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by ethbr0
1620 days ago
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Great advice and wholly agreed that a recruiter is the way to go. I'm more familiar with the US than UK employment market, but if things work similarly, this is the obvious path. 1) Good recruiters will bypass some of the HR confusion (misunderstanding team requirements, etc) 2) You have a valuable set of skills and are looking for a specific type of job. Recruiters are better about this than blind applying Furthermore, the "What industry?" question will be an excellent opportunity to avoid processes where your conviction is likely to impact. People have legitimate reasons for wanting to avoid heavily-regulated industries (boring, slow), so it's not an odd question. I would say if you go through recruiters, be aware (in the US at least) there are good recruiters (who have a line on positions and work hard) and bad recruiters (who are trying to bootstrap a rep by "representing" as many people exclusively as they can). Be extremely suspicious before signing any exclusivity contracts with one. |
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As a contractor in the UK, I've had to deal with them many times. The recruiting industry here has a reputation for cut throat, scumbag practices. Lying about open job applications, cold calling to fish for info on your current role, ghosting you after you make an application with them, chronic time wasting/giving false hope. These are some of what you can expect. There are, of course, good recruiters - more 'human' ones. They're rare, but you'll know when you've got one. I have some saved in my phone.
If you are firm with them you can avoid them wasting your time. But to rely on them is a mistake.
Good luck OP. Also +1 for contracting in private sector because the B2B nature of it avoids checks.
Edit: seems like other people have had contracts with clauses around prev convictions, so maybe ask for a blank contract ahead of time.