Employment Agencies ?

[*ALFIE*]

Does anyone have any luck with them ? do they actually work ? I'm having bad experiences with them as they they don't seem to communicate very well once I have made contact with them regarding job or to register.

[badgerchops]

use the main ones like Kelly Services, Reed (not too bad), office angels, adecco. they tend to have more work. I would recommend Kelly's to get the most work.

[*ALFIE*]

so i take it the more established agencies are better then ?

[spaced]

alot of people disagree that office angels are good. I personally thought that brooke street were the best. Adecco sucked and so did Kelly Services.

[theo_wyvern]

what you need to remember is that recruitment agencies only get paid if you get placed.

while larger agencies have more jobs they also have more candidates - thats how they become larger

unfortunately as most com[panies do not have enough staff/resources to do their own recruitment then paying an agency between 10-20% is the way forward !

what i have found useful recently (just started a new job not through an agency) is if you go onto job websites and check out the who's hiring type pages - often direct recruitment and not agencies !

[theo_wyvern]

ps - just moved jobs from an agency !

[Toronto]

Hello Alfie

In my experience they are all useless. I suggest you apply direct to the sort of companies you want to work for, don't wait until they advertise.

Good Luck

[pauline lee]

Hello Alfie

Try going it alone - I posted flyers to all Solicitors offering my services and did very well. I registered with agencies but heard nothing from them and this is not through my lack of experience. Anyway, it is better working for yourself - you get to keep the spoils and you can undercut the agencies. I found out the agency I was with charged twice as much an hour as they were paying me, so I split the difference and put that on my price list.

Good luck.

DOLLYROCKER