Bad experience initial screening.
I am posting this here cause this has happened to me more than once and want to know if this happened to anyone else?
I work in a relatively (heavy emphasis on relative) niche analytics role and I got a call from a hiring agency for an opportunity in blore. I have everything they are looking for in the JD and the recruiter from this agency wanted me to send me my resume urgently to present it to the company as well. And then comes the topic of current ctc.
I am grossly underpaid by my current firm, one of the key reasons for me seeking out. Once she heard my pay she says “they are paying xxx for this role and your pay is too less, let me see if I can find a junior role that fits your pay”. I was furious and told her that my experience and expertise should be considered and pay is not an indication of my suitability.
She mumbled something and said she will come back and now she is ghosting me.
If the hiring agencies are gatekeeping on basis of my current pay, I am doomed.
Did anyone go through something like this? Any advice?
PS: I checked the company’s career page to apply by myself but they did not post this role on their page. There is no way for me to cut out the middleman here.
Agencies are 1. Incompetent (like 90% of TA talent in the country). 2. If you're underpaid - the company may not make that jump in % hike and hence the headhunter gets paid less when the budget they know is higher. So they'll behave so. The only way is to add the whole analytics team on LinkedIn and make a case for yourself. You won't even need to say you know they're hiring - just say looking for abc roles.
I did not think about the commission angle. Makes sense
