Comments on: BD Recruitment send email ccing every SEO in the North West

By: Jonathan Howson at Evolution Recruitment | Mr Daz

Jonathan Howson at Evolution Recruitment | Mr Daz — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:38:53 +0000

[...] have dealt with a number of different recruitment agencies with differing results (I don’t think BD Recruitment will forget their mistake a few years ago) but one thing that has consistently annoyed me is the [...]

By: Recruitment Consultants won’t leave me alone | Mr Daz

Recruitment Consultants won’t leave me alone | Mr Daz — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:34:06 +0000

[...] the last two weeks. I told them to Google BD Recruitment and then never phone me again. A read of this post will explain [...]

By: Footfeed send an email CCing all Footfeed beta testers

Footfeed send an email CCing all Footfeed beta testers — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:17:45 +0000

[...] a move reminicent of the BD recruitment email blunder just over two years ago, location-based social network aggregator Footfeed have inadvertently sent [...]

By: BH

BH — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:56:29 +0000

I actually worked for BD recruitment at the time this happened! Just stumbled across this.

Sandra was a nice girl, a ‘trainee’ like myself, but obviously this kind of mistake is inexcusable. The truth about this said rec agency is that it is a very unprofessionally run operation in general. The managerial style is extrmely bullish and the pure pressure, combined with lack of industry knowledge and willingness to bend rules for the sake of sales is a bit of a dangerous combination.

I was encouraged to send CV’s without permission from the applicant – which is also illegal!

So I wouldn’t blame Sandra. Needless to say, I doubt she works there anymore as they have an extrmemly high staff turnover. Surely a comfort to any employer looking to fill a permanent position!

I lasted 5 weeks before walking. I now work in an advertising role and thank the agency only for inspiring me never to get involved in recruitment again.

By: JSEO

JSEO — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:17:17 +0000

I have heard that the age/religious thing is done for legal reasons and is by no means a reflection of an agency’s policy.

It’s been known for legal action to be taken against recruitment agencies when someone has been turned down because they are perceived as being too junior/senior for the advertised role. I understand that you aren’t even supposed to advertised postions as being ‘junior’ or ‘senior’ because it inherently discriminates so the age/religion line acts as a kind of disclaimer.

All that aside, the above article isnt at all harsh. This CC stunt could/would have caused a lot of damage to and potentially got the owners of those CVs into a lot of hot water. Imagine if a hiring manager had been the recipient of the CV of one of their current employees who had up until then discreetly been job hunting.

Recruitment is an extremely difficult profession and there are good recruiters out there. Sadly it is actions like this that tarnish the industry’s image and make it much harder for the experienced recruiters out there who are actually good at their job.

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:37:57 +0000

Ah, Daz, so harsh on BD Recruitment!

I’ve actually never heard of them, so skipped to their site to see what Creative jobs they had and was delighted to read:

“We welcome applications from anyone irrespective of age, gender or religious persuasion.”

So, they maybe a bit shit, but at least they’re not bigots… (weird that they need to state that they operate within UK discrimination laws. Surely that’s a given. Though not CC’ing everyone your email address should surely be a given too.)

By: BD Recruitment reply to my post | Mr Daz

BD Recruitment reply to my post | Mr Daz — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:40:37 +0000

[...] while back the recruitment agency BD Recruitment sent out a spam email to every SEO in the North West, with the contact details visible for all of them. A schoolboy error [...]