Good morning everyone. It&apos;s that time of year when we ask you to share the experiences you&apos;ve had in looking for a consulting job over the last year. Where have you been looking for roles and what good and bad experiences have you had of using recruitment consultants?Share your experiences via our <a href=http://www.top-consultant.com/rc_questionnaire_2007-8.asp>Candidate Survey</a> and the full findings will be sent out to you early in the New Year.This is your chance to tell it how it is - thanks for your input!Tony RestellTop-Consultant.com

Presumably all the responses are anonymous?!

So if everyone will kindly start voting for me then we can all have a nice Xmas.Joke.

Thanks for the heads up mars. LOL.

Absolutely - all responses are written up anonymously in the report, we check the entries to ensure there&apos;s no foul play but no identifying details of those that participate are made public.Thanks for taking the time to contribute!Tony RestellTop-Consultant.com

I have been contacted by an agent I dealt with asking me to write a favourable review. I was uncomfortable with this request. They should be asking me to write a fair and accurate review, not telling me what to write.

We&apos;re fully aware of this practice, unfortunately it can often shoot the recruiter in the foot as once you&apos;re completing the questionnaire you can write whatever you like!! Sometimes this will produce a favourable response for them - but just as often it&apos;ll produce a negative response and give the candidate the chance to vent the frustrations they experienced when dealing with that firm.As our survey ranks recruitment firms according to the net response they received (ie. favourable responses minus negative responses), the results don&apos;t end up favouring a firm unless they really do have a lot of candidates out there that were thrilled with their services...Tony RestellTop-Consultant.com

So then let&apos;s make sure we all log the NEGATIVE experiences we&apos;ve had with some of the recruitment cowboys out there! Get naming & shaming!

BAD Recruiters! Bad! Grrrrr.

Only a week left to contribute folks, then the survey closes. Which recruiters would you like to praise and which deserve a slating?...Take part via the <a href=http://www.top-consultant.com/rc_questionnaire_2007-8.asp>candidate survey page</a>; entries close at end of play on 15th January.Thanks to everyone that takes or has taken a couple of minutes to participate.Tony RestellTop-Consultant.com