Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Philip Gooch Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Work in the UK. Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:30:05 +0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 20 Message-ID: <38B3D2CC.72BBFA6E@easynet.co.uk> References: <38B1D4E9.1D8C059B@fulcrum.com.au> <38b25941.2645299@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <38b3b79c.611831537@news.playstation.co.uk> <38b2c0b3.29131290@www.netyaroze-europe.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.131.140.238 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en Agencies also sell your details to other rival agencies - even after you've got the job, and even your new work phone number! I got my current job (not game-related) through an agency. Since then I haven't given my details to any other agency, but last week I got a phone call *at work* from an agency I'd never heard of offering me a job. They could only have got my work number from the agency that got me the job. Also, once your CV is in the system, it'll be in the system forever. About 3 years ago, I submitted my CV to the general agency 'pool' via JobServe. Didn't hear anything for over a year, but now I'm getting calls from agencies offering me Macromedial Director work - which I last did over 3 years ago, when I submitted my CV! I got a letter recently from an agency that I submitted my CV to 5 years ago - offering me work as a DTP operator. So be careful what you put on your CV - it'll haunt you forever. Phil