Recruiters. Head Hunters, Search and Selection - Glasow

A case of the Emperor’s New Clothes; all talk and no action.

It always amuses me how the blurb people write on their websites bears no correlation to how they actually provide a service, or lack of it; and I am talking about some recruiters I contacted in the Glasgow area on moving up to Tobermory, Isle of Mull.

So I thought I’d name them, and here’s why.

I relocated seven weeks ago to Tobermory, Isle of Mull to be with my wife Claire. I had options open to me, as follows.

1. Resume found us my own business. Which can be worked remotely.

2. Get a part time job local to where I now live, and have some time off.

3. Look for a new job in advertising which is my background.

So, with my working in executive search and selection, I thought I would identify and contact recruiters who I could work with when looking for a semi-local role in advertising, with Glasgow being the major city closest to me.

Now, I was not expecting a miracle due to a) my location, or b) the state of the market.

But I was shocked at a complete lack of contact or even acknowledgement after contacted the following companies with a nicely put together e-mail.

How an earth can these recruitment, head hunting, search and selection biased Glasgow orientated companies front their websites when their candidate comms’ were non-existent? It baffles me.

I appreciate people are busy, but there is no excuse for a no-show, and such piss poor comms’ pales when compared against those who did get in touch to have a chat with me as to market and roles, and be very honest; which is all I was after.

So, here is the list of recruitment companies who did not bother getting back to me.

You are welcome to try them, and if so good luck, but I won’t be bothering again, instead using my own Scottish network which has gone back years. I am not surprised recruiters, as I learnt on entering the field as part of my business, have such a terrible reputation for treating people as non-existent or a meal ticket.

https://totalrecruitmentgroup.com - Total Recruitment Group

https://www.stafffinders.co.uk - Staffinders

https://www.edenscott.com - Eden Scott

https://www.michaelpage.co.uk - Michael Page (not a surprise really.)

https://www.denholmassociates.com - DenholmAssociates

https://www.gilchrist-recruitment.com - Gilchrist Recruitment

I did try, as a test, one London based search and selection specialist. Not a dicky bird was heard from them. Nice website, shame about the service….

https://redgravesearch.com - Redgrave

Come on guys and girls, use the phone. You give us all a bad name.

Conclusion

It is clearly a case of the Emperor’s New Clothes with the above mentioned companies. All show and not substance.

My advice folks with companies of this kind is to just do it yourself and not waste time on them. If you are looking to talk to a search and selection biased entity then you will be of a certain experience and calibre; therefore more than capable.

Me?

Decide to do some part time work, some of which is to give back to society in a couple of care roles.

Oban - the closest major town on the mainland where I spend a lot of time.