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⚠️DO NOT agree to recruitment agency emails even if they push you. It could cost you 3x their 30% fee plus a further £10,000 for Sh*ts and Giggles. 👇 There’s some next-level gangster-shiz going on out there. Like this 👇 Yesterday, one of RR’s long-standing clients- a small IT business with a great rep in the North West sent me an SOS. They’ve hired c3 people per year for the past 17 years & have RELIGIOUSLY used our retained service… for obvious reasons… but this isn’t a sales post. Aug 23 we did our thing & their new hire joined Oct 23. Happy days, right? Well NO… They’ve been accused of BACKDOOR RECRUITING & are in receipt of a damages bill for a mindblowing £44,000 & the threat of a winding up order through the High Court. Yes wow!! 😲😲😲 So how did this happen? That’s what they asked themselves. The company was also hiring late Spring - cue the unsolicited agency calls. Despite being told they were at final stage x3 candidates, the recruiter continued to push. Under duress & to end the call, the employee (who didn’t want to be rude) agreed to the agent sending a follow-up email… which was just junked. No instruction, No interview, No secret comms & No devious plan to hire. But lurking on their mail server was a candidate CV, the agency T&Cs (effectively monopolising this candidate), & the kicker clause - 3x the fee costs if the agency hasn’t been informed. Quite frankly, this practice is poor & needs rethinking. Agencies… if you’ve been formally instructed then fair game (albeit if your fee is 30% 😬). I’m a big advocate on biz ethics / karma & advise clients they need to uphold any agency contractual obligations, however painful, but THIS 👆 isn’t cool - ethically or morally. It’s a dirty trick & a trap that’s active for 12 months. 🤑🤑🤑 Recruiters using UNSCRUPULOUS & AGGRESSIVE tactics should be ASHAMED. 🦈 🦈 🦈 To be honest this isn’t a revelation for many BUT the onus falls on small biz owners to be ultra diligent. 🚧 Most importantly, raise awareness amongst your team. Funnel unsolicited calls & emails into formal Director approval process 🚧 State in all comms / job pages that: “Any CVs sent to any member of our team on a speculative basis will not be recognised and we will not accept liability for any fee or commission should we subsequently employ a candidate who applied to us directly or was introduced by an instructed agency that may also have been submitted speculatively by an uninstructed agency.” 🚧 Be smart - If you plan to fight any challenge don’t succumb to the barrage of Debt calls and bait to pay £200 to stop the Winding Up Petition. Like small businesses need any of this crap! Stay sharp. ⚡ (I’ll report back pending the legal outcome) P.S: This is NOT an attack on all recruiters. We know there are some great ones out there operating with impeccable manners & standards. ❤️ #BadPractice #Recruiters #Recruitment #Recruiting #SmallBusinesses #recruitmentagencies #TalentAcquisition

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