There is a "city wide" employment agency "blacklist". Recruiters all know each other, go to networking events, pass each other names of good candidates for referral fees. However if your a "bad apple" most all employment agencies will know that - even if you have not sent them an application. There is an "off the record" list that gets undated : showing all difficult, demanding, short termer, discontented, temperamental and unqualified candidates. So if you burn one employment agency by walking off a job, or turning one down at the last minute, or doing something the client doesn't like and getting axed - or SUING - then your most likely on the blacklist. But then you probably know that as no employment agencies will respond to your resume. Does the obvious need to be explained?
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I love the DST. It is been berry good to me.
I love the DST. It is been berry good to me.
Its true. If you get on the wrong side of a recruiter, if can be almost impossible to get a decent job, above entry level, in Kansas City. They all know each other, trade names, and will avoid someone that's pegged as "out of the ordinary". Its best to present yourself as a stable average run of the mill employee. They feel safer with those types of personalities. After all their reputations and livelyhoods are at stake if they hire out a nut case.
The way to impress an employment agency is easy : 1. always arrive at the employment agency 15 minutes early, believe me-everyone will notice. 2. If they take you to a lunch (or dinner), always insist on paying for just your portion of the meal: otherwise if you turn down their job later it may appear you were just after a free meal. 3. Be 20 minutes early to any client interview they send you out to. 4. If anyone mentions the name of someone you worked with that might be on a blacklist, do not defend that person in anyway-less said the better. 5. Don't call the recruiter back constantly for updates - the recruiter has your number, personally gets paid thousands if your hired, so they will call asap if they have news. 6. never badmouth an past employer-you don't need to, recruiters know the reputation of each company in town, have heard it all before. 7. never call a prospective hiring company directly after a recruiter has represented you. "going around" a recruiter violated the business agreement of a client and gets you blacklisted there forever. Hope these help!
Yes agencies blacklist people, nor companies. However just as DST has a bad reputation for rookie level mid-managers, DST has a rep for programmers that maybe are not up to standards. How many times is there a code failure or mod required after something is placed in production? How many times is a installed version immediately "uninstalled the next morning" after flaws prevented proper processing? Sound familiar? Would you as an employment agency place one of these developers at a most valued client? Top firms to recruit from include Cerner, H&R Block, VML, Perceptive Software, Honeywell and of course the geniuses at Garmin.
Yes if you are a "bad apple" it doesn't take long for word to spread. The worst thing to do is gossip at work, thereby making others look bad or telling other people : "so and so doesn't like you". Its like throwing gas on fire and quickly leads to people that cannot work together as a team. The instigator is always found out and loses all value as a employee. Word gets around and you can be S.O.L. if you try for another job. Nobody will give you a reference and you can't even transfer to another department as YOUR NAME IS MUD. I see it often.
They blacklist people, not companies