been booked…. things won’t slow down the way people seem to think.

As for mostly staffers getting the work.. that, more often than not, never turns out to be the case. I’ve worked through a number of these so called downturns as a day rater. The good day rate guys keep working and have no need to worry. The rest might want to consider other options!