I am writing in response to Bob Wicks’ Opinion piece in last issue’s Recruiter (‘CV ownership: an agency’s nightmare!’ Recruiter 25 November).
The reason candidates join more than one agency, especially in the education sector, is they need to work and earn money, and no one agency can keep them busy all the time. To suggest you can inspire the candidate not to register with another agency - and that if they are registering with you as a second or third agency they have no confidence in the first - is ridiculous! Some education agencies are bullies in the way they convince teachers they can’t work in the same school through another agency. Professional agencies don’t do this; they accept it’s whoever gets them booked out first.

As for not sending a CV/profile to the client before the candidate is asked to attend an interview: a bizarre comment as I have never been in a position where this would be accepted by the client.
Sue Hind