Recruitment Consultancies - Comments & Tips Reviews

SQ Computer Personnel (sqcpDOTcom) One fine day a lady (no name to avoid any personal abuse) from SQCP called me and spoke about this position, I was a good fit for. Right in the call she told me that she liked my experience and that she will fwd my cv to the client and asked me to reply to her email asking exclusive confirmation for ...  Read the complete review

Everyone should be aware of the constant problems you have when working for a recruitment agency. The one common problem I had was with Man Power the problem was the amount of phone calls you get in a day! They tell you not to leave your phone switched on however they end up ringing you! They expect you to answer the calls but leave them switched ...  Read the complete review

Principal People have prevented me applying for jobs with them because I applied to a job directly that they were in the process of putting me forward for. The thing is they don't tell you the name of the company so I didn't know until I'd arranged an interview. They are just a bunch of bully boys. Keep well away form them.

I'm writing a survey that will review the quality of recruitment agencies, but needing help on the questions, have so far

Did I feel the consultant had my interests at heart
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Would I use agency again

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I will let you decide on the following agency, Lifeline Personnel.

I was rushed in to register with them, filled out a whole load of forms, i counted 11 including a CRB (which i would have to pay for) and sent on an informal chat (interview) to a prospective client for a month long assignment, When i turned up i was told it was just for a week, and only a week!, i asked the agency about this and received indistinct reasons for the apparent inconsistency, i was told however that they wanted me to start on Monday, i was reluctant and was then told it 'may' continue as part time for a month thereon, i requested confirmation of this by email three times! without success, i also did not receive any confirmation of this by phone either.
A tale of caution.

I have worked in the Recruitment Industry for 20 years and take my profession very seriously. It's disappointing to read about so many bad experiences. The problem lies with a staff high turnover in the industry and consultants being forced to meet sales targets. What I call the 'pile them high sell them cheap approach'. That is why I ...  Read the complete review

I registered with Luis Ben Associates back in February 2009. I found the staff to very kind and polite, offering drinks and buscuits etc. The interview was very indept and wrote plenty of notes on my cv which I missed. They told me they would be in touch by the end of the week and they were. I was asked to attent an interview the following week ...  Read the complete review

Don't use Lawrence Harvey, terrible company. Most recruiters are usually really helpful, after all, they are doing you a service you don't pay for. However, you just need to be careful as at the end of the day they are working for their own interests. Unfortunately, those at Lawrence Harvey not only work in their own interest but ...  Read the complete review

I worked for an independent recruitment agency for 14 months as an assistant recruiter. This meant I wasn't doing sales calls to companies, but I was doing everything else. This gave me a unique insight into recruitment agencies, agents and procedures. Some which were general practise, some which were unfair, and some downright rude. I ...  Read the complete review

I've never heard such a load of old tripe in all my life. Recruitment agents are essentially telesales people. They will do ANYTHING to con people into accepting a job, even if it is clearly unsuitable for the candidate.
They are totally self serving and any argument to the contrary is just self gratification on the part of the recruitment agent.
The reason most people think they are cowboys, is because they are. 90% of people aren't going to be wrong!

Having worked as a Recruitment Consultant for a couple of years I thought I would share my wisdom with all you job hunters. Never think for one second that Recrruitment Agencies are doing you a favour by helping you find work. It works the other way, you are helping them. Why else would they be so willing to help you without charging ...  Read the complete review

Adecco is the worst agency I have ever contracted with in 12 years. After months of emailing and send email to all ceo's and press and every email address I could find, I have got no response. I have told them I don't want the money anymore, but will carry on my mission to post my experiences on as many review sites as possible about them. To save other contractors losing money for hard work.

Well, this is a story of both recruitment and an errant ‘client’ which has two distinct morals to it and some good advice. The scene is set thus … I had posted my CV on monster.co.uk which had been live for a several weeks - unbeknown to me it is patrolled by lots of ‘little monsters’, masquerading as bona fide employment ...  Read the complete review

Freshminds found me a fairly interesting placement but I was disappointed overall. They were disorganised and I later discovered they were taking well over half my fee! I think they realised the firm really needed someone and also that I really wanted to work, and then ripped us both off. They market themselves as a superior and more ...  Read the complete review

From a recruiters perspective... Im writing this because many people on this website feel they have to watch their backs when it comes to people like us. Recruitment is a proffesion much like any other that has an aim to make a profit. Businesses worldwide since the dawn of time were set up to make a profit its all part of the capatalist ...  Read the complete review

To me many recruitment agencies are seen as cowboys and all the sales people are interested in is getting their commission cheque. To do this they will feed you any compliments and comments that you need to make you accept a job through their agency. To tell you the truth some recruitment agencies are still like this and I can name quite a few ...  Read the complete review

About a month or so ago, completely out of the blue, I got a phone call at work. There was someone I didn't know on the other end of the line who wanted to know whether I could talk and whether it was a convenient time. This was a tell tale indication (to me at any rate) that there was a recruitment consultant on the phone, and I wasn't ...  Read the complete review

People in Recruitment agencies are SALESPEOPLE. Period. Ok, there are a few reputable 'headhunter' agencies who take their responsibilities a little more seriously, but on the whole, the role of a recruitment agency is to make a lot of money by getting you a job somewhere. If they succeed, and you're earning £25k per year, ...  Read the complete review

Did anyone else read the letter in the Daily Mail on 14 May 2001 about the threat to recruitment agencies ? Stephen Byers is introducing legislation by the end of 2001 that will require all job seekers to sign up with the current Jobcentres ( these may have a new name ) to find all vacancies whether full time or part time ! ABout ...  Read the complete review

Over the last couple of months I have spent much of my working days trawling through hundreds upon hundreds of online and magazine job adverts and I have come to the conclusion that a great many Recruitment Consultants (a) Come from another planet, and (b) speak a language known only to themselves. They are certainly never going to win any Plain ...  Read the complete review