Keeping people in line!

Ok, so I've signed up with TWO employment agencies. I've been with one since July of 2008 and they sent me out on one job. I worked at that job for a while and then they let go of all the temps that were working there.

I really liked that job - it was in the Imports industry and it keep me much busier than the my previous job. I loved it. There was never a dull moment and there was always something to do, very unlike the previous job were I was constantly bored and my brain was missing stimulation.

Anyway, I loved this job and my boss even cried when she had to tell me they were letting go all of the temps. She has since been a really great friend and keeps my resume on file - in case they start hiring and even forwarded my resume to others she knows are looking for good workers.

Back to the point...this first agency (I'll call it Agency A.) has not called me out on any jobs in a few months. I happened to check their website with all the job postings and noticed a few I could EASILY do. I emailed the agency and asked if I had been considered for any of these. A lady we will call K, emails me back and stated that for these postions my test scores needed to be 95% or above and that she did not think my scores were that high.

Now, mind you I just signed up with Agency B and was told I aced my tests. They were the same as the ones I took at Agency A with a couple of extras.

So I asked K what my test scores where and if they were that bad could I re-test. She did not answer my questions about the original scores - instead she just emails me the tests to take at home.

I take the 3 test and my results are as follows: 100% on Word, 100% on spelling, and 90% on Excel. I VERY VERY RARELY use Excel!

I email her back and tell her I took the tests and let her know what my scores are and note that if I need to retake Excel I can. I also tell her that I would STILL like to know my old test scores.

This was last Thursday. I didn't hear from her. So, I go over her head to the owner of the agency. I've talked with the owner (we will call her J) multiple times so I felt I could email her. I emailed her the copies of the previous emails and within 2 minutes I get an email and a phone call from her.

She tells me that K - is no longer with the agency and she has a position she wants to forward my resume onto and wants to know if I would be interested. However, she might need me to test again unless she can figure out what K did with everything. She even had to ask me to resend my resume to her.

Funny how things work out.

I wonder why K no longer works there.