What's more, surveys reveal that the average agency will see only 1 out of every 20 individuals who contact them. The others don't match their active job list. MYTH 4 - Employment agencies market job hunters to companies. Once upon a time, that might have been true. But today's agencies are in the business of filling vacant positions for companies.
Companies buy loyalty by paying commissions to employment agencies.
So, rather than marketing job hunters to companies, agencies try to fit individuals into well defined vacant positions. Millions of job hunters shop the local classifieds every day without realizing that each ad for professional and executive openings draw from 200 to 500 applicants. And for most jobs, there will always be someone who sounds better than you. MYTH 6 - Employers have all the power. It's true they have the power to hire and fire, but you have the power of choice.