Recruitment Agency

deaglan169

i hope this is in the correct forum i was wondering how agencies operate in ireland do they take a cut of your wages if you are succesful with a job are you then employed by the agency rather than the company you are directly working for, reason i ask is i have recently applied for a job via a recruitment agency it wasnt my choice but it was the only place advertising a job i wanted i have an interview next week so just curious

Berty

90% + of the time a recruitment agent will earn their commission by charging a % of your salary to the employer.

Mrs OBumble

There are different approaches:

Sometimes you'll become and employee of the company, and the agent will charge the company a fixed fee (usually % of your salary) provided you last for a certain length of time.

Other times you'll become and employee of the agent, and the company will see you as an agency worker. In this case, the agent bills the company for you (at a rate you'll never know), and keeps the difference between this and your salary.

deaglan169

ahh ok thanks ill have to look more into it so see exactly what the contract involves:cool: