It seems to me that those who are bad-mouthing recruitment agencies come across as the sort of people I would not want to work with.
Perhaps that's the problem, but they have to blame someone else? ???
Seems odd to me that desperateseagull has to start a thread about this every couple of...
I'm glad you dislike people not proof reading what they send you. Read what you've written there and see if it makes sense. What does a "barely unreadable" CV look like? I assume it's actually quite readable, or does it take it the other way?
And I think you'll find that most estate agents are...
Seems fairly obvious to me.
They haven't yet decided if they need to appoint someone, but think they probably will at some point. Thus, there's no point in pressing on at the moment, but they may do at some time in the future.
In the meantime, obviously you need to continue hunting elsewhere...