Hays

I've recently started work for Hays Education doing day to day supply teaching, so covering teachers that have called in sick for example. I don't believe in writing reviews just to have a moan and hope this is a helpful review. The main concern I have with this agency is their payroll department; I have worked for agencies on and off for 7 years and thought it standard that you are paid the Friday after the week you have worked. Hays operates a payonline system that, in theory, should be great, but I still can't grasp what benefit it has. To be fair, of the teaching agencies I am with, my consultant at Hays has kept me updated and with enough work to get ...  Read the complete review

I have written quite negatively about agency's in general but the question is will Hays book that trend?. Well I hoped so, since this a national agency and first impressions were good. I came across a very professional looking site and wasted no time in registering with them. All that was needed was a brief description of what I was looking for, roughly within what vicinity along with providing them with a copy of an up to date C.V. Initally this positivity was reinforced when shortly after the registration, I received a call which wanted to recap and clarify some of the details I had provided to them and ended with an upbeat message. Now there is a Hays ...  Read the complete review

I'm experienced in my field and responded to one of their ads. They're pretty rubbish. Interviewed by a lady (not sure if she'd held a "real" job outside of recruitment so how they she could be expected to assess my suitability is beyond me) - she admitted it was her first competency based interview! No delving into my experience, my suitability or what the job / employer was about. Asked 3 "competency" questions from a crib sheet - my responses were that I'd pick up the phone and get it sorted (as you do in the real working world). Didn't get to the next stage but received an email cc'd to all applicants instead so we all knew who had applied! Avoid them, they don't seem to know what they're doing when they have large "campaigns". Never applied via them before but my first experience wasn't good.

i recently graduated and signed up with hays to find some work during the summer holiday after uni. I dodn't hear from them again for about 6 months but luckily when i did i was still looking for work as i had decided to go travelling after uni instead. There is no point in apllying for a specific job advert with them you might have seen because in my experience you will be lucky to get offered a job which pays over 14k and even then its likely it will be in a hard to get to location and be irregular hours. I know that if people need a job then anything is appreciated but i would really steer clear of Hays if at all possible. Im sure they are usefull if you have a really ...  Read the complete review

MY EXPERIENCE OF HAYS ACCOUNTANCY **************************************************** When I left the NHS last year, after a period of ill-health, little did I know that I would return, and definitely not as quickly as I did. Within 5 months, when I thought I would look for some temporary work I was back. However I was back with Hay's Accountancy. The hospital trust I had worked for in the past used to have it's own pool of clerical bank or temporary workers. Some years ago, in an attempt to cut costs and be more efficient I guess, this went out to the private sector. The in-house pool of staff was, and is, still run for nursing staff. The ...  Read the complete review