Often you will find more than a single agency recruiting for a particular role, and as a candidate you might be contacted a number of times for the same job. Some candidates that by letting multiple agencies represent them for that same job they are increasing their chances of landing the position (in the business this is known as being doubly represented or double repped).
The truth is quite different - by doing this you're actually doing a great deal of harm for your chances.
I guess on the surface there's some logic to this: "wow, if four agencies say I'm the man for the job, I'm certain to get an interview". The problem is what happens behind the scenes. The company is only going to pay one recruitment fee, but you have four agencies that are expecting a fee. And then as you might expect, a shitfight ensues, and you're at the centre of it. One agency will have spoken to you first, another will have submitted your details first, one agency will have gotten a signed authority to represent form and another will say they did an interview with you, and thus did a far more thorough process than the other three. The company then decides it's all to hard to resolve and bins the candidate.
Now that may seem harsh to get caught what seems like agency crossfire, but at best it makes you look naive, and at worst, unethical. Neither is a good look.
It happened to my candidate this week. The guy was desparate as he'd been caught the wrong side of redundancy, and he was bullseye perfect for the role. Got left on the sidelines. What a waste........
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