Opinion on staffing firms? - Page 2

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  • #182350
    Anonymous
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    Does anyone have an experience or opinion on recruiting companies? I am currently searching for a job and see a lot of postings via different recruiting/staffing firms and I am wondering if these are legit? I have seen Parker&Lynch, Robert Half, LaSalle, Mark/Ryan, and amongst others…. I am not sure if I should go that route or not?

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  • #489665
    Anonymous
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    Thanks everyone for the advice!!

    #489642
    kahtwoloo
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    I've only dealt with two agencies, Workway and Apple One. Apple One fucking sucks. They called me in for an ‘interview' which was really 45 min of paper work, 15 min of an office workplace safety video and quiz, and about five min of talking with some lady in the middle of an office about my experience and saying they'd call back soon, which they never did. Workway has been pretty good to me so far. After I interviewed she tried to get a staff account job at two different company but wasn't able to. A month later she gets me an interview for an A/P position. I didn't get it but just got me a badly needed temp job right away.

    BEC-51,71,70,77
    AUD-50,62,68 (retake july)
    REG-55
    FAR-15(didnt study)

    #489667
    kahtwoloo
    Participant

    I've only dealt with two agencies, Workway and Apple One. Apple One fucking sucks. They called me in for an ‘interview' which was really 45 min of paper work, 15 min of an office workplace safety video and quiz, and about five min of talking with some lady in the middle of an office about my experience and saying they'd call back soon, which they never did. Workway has been pretty good to me so far. After I interviewed she tried to get a staff account job at two different company but wasn't able to. A month later she gets me an interview for an A/P position. I didn't get it but just got me a badly needed temp job right away.

    BEC-51,71,70,77
    AUD-50,62,68 (retake july)
    REG-55
    FAR-15(didnt study)

    #489644
    neika822
    Participant

    I think if you work with staffing firms that are geared towards Accounting/Finance, you'll have better luck. I had great experiences with two staffing firms, one of which got me three interviews. However, my boyfriend (not in the finance/accounting world) worked with a generic staffing firm and was kind of just tossed around.

    Good luck!

    R - *77*(02/'13)-Becker & NINJA
    A - 71('11); *87*(04/'13)-Becker & NINJA
    F - *76*(08/'13)-Becker & NINJA - "server upgrade" survivor
    B - 60('11); *82*(10/'13) -Becker & NINA

    DONE, DONE, AND DONE.

    CPA in Massachusetts; issued 01/24/14

    #489669
    neika822
    Participant

    I think if you work with staffing firms that are geared towards Accounting/Finance, you'll have better luck. I had great experiences with two staffing firms, one of which got me three interviews. However, my boyfriend (not in the finance/accounting world) worked with a generic staffing firm and was kind of just tossed around.

    Good luck!

    R - *77*(02/'13)-Becker & NINJA
    A - 71('11); *87*(04/'13)-Becker & NINJA
    F - *76*(08/'13)-Becker & NINJA - "server upgrade" survivor
    B - 60('11); *82*(10/'13) -Becker & NINA

    DONE, DONE, AND DONE.

    CPA in Massachusetts; issued 01/24/14

    #489646
    nbad311
    Member

    I think what mla said is correct.

    In my experience(s):

    I got my current job through the honest and hard efforts of my last used recruiter (he was AWESOME!). Also I think there are so many available job postings out there but a majority of them, if you respond to the ad, goes to a reruiting firm, not the actual firm. So sometimes its hard to get “in” without going through a recruiter. So in these aspects, they're a good thing to look into. Thumbs up!

    The thumbs down: But I've also had numerous ones, who I've never met/called /made contact with, reach out to me (calling me at work!!??) asking if I was interested in a job opp they had. Gosh they can be super annoying. Like GD bounty hunters or something.

    REG - 65, 70, 80!
    BEC - 35, 62, 79!
    AUD - 73, 75!
    FAR - 65, 73, 70, 75! DONE.

    #489671
    nbad311
    Member

    I think what mla said is correct.

    In my experience(s):

    I got my current job through the honest and hard efforts of my last used recruiter (he was AWESOME!). Also I think there are so many available job postings out there but a majority of them, if you respond to the ad, goes to a reruiting firm, not the actual firm. So sometimes its hard to get “in” without going through a recruiter. So in these aspects, they're a good thing to look into. Thumbs up!

    The thumbs down: But I've also had numerous ones, who I've never met/called /made contact with, reach out to me (calling me at work!!??) asking if I was interested in a job opp they had. Gosh they can be super annoying. Like GD bounty hunters or something.

    REG - 65, 70, 80!
    BEC - 35, 62, 79!
    AUD - 73, 75!
    FAR - 65, 73, 70, 75! DONE.

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