Cogency Consulting - www.cogencyconsulting.com

these guys have booked me onto their sales training course for next week and i already have 3 interviews in the bag. They have also revamped my CV for free and have

further to about them, the agent even gave me tips on my CV to help my chances

I recently spoke with an agent at cogency recruitment and they spoke to me about a role they had to which I was not interested in as it was not something I wanted to do in my career. However, the agent then explained and advised me of another 3 jobs with direct employers to which he had no dealings with. He even gave me the contact details and advised me of the approach. Recruitment companies should take a leaf out of cogency's book.

They state on their web page 'We endeavour to develop a personal yet professional relationship built upon mutual respect and honesty. You will not be treated as a product.' - I can have a laugh. I was contacted about one particular job, one of the recruitment agents claimed that the employer was very interested in me and he kept in touch for about a week. I kindly asked him to let me know about the result - after 2 weeks, without any contact whatsoever, the advertisement for the same job appeared on one of the job-servers. Now I understand that they did not have a time to give me the details about why I was not successful, but at least they should have let me know, especially after ensuring me (several times via e-mail) that they would do so. I would not recommend this agency to any of my friends, as I know how it feels to hopelessly wait for an answer. Thank you, but no.