Ignored by specific consultant?

[TobysPaw]

In my earlier post I raised issue that despite putting my availability down few weeks ahead sometimes I don't get booked, yet they send emergency shifts that doesn't make sense. Why not book those who are available then in the worst case scenario then send emergency shifts if they still cannot fill shifts.

Yes, I don’t understand this either. Adding JoinedUp availability seems to make little to no difference. I actually have a reasonable ‘hit rate’ from answering the emergency emails but makes it very difficult to plan in advance as there’s often just a couple of hours notice between the email and the shift starting or even less.

I’ve had emails for shifts starting in 5-10 minutes, you’d have to be camped out at the mail centre itself to be able to answer that one.

[Warbo]

It has always been a problem. The old way, 10 mins phone call from a text, was pretty tedious but usually you got shifts if you got through.
This putting your availability up sometimes seems pointless with the general messages going out. So a change but no better solution.
My advice on this zero hour short notice contract is aim low and use it as a fill in job.