The Mover has become aware of some companies engaging in what is probably illegal and certainly immoral practice of employing people ‘through the back door’.

 

This is where the company employs the services of a recruitment consultant to find candidates for a position, does not employ them immediately, but then employs one of the candidates a short time later without paying the agency. 

 

Recruitment agencies provide a valuable service to the moving and relocation industry worldwide and life for many would be much more difficult without them.   Engaging in back-door practices such as this is a very good way of making sure they direct their efforts elsewhere thereby depriving the whole industry of a valuable resource.

 

What’s more, by interviewing a candidate from an agency you have entered into a contract which you break if you employ the person without paying the agreed fees.  In a small industry like ours it is very unlikely that word won’t get back to the agency concerned and, if they can show that they made the initial introduction, which they will be able to do, you’re on a loser.

 

Call it what you like, it’s theft by another name.  Engaging in such practices is simply not cricket and anyone who does should re-think their policies.  At the very least they will quickly find agencies are unwilling to work with them.  At worst they will be exposed and could end up in court.