How to get a job at Aerotek CE.

Do you work at Aerotek CE? How did you find the job? How did you get that first interview?

Any advice for someone trying to get in?

Another piece of crap company. Was well qualified with over 20 years of experience for several of their job openings, sent resume, they called once, said they would get back to me, then nothing, and never got back to me.
Since then, the same jobs have been re-advertised again, a friend of mine sent his resume with the same results, one call "yeah, we will get back tuh yuh" then nothing.

Like every other recruting company, it Aerotek is staffed by a bunch of young, well meaning, less-than-technical 20-somethings that haven't been taught basic consideration (like returning phone calls and emails). Like everyone that young, the sky's the limit, life goes on forever, and everything is beautiful.

So much of what goes wrong with recruiters ends up being the client's fault for changing requirements in mid stream, etc., etc. WELL THAN TELL ME THAT, DON'T MAKE ME FIND YOU.

I actually met one Aerotek recruiter (who has since left the company because his boss was poaching his best prospects) who as worth their salt...but since then, not so much. Not one.

With Aerotek, just LIKE ALL THE OTHER RECRUITERS, don't believe any of what you hear and only half of what you see. Bascially, all recruiters are the same. And none of them are very good. It's a shame that the process of finding work has come to this, because a recruiter in the mix usually means NO JOB.

All recruiters suck, and Aerotek could open a wind farm!!

If you don't want to waste your time, don't even try to read any AEROTEK job posting. It's not the only one. Keep in mind that most of these recruiters do not really have jobs. They make them up and are laughing at you sending your resume. Next time try to get direct contact with some of the companies in your area, whether or not they gonna call you will make it much better.

Host said: Do you work at Aerotek CE? How did you find the job? How did you get that first interview?
Any advice for someone trying to get in?

The answer is you don't. If you have no payed experiance you will never get a job from these guys.
Education exp does not count. These reps have no ideal what type of real work goes on at these job that they are required to fill. They only know what they read infront of them on the computer.
X amount of years of exp using X program.
These are the idiot gate keepers that we have to get past. If I could shut the Aliges company down I would.
Just maybe I could get a job.

Have you guys ever imagined what it is like to be a recruiter? Do you realize how many people they talk to about job openings? Do you really expect them to be able to get back to every single person the talk to about every job. How bout this... Why don't you show an ounce of motivation and give them a call to check on the status of a certain job. How would they ever find any job openings if they did nothing but call every losser back who can't find a job all day long? Yes, I am a recruiter... And I bet you all are some of the people out there that can not get a job for a good reason.

See, recruiter, you don't even have enough guts or consideration to use your real name...The Man in Tucson. Typical, oh so typical.

High Tech Recruiter + 5 years of failure = used car sales

I first found Aerotek in October 06 when I was laid off due too company cut backs,did there profile thing,got one call & e-mail too welcome me to a recruiting service that has the ability too help me get placed in the position that was a match too my skill set, BULL HOCKEY, I am a Commercial Construction Superintendent with 20 years verifiable experience, with a degree,I am still setting at my computer submitting resumes,these placement recruiters need to do what they say or get the hell out of the way and put someone in there that will.

No... Its not about guts. Its about business sense. YOu guys threw the gloves off, so I'm gonna hit back. To hit back in a proper way, I can't have my business name attached. At least not on a forum. I'll call a spade a spade if I know who I'm talking to. Anyways... Well, I am in high tech and yes, for about 5 years. However, I just bought my first house a month ago, so at the moment I don't see the car lot in my future. The beauty of it all though, is that even if I did have to go sell cars, I would rather do that than sit around unemployed bitching about recruiters all day... Really though... Why do you all act like recruiters owe you something? Did you pay them for something? Is it a public service? No, we do this for profit. I won't avoid you. Simply call and ask about the status of a job I talked to you about, and I'll tell you. I tal to about 20-30 people for every job. Do you think I have the time to tell every person I talked to that they weren't the best fit, and I didn't submit them? Recruiting is just like any other product or service. Theres good ones and theres bad ones. Theres ones that waste your time, and ones that won't. Aerotech is classic waste of time though i will agree with that. The whole process of bringing in everyone and wasting a few hours of their time (between commute and all). I can see if your a match by looking at your damn resume and then talking to you for 5 minutes, I don't need you to come in. But thats because I know what I'm doing. Bottom line... Don't generalize... All things are not created equal, and most things in life you learn through trial and error. You guys really do crack me up with this, "get out of my way" attitude towards recruiters. How are they in your way??? They will either get you a job or they won't, but its not ever going to hinder your chances. TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND A JOB. THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC SERVICE!!!

No, it's not a public service, but there is some implied responsibility on the part of the recruiters. You DON'T return calls, you DON'T represent us like you're suppose to, and you DON'T follow up like you're suppose to. I've dealt with recruiters on both sides, needing a job and needing a position filled. To be fair, recruiters SUCK at both ends of the spectrum. Lazy assed managers are the ones responsible for making the recruitment business what it is today...lazy-assed-managers, period.

For crying out loud, just say what you do and do what you say, and earn your damned money. Yeah, you've got to talk to 20-30 people (it's more like 10-15 people per), but that's YOUR friggin' job, dude. And WE may not be paying you, but someone is. Your job is to match skills to requirements, but you don't care how that gets done, all that matters is that a body gets placed.

And, for as to "finding our own jobs", that's pretty well impossible now because some used car salesmen sold everybody on the notion that a recruiter will do ALL THE LEG WORK. Balderdash!!!

Perhaps YOU'RE the exception to the rule, but I doubt it.

Booo recruiters...YEA PATRIOTS!!!

Well, bottom line... Don't generalize. I know theres a bunch of young dumb ass recruiters out there. I know because I compete against them all the time. I get frustrated too with them. I talk to someone about a job, check references, decide he's the best fit, then submit. Yet, only to find out that some other joke of a agence has submitted him to the company. i then call the person back and ask them if they talked to another agency about the same job, and sure enough the answer is no... The other agency just pulled from internet and sent it over. See, I get frustrated with bad recruiters the same way you guys do, but you can't generalize. However, even the worst recruiter is not going to stand in the way or prohibit you from finding a job. So once again, TAKE A LITTLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR CAREER!!! GOOD EMPLOYEES REALLY SHOULD NOT EVEN NEED RECRUITERS... WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT YOU TWO?

u wood prolly get better resulz if yoo used spel chek and proper punltuashun and gramer in you're komentz in thez fourums.

What? Good employees don't need recruiters? Can't generalize about recruiters? There's one good one for every fifty idiots. As I said, I've met one. And he was with Aerotek.

I'm not saying recruiters are in the way, but they need to work as diligently as I do. If I operated the way MOST recruiters do, I would never have a job.

I had a recruiter from Superior Technical Services call me about a Technical Illustrator in Endicott, NY. After wasting 1 half hour of my time, he tells me it paid $15.00 per hour. I sighed and said that's not even half of what I'm currently making...so he goes into a "ooooohhh, aaahhhh, well, tell me when I'm supposed to bow and kiss your ass..." like a 8 year old boy. What the hell is that?

I find far more of these than good, responsible, and mature professionals.

If you're so good, I'd like to send you my resume. I'll give you a chance, and if you're for real, I'll eat my words right here.

Whattaya think?

None of ex-Aerotek I know of, including myself, like to work for them. The nature of their bussiness is selling off people skill. It just like longtime ago people sell the labor of slave. You need them to find something to do is ok. If you have job do not consider to work for them!! They put their bussiness, dollars, on top of anything even friendship, long term relatioship, human ethic ... They never consider to give you a raise so don't bother to ask (they need to make a number!). If you like the company you work for as temp, looking the way to get a perm. job. They just use you to make money, and we use them to get the connection!

I came across this forum and I had to chime in. I have been involved in the staffing industry for many years. I started my career with Aerotek and I have to agree with “The Man;” most employees at Aerotek are not thrilled with the processes and the processes are extremely taxing on their prospective contractors/candidates. Please put yourself in their shoes, do you (Gary Johnson) follow up with every telemarketer that calls your house to let him know that you are not interested in that newspaper, insurance, stock, etc? Recruiting firms provide an outlet to managers that are not available to prospective employees, send your resume into the Johnson & Johnson website and see the response that you get, when I worked for Aerotek I guarantee that the Director of Engineering would return my email or call by the end of the day to discuss your resume. I tell my recruiters now to instruct their candidates to stay in touch; if the candidate does not stay in touch then he is probably not all that interested to begin with. TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN CAREER. Recruiters at Aerotek do not make commission unless they place candidates, if you are the right fit you will get the job. It is not the recruiter’s fault that you are not the best candidate.

I do feel for recruiters. Who in their right mind would really want this kind of daily abuse? However, what I don't understand is why they are more forthcoming? That is, if you don't have an opening, say so. If a opening has too many responses, been filled, being filled witin, or withdrawn by employer, okay, I can accept that. This info is acceptable educates me on what I can do better. I have 2 recruiters who actually told me these things - when I do my followup calls - HE'S the FIRST person I call. Recruiters !!Don't think that's valuable? When I do get back into my position, who will be FIRST person I'LL call or recommend? Certainly not the shmuck that wouldn't return calls/e-mails and give me the time of day.
But, what burns me is to hear how recruiters are offering a "free" service and "you should be responsible for finding your job".
Free? They don't pay for search-related expenses: gas, dry cleaning, and phone. I'm fortunate I don't have to pay for a baby-sitter. My time is valuable, too.
As for "finding a job" in the admin field, most of these jobs are NOT posted on company web sites, they are handled through recruiters, or through corporate HQ in another state or MY FAVORITE - through a blind ad.

Good point. I instruct my recruiters to honest and forthcoming when dealing with candidates. In my opinion the worst aspect of the Aerotek process is making the candidate drive to meet you when they are not sure whether you are going to work or not. The philosophy of just bring them in completely undervalues your time.

No, Brian from New Jersey, I don't even talk to telemarketers, but absolutely, without fail, respond to every person who sends a resume in regards to my need to staff a position. Even to the software engineers who express interest in one of my technical illustrator positions, or the machinist that fancies himself a technical writer. Absolutely, every time. And I would as a professional recruiter (operative word, PROFESSIONAL), as well. I think it's because I have the obligation of consideration...Any person who responds to your needs DESERVES an answer. And the ones to whom you talk and/or present their credentials to a potential employer, that implies a relationship that you need to take more seriously, and stay in communication. I don't disagree that a prospect has to stay in touch with the headhunter (and, yes, I KNOW you guys hate to be called that), but email and phone lines go both ways...a fact YOU GUYS seem to overlook quite frequently.

You're sooooo quick to say "TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN CAREER"...well, shoe on the other foot, recruiters need to be more professional when placing ads on national job boards (list the F-ing salary, whether or not there is relocation, what the benefits are, etc. Why make people jump through hoops just to find out that the salary is $30.00 less an hour than what you make now? For crying out loud). It takes a hour to customize a good resume for any given position, minimum. My prep time should be worth some consideration.

My experience is that most recruiters are as good at interpreting, discussing, and representing my skills as they are at fully documenting the job requirements...in other words, not so much.

Clearly, there is an impasse. However, recruiters have made it easier to find positions, but more difficult to actually obtain one.

As to sending your resume to J and J, you'll get the same amount of action that you'll get responding to Aerotek, or Superior, or PDS, or Robert Half, etc.

Rohmell Brills said: u wood prolly get better resulz if yoo used spel chek and proper punltuashun and gramer in you're komentz in thez fourums.

Amen to that. He said he is a recruiter. Wow!

Sorry professor... I typed my response real quick and didn't proof read it. I didn't know this forum was so serious. I'll make sure it all flows nicely with intro and transitional sentences in the future. Really, though I have a JOB to do, so I'm just running on the fly here. Deal with it...

The man said: You guys are probably the ones that send me those resumes that look as if a sixth grader wrote it up.

You exemplify every less-than-positive thing that's been said about recruiters. With your negative attitude, sarcasm, and averice, you clearly illustrate what we've been saying all along...thanks!

Hello Everyone, I have been looking at these forums the past couple of days and am amazed at all the bad experiences people have had with staffing agencies. I work as a recruiter at a small staffing firm, myself, a marketer and two other recruiters and wanted to give my two cents on this topic. First off, let me tell you how the staffing industry normally works. We get a call from a manager at the hiring company, and they usually give us the details we need (pay, shift, status, etc.) to get them some candidates. If they need someone immediately, we will search on job boards for qualified people. If there is no rush, we usually do a posting and then search a little later. We call qualified individuals and let them know more details about the job (if we have more) and then schedule an interview if everything goes well on the phone.

After the interview we will submit you to the company if we still believe you to be a good candidate (which we normally do because we wouldn't bring you in unless we are pretty sure). After we submit someone, everything switches from our hands to the hiring companies hands. They may be moving very slowly on calling us back to give us info on the candidates that we have sent over. Now this is where a lot of the frustration comes in.

I'm not trying to place blame or say there are no bad recruiters, but there are a TON of things that can happen after we submit people to a company. After the manager receives the resumes they may decide they want to see something else and change the job description (happens frequently). If they let us know this, we will call the people that we have submitted and let them know. If we send them resumes and never hear back from them after many calls are placed, we will let the candidates know then as well. Bottom line is, staffing agencies can NEVER guarantee a position to a candidate because after we submit you to a company it is out of our hands.

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If a recruiter tells you the position is guaranteed, find another one thats not going to BS you.

Trust me, recruiters get frustrated at all this too. When companies change requirements and job descriptions after we have been recruiting for that for so long it gets frustrating. Both because it has wasted our time and the time of every candidate we have interviewed for that position.

This is the same if you are going direct with a company or are going through a staffing agency. I've been on both sides, in HR and now here at a staffing company.

Like I said, this is just my two cents on the whole issue.

Whats the matter Gary? Do you think its unfair of me to generalize???

It's very discouraging when you're constantly hounded by head hunting firms, as I am, due to my major. AeroTek was one such firm that was on my case for a few weeks at a time, trying to rooker me into some pending job position (which never came to be, naturally). The woman I was dealing with even went as far as to send me SNAIL MAIL! Of course it all culiminated in a "we'll get back tuh yuh" phone call routine, and I never heard from then again.

Another bad firm is Viotech! They suck too!

Think for yourself. What company wants to pay a staffing firm 25% of first year salary for an entry level candidate that they can get free from college websites and career centers. You would never be presented as a viable candidate, just a stop-gap to buy them some more time to recruit. It is dishonest and wrong, but coming out of college don't expect to get a job through a recruiter.

Brian in New Jersey said: Think for yourself. What company wants to pay a staffing firm 25% of first year salary for an entry level candidate that they can get free from college websites and career centers. You would never be presented as a viable candidate, just a stop-gap to buy them some more time to recruit. It is dishonest and wrong, but coming out of college don't expect to get a job through a recruiter.

That's not 100% accurate Brian. A lot of companies will use staffing agencies because they pick up all the payroll costs associated with employment. Workers Comp, FICA, Unemployment just to name a few. Also a staffing company usually picks up the cost of benefits for the employee as well. This makes staffing companies more and more attractive in todays economy where medical insurance can cost a company over $100/month per employee.

As for the college grad part, the company that I work for places many college graduates with little to no experience in the field they are going into. The positions may not be paying $50k - $60k a year, but it is a good way to gain the experience needed for higher paying jobs.

Brian in New Jersey said: Think for yourself. What company wants to pay a staffing firm 25% of first year salary for an entry level candidate that they can get free from college websites and career centers. You would never be presented as a viable candidate, just a stop-gap to buy them some more time to recruit. It is dishonest and wrong, but coming out of college don't expect to get a job through a recruiter.

What kills me is that I don't even contact these people. I carry on day-to-day, attending my classes, doing my studies (I'm not even graduated yet), and yet I get phone calls from them, and somehow, mysteriously, my resume falls into their clutches.

I get phone calls from heads of the company (like Viotech; the actual owners!) asking to interview me, and that they like what they see on my resume (urm, okay? And you procured that HOW?). What was interesting with Viotech, is that they didn't even want to 'outsource' me, they wanted me to work at their office! I get called in, undergo the interview like a good little college student, even signed employee papers... no go. I never hear from them again. Ohhhkay.

Then AeroTek, nearly 6 months later gets in contact (I love how they're vague with their explanation, as to how they found me.. I'm sure it has something to do with the college database) and tries to set me up with a job with some client that got into contact with them. Again, nothing.

I mean. Something as simple as a courteous phone call, saying they do not want me, is fine, especially since they come after ME!! I've even been hounded to the point I get snail mail from the aforesaid companies; phone calls, emails, PROFESSORS on campus approaching me on their behalf.. it's nauseating.

But this is good. I now know to not deal with staffing companies, even when I graduate and gain employee experience from other jobs.

If these companies keep contacting you, you have to have a resume out there somewhere. Think of anywhere that you may have one (online, and at a college career services are the likely culprits) and take the resume down. Unfortunately with some of the larger staffing companies, once you are in their database taking your resume down will do nothing. I'm not sure if it will work, but the next time you are contacted ask them to remove your name from their database. If they are ethical at all (and I'm not sure the larger ones are) they will remove you.

Aerotek isn't a placement agency though they are a staffing firm. They work for their clients that have the positions open and find the cream of the crop candidates. If you don't have recent related experience it is hard for them to place you as they charge a fee to the client. You might as well submit yourself. They get so many resumes it is impossible to call everyone back. Not enought time in the day and they work off of commision. The 80/20 rule is 80% of recruiting is a waste of time and only 20% are actually good for the job. I know they do put you in their database and once something arises they will call you. I actually have heard alot of success stories with Aerotek getting alot of people placed in good companies. The problem is you can't make everyone happy and their is a lot of competition out there. Why be close minded and be negative. This is why people don't get jobs. You are never suppose to down talk another agency or company even if you don't like them. That shows a reflection on your character.

I am a recruiter and I worked 65 hours last week, and I think I was only able to keep up with 60% of people who called in or applied to my postings. I would say that 70% of people who apply to postings are not even close to fitting the job description, and then there are another group of people who are short or rude on the phone. If you want respect as a job seeker, do not apply to every position. Apply to positions that match your skill set, and don't talk to a recruiter like they are some "20 something kid". Recruiters at Aerotek are not interested in the candidate who applies to every job on the internet, they are interested in the right candidate for the positions they have available.

The man said: Whats the matter Gary? Do you think its unfair of me to generalize???

That's not a generalization...you compared, without any knowledge, two people's resumes to something akin to the output of 6th graders. Me, being one of the two. I have news for you, "The Man", my resume is recognized as one of the best examples of a chronological resume available. Every recruiter I've dealt with (including Aerotek) has remarked thusly...

Like I said before, I will send you mine and see if you can back up your arrogance, sarcasm, and self righteousness with some, er, um...professionalism. I won't actually hold you to finding me a job, since I figure that's next to impossible anyway, based on what I've read...

Gary Johnson said:
That's not a generalization...you compared, without any knowledge, two people's resumes to something akin to the output of 6th graders. Me, being one of the two. I have news for you, "The Man", my resume is recognized as one of the best examples of a chronological resume available. Every recruiter I've dealt with (including Aerotek) has remarked thusly...
Like I said before, I will send you mine and see if you can back up your arrogance, sarcasm, and self righteousness with some, er, um...professionalism. I won't actually hold you to finding me a job, since I figure that's next to impossible anyway, based on what I've read...

brandonadsit@hotmail.com Send it over, I'll see what I can do.

I work for one of these listed agencies and would like to point something out.
We run our business telling clients that we can fill positions with as little as a few hours notice (which we do, typically with candidates that are unemployed and ready to work with no notice). When an agency specializes in temporary and temporary to hire positions, how can you expect them to wait for 2 weeks notice? My advice if you are currently employed, focus on agencies that specialize in Direct hire placements or search for a new job on your own.
Generally speaking, candidates do not pay fees for this FREE service. When you register with an agency, you have people working on your behalf to find you a job AT NO COST to you besides the trip to the office to register. We work very hard day in and day out to place every qualified candidate that comes through our door and wish that we could.
Shame on you for expecting something that is not guaranteed to you. Staffing agencies are meant to be an additional resource in finding employment, not a one stop shop. If an agency doesn't have luck finding you a new opportunity, keep looking on your own. You can follow up with them to. You shouldn't expect for them to call you back. Everyone is looking for a better paying job these days.

This is another one of those companies who keep reposting the same job or jobs over and over again, and never bother to respond or acknowledge in any fashion your submission of a resume or application to it.

Doug Plucker said: This is another one of those companies who keep reposting the same job or jobs over and over again, and never bother to respond or acknowledge in any fashion your submission of a resume or application to it.

Or...they post same @$#&ing job 5 or 6 times (with slightly different details), so you have to read all 5 to get all the pertinent information)!!! The damn job boards L-O-V-E that, but it sucks for job hunters. Of course, no one gives a damn about our convenience, least of all Aerotek in any of their iterations (CE, EE, or whatever).

Rohmell Brills said: u wood prolly get better resulz if yoo used spel chek and proper punltuashun and gramer in you're komentz in thez fourums.

Thank you on behalf of English speaking and spelling jobseekers everywhere!

You should keep updating your posting to attract different candidates. Their may be more then one recruiter working on it as well. Good people are hard to find.

Hamden, CT is right and you recrutiers know it. I've been waiting on recruiters for weeks, for jobs they called me about, and guess who has to call whom? EVERY recruiter, EVERY job, EVERY week (none of them are with Aerotek, though...I generally won't even take their calls anymore).

The vast majority of recruiters are snot-nosed newbies lead around by the old timers who make money off of them. Until they don't make money from them and then they're looking for a job (in the Navy). Not all, but most. There is so much turn over in recruting because it basically is a one-sided proposition. Face it. It's hard to find people jobs, and as a rule, one job, one placement.

Recruiters don't care... it ain't about the people, it's about the placement. Hmmm, sounds like a song. Yeah, the same ol' song...

Scratch that...Savannah, GA was right. Hamden, CT is one of THEM.

Aerotek said: (AgapePress) - A Department of Defense contractor from South Carolina claims he was fired for e-mailing newsletters from a pro-family group about the Ford Motor Company and the National Education Association (NEA) and those organizations' promotion of same-sex "marriage."

Robert Lockman, 55, recently submitted a two-weeks' notice of resignation to the placement firm Aerotek, a staffing agency which had contracted him out to AAI Services, where he helped to design F-22 Raptor fighter jets. However, Lockman was terminated his last week at work for a so-called "breach of Aerotek's employee work rules." He had forwarded on two e-mails from the American Family Association warning of both Ford's and the NEA's endorsement of homosexual marriage.

According to Lockman, Aerotek account manager Zac Jordan told him he was fired for sending out e-mail that was bound to offend homosexuals.

"Zach told me, he said, 'Robert, you'd be surprised how many people of that persuasion we have placed at AAI and the total population of people of that persuasion who work at AAI," Lockman recalls.

Even though his firing may affect his future livelihood, the professed Christian says he does not regret his actions.

The above is a true typical move by Aerotek Managers to cheat the contractor out of pay. But this one back fired, big time.

Is there a punchline?

The only problem I see is that Lockman wasn't fired more quickly. Perhaps it took more than a few days to be reported, confirmed and investigated. If Lockman admitted to what he did and stuck to his guns, he deserved to be fired. Politics and religion on company time are not safe subjects for most employees and the right to free speech in a workplace has limitations. Not that Constitutional rights mean much anymore, but that's another subject.

Maybe Lockman needs a soapbox on a corner to vent at lunch. Or at breaks so he can be more productive on the clock. Maybe he needs to work in a campaign office if he feels so strongly about controversial issues that he is compelled to share personal beliefs at work. Whatever the truth may be and assuming he's not signing his own paycheck, Lockman could probably lengthen his employment in the future by suppressing personal opinions at work. Prejudices of any kind have no place in socially acceptable work environments, even if invited since that is also unprofessional.

It is possible he was being baited; even so if he was and fell for it, that doesn't say much for his common sense and certainly not much for work ethics.

I am reading through these forums to glean information about companies. Neither my husband or I are thrilled with Aerotek's strategies as a staffing agency here in Chicago, but it is entirely unclear how Lockman's unprofessional behavior backfired on Aerotek.

Hahahaha... Every one but Aerotech... Thats classic... Half the time Aerotech doesn't even talk to people before they submit resumes. I'm a recruiter, and I'll even say that most recruiters are crap. Thank god thats the case, or I would not be able to set myself apart from them and make a good living. Its all about the individual. No matter what the company or agency, its all the individual recruiter. Recognize...

I would just like to take a second and apologize to all of the job seekers on this site who have had a bad experience. I agree with several comments made by the recruiters and job seekers on this forum. I am a recruiter, and have been for several years for Aerotek. I take full responsibility in saying, I know I haven't got back to everyone who has submitted me a resume. I have not called everyone back exactly when I say I would, and I have not gotten feedback exactly when I hoped I could. I will say that everyone I have talked to I have tried to treat with the same level of respect and opportunity I would hope someone would treat me. Unfortunately I am not perfect. Neither is every waiter or waitress that has ever served me, or every car I have bought, or every product an engineer or company manufactured. That does not mean I am going to "rage against the machine", and stop utilizing these services and resources. However some of the above mentioned have been great, and I will continue to use their services, and continue to buy their products. If you don't like the way someone is doing business with you, don't use their service, but don't presume to think that every single recruiter, or every single engineer, or every single waiter/waitress is exactly the same. You will be doing your self a great injustice, because you are wrong. I have not done right by every job seeker, but I have done the best I can, and in some cases I have been able to do better than others. I have had job seekers work for me 4 plus times for different companies. If you want the best opportunity to find a job, give yourself as many options as possible, and you will find a recruiter or agency that will do right by you. I can promise you that.

Thanks,

I used to work for Aerotek. Not a fan either, but for different reasons. My boss had sex with everyone, you were scammed out of your commissions, told you suck every day...

However, you should feel bad for recruiters, but for very different reasons. Especially the ones that work at Aerotek. They are so brain washed to think that they are the end all be all in corporate America. Who ever said that they were made up of 20 somethings...RIGHT. No technical training, no real world experience. Most recruiters are right out of college and have no idea what the real world is like. I can tell that the recruiter posting on this board is working for Aerotek. His attitude and know it all responses clearly indicate that. I feel sorry for you...one day you will learn that there is another company out there that will treat you better, pay you more and allow you opportunity to have a life outside your job. You must be young though.

Good luck with the job search. I can tell you that calling into companies is easier than selling yourself to a recruiter. Recruiters are using the same resources as you, just their job is to look all day. The hardest job in the world is finding one. There are other technical staffing companies out there that are MUCH better than Aerotek. Not all recruiting firms are so horrible. Give another one a chance.

Hello, I'm a head hunter and have been for 15 years. We're not all bad. When your young you don't have the experience. Gotta start somewhere!
The firms want the recruiter to find the most talented candidate end of story. The recruiter should understand your candidate might just fit a position opening in the future, and shouldn't blow them off.

I just traveled 10 hours because a recruiter told me he had several interviews lined up for me. LOL what a joke I had no interviews lined up.pay is not what I was told. I had more luck calling ads in the paper.

ken said: I just traveled 10 hours because a recruiter told me he had several interviews lined up for me. LOL what a joke I had no interviews lined up.pay is not what I was told. I had more luck calling ads in the paper.

I'm sorry to hear that Ken, but why would you ever travel for 10 hours to an interview? I am a recruiter for a contract agency and even I think thats crazy.

As a former Aerotek contract employee, I have some experience with that company. Even during more prosperous times of the 1990's, Aerotek did not provide engineers with competitive pay. Obviously Aerotek has always required a "large cut" for administrative costs. During the past fifteen years, the Denver office has sustained an unusually high attrition rate. The present recruiting staff of Katherine No. 1 & 2, Julie, Tatum, Rachel, Megan, Desiree, Anne, Jill, and Sara have managed to retain their positions for an unusually long duration.

It is questionable if this staff of nine young women would be able to discern a torque wrench from an oscilloscope. However, they have been placed in positions to recruit technical workers. Perhaps that is one reason why that office constantly advertises for the same positions week after week, month after month, etc. The engineers seeking employment in Colorado provide a vast array of education and experience for the staff at Aerotek to choose from. Therefore it is peculiar that these "recruiting specialists" are not able to find a suitable applicants for the client companies.

When reviewing employment advertisements, this engineer does not bother to respond to ANY advertisement placed by Aerotek.

Have any of you ever had a positive experience with a staffing company, and if so, which company and why? I've worked with Aerotek recruiters to look for jobs, and found that I have luck if I am patient and explain what my ideal position would entail. It never hurts to have another option open when looking for a job.