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False Fact No1: The recruitment agencies are to help you.

The recruitment agencies claim that all they want to do is to assist you in finding your dream job, the one you are the best for. They will consult you and advise you and herd your jobseeking sheep into a safe port of employment.


That's a bit of a mixed picture there John. Literally.

That's all wrong. The employment agencies want to earn profit, like the Ferengies.

Yes, we are definitely watching too much Star Trek DS9 nowadays.

All they care about is the money money money what they receive from the employer. They are called Client, you are called jobseeker. If they think you are even a small, tiny, itsy-bitsy, wee, little risk of making the Client discontent with your CV being presented you suddenly simply don't exist. You don't get any feedback from them. Nothing. Nada. Niente.

False Fact No2: The recruitment agencies are aware of the current Europen Union members and regulations.

This is how agencies seem to think: everything what lies further than The Isles is like "Here be dragons".


Hungary (and Poland) is a vicious far-far away country where higher education and work is not existant. In that place, where dragons rule you eat chocolates at work all day, don't have any responsability and naturally not one dragon talks English so they can't give you a valid reference. Face it: outside the UK there is no life. At all.

False Fact No3: Whoever goes to work for a recruitment company likes to work with people.

Just like teachers. Ever had a terrible terrible teacher who hated kids and found them the major obstacle in doing their work well? Most of the recruitment agents don't like to be directly contacted or bothered with applications. Send your CV and they will read it. Or not. You don't have UK experience? Oh well, tough luck buddy.

False Fact No4: All the agencies are rude.

Nah, there are some nice ones actually. But they don't give a shit about you either, they just communicate it nicely.

Moral of the story: if you have seen the same advert from 5 different agencies on the main job sites go to the local newspaper's online version and will find the company's ad with the same text and apply there. You have way more chance to get any feedback.

John, this wasn't a story. And that's no moral either.