need help regarding recruit express

supercrisp SG

Hi all, the day before i was given a call from recruit express and yesterday, i went down to recruit express(RE) for an interview, sign the registration form they gave.

What i want to ask is can i continue looking for jobs through other means other than RE? Is there any penalty for doing so? Say, i've got a job offer by a company directly and wish to take that up?

Just completed my A levels and looking for a temp job.

Please help and many thanks!

supercrisp SG

hey please help me to clear my doubts!

thks thks thks

ditzy SG

All you did was register with RE, not signed on a contract or job offer.

supercrisp SG

so if the person calls me to tell me there's a job offer, i can not go without any consequences?

And, is it true that they eat a portion of our salary? saw it in other threads but they all so long ago!

R3SsH|n SG

you can continue to look at other avenues for jobs.

R3SsH|n SG

you can continue to look at other avenues for jobs.

word of advice, in the future, READ WHAT YOU SIGN!!!

supercrisp SG

hmm thks!

I remember seeing on the form, you can't take up jobs from other agents in there(smth like that) and that they will collect $50 from you if in future you change from a temp to a perm job.

So, I can assume that I have no obligations to take up job offers from them even though i registered with their services? It's like my first time looking for jobs so kind of inexperienced!

mughead SG

Most recruitment companies will ask you to sign something to protect their interests but since you have not gone to any interview, this won’t be of any consequence

supercrisp SG

Okay. Thanks alot everyone!

hmm ya I've only signed the registration form so yea. shdn't be a problem i guess...

TIB 781 L SG

So long you haven't sign on the dotted line on the contract yourself, you are safe.

But if you sign on the dotted line on the contract and you moonlight, you are gone, meaning you have to pay how much worth is the contract. That's how most of the agencies here work

TIB 781 L SG

hmm thks!

I remember seeing on the form, you can't take up jobs from other agents in there(smth like that) and that they will collect $50 from you if in future you change from a temp to a perm job.

So, I can assume that I have no obligations to take up job offers from them even though i registered with their services? It's like my first time looking for jobs so kind of inexperienced!

2nd part, yes

1st part, If you are converted to a perm (staff), You have to give them $50, and once you sign on the dotted line, you can't go to other agencies,if you do you pay lah and the one is much heavier (depending on the time of the contract) but if you have not, you can change your mind whether or not you want.

troublemaker2005 SG

the agreement on registration should state that if you accept an offer from their clients (that's the employer you may go interview if recommended)for a temp position and convert to perm you may have to compensate them if its right i read from post here. makes sense. the temp position means they will constantly have this position open for them to work on and draw commission from the employers)their clients. If it becomes perm then they lose one sale. also if you join the employer yourself after going for interview between a certain period of time then you are liable to pay them a fee so that people will not go back door and abuse their intro.

as for going for interview every job applicant be it part time or full time has the right to ask the recruiter proper what the job is like so tha they can assess if its what the applicants wants. of course you will want a job you desire or at least can help you in what you do in future. some recruiters very desperate at times when they cannot hit their target or when some positions very difficult to fulfil one always open (see the ad and the frequeny they comes online you know already). some companies the position/s always open, 3 months later open again you know either the company is got problem, some of their department bosses or emplyees got problem no one can work there one, or the system got problem, or the recruiter got problem introduce people not suitable LOL).

maskedangel SG

I signed for kelly services 2 years back. Agreed and signed for a pt job.

Didnt turn up for job, go MIA.

they call call call until give up.

dechang SG

I signed for kelly services 2 years back. Agreed and signed for a pt job.

Didnt turn up for job, go MIA.

they call call call until give up.

I did that to another job agency last year..

FireIce SG

and u will be put in the blacklist

and they share with other agencies too

next time u try to find jobs, u wun find any

dechang SG

and u will be put in the blacklist

and they share with other agencies too

next time u try to find jobs, u wun find any

no. job agencies do not have such a wide contacts as you think.

there are a few hundred job agencies in singapore so don't need scare they won't help you find job

FireIce SG

good for u to think this way

troublemaker2005 SG

no good reason don;t anyhow put black list or tell people sg very small one , like i can badmouth you everywhere. one fine day you get the lawyer letter from me.

ditzy SG

Before I truly started a career, I always thought the universe was huge, but now, its a farking small world. You suddenly realise you can't hide anything from anyone anymore.

troublemaker2005 SG

no worry, if you do nothing worng, even if the world is against you you will still stand.