Don't work for Aerotek

Aerotek is one of the worst staffing agencies next to Manpower. They don't follow up with applicants and the recruiters are rude and unprofessional. I have been hiring and recruiting for a real company for ten years and I can't imagine why anyone would put their creers in Aeroteks hands.

John Doe said: Aerotek is one of the worst staffing agencies next to Manpower. They don't follow up with applicants and the recruiters are rude and unprofessional. I have been hiring and recruiting for a real company for ten years and I can't imagine why anyone would put their creers in Aeroteks hands.

They helped me get a job. They've always helped me, and my family. Maybe it's because you spell careers "creers" or are unprofessional yourself when speaking to them or can't hold a job for over a year. Stop complaining about these agencies. They may be annoying and call you all the time, but they can help sometimes. If you don't want to work with them, just tell them.

John Doe said: Aerotek is one of the worst staffing agencies next to Manpower. They don't follow up with applicants and the recruiters are rude and unprofessional. I have been hiring and recruiting for a real company for ten years and I can't imagine why anyone would put their creers in Aeroteks hands.

I almost went with Aerotek until I read some of these postings. Can anyone please tell who a good staffing agency would be? Thanks

John Doe said: Aerotek is one of the worst staffing agencies next to Manpower. They don't follow up with applicants and the recruiters are rude and unprofessional. I have been hiring and recruiting for a real company for ten years and I can't imagine why anyone would put their creers in Aeroteks hands.

Aerotek indeed has a very poor approach to responding to candidates and following up. They will not even return e-mails or voice mails directed at the particular individual contact listed on the job description. Aerotek, shame on you. You receive an F for customer service. I wonder if you treat your clients the same way. I'll do everything in my power to put a bad word in for Aerotek. Often I've been in a position to provide employers with input.

I HATE AEROTEK! I've never had an interview like the one I had with them! I actually was in TEARS by the end! The person I spoke with told me that NO ONE would hire me, and that he had a "bad feeling" about me. He also asked me a couple of nice, illegal questions about my medical history and how it might affect my performance. I hope they're prepared for a complaint to the EEOC and a possible lawsuit. NEVER turn to these people, they are horrible!

I would never work for Aerotek again.
Warning!DO NOT GET INVOLVED WITH AEROTEK!
Went for a job on the day shift and when I was hired I was put on the night shift. When my contract expired I was asked to take a lower hourly rate of pay. Aerotek health plan is crap! The recuriters are not truthful and they work for the employers and not you!

Be very scared of Aerotek!

John Doe in Denver, Colorado said: Aerotek is one of the worst staffing agencies next to Manpower. They don't follow up with applicants and the recruiters are rude and unprofessional. I have been hiring and recruiting for a real company for ten years and I can't imagine why anyone would put their creers in Aeroteks hands.

No to Aerotek. O.K. What companies do you give high marks to for one who wants to work in the sales/recruiting industry?

i've never worked for Aerotek, but many contract firms I have worked for are the same way. To them you're nothing but a piece of meat. I avoid them like the plague.

John Doe in Denver, Colorado said: Aerotek is one of the worst staffing agencies next to Manpower. They don't follow up with applicants and the recruiters are rude and unprofessional. I have been hiring and recruiting for a real company for ten years and I can't imagine why anyone would put their creers in Aeroteks hands.

You preaching to the choir! I hope their dog dies

aerotek is a bad company to work for

I just started a job in Phoenix with Aerotek, but live 100 miles away in Tucson. They promised me a rate plus $50/day per diem. Well, that per diem was nothing but a tax-fiddle as their idea of this benefit is making the first $50 a day tax exempt. So, all I really get is $7.81 per day as the difference between what I pay in tax. That also reduces my Social Security rates as I am not being seen to make as much and my average will go down when I get my statement at the end of the year.

Now, after a 51 hour workweek, i found out that they only pay overtime rates agains the TAXABLE portion of my wage. This goes against all of the contract documents that I have signed with them. The only explanation that I get is that it is corporate policy.

Anyone know a good lawyer? I'm serious!

layla in Highland, Indiana said: I almost went with Aerotek until I read some of these postings. Can anyone please tell who a good staffing agency would be? Thanks

99.9% of recruiters are not qualified to do anything. Be honest about your abilities and personally apply to the companies that most interest you. Virtually all recruiters are idiots and you will waste alot of time trusting your career with them (not to mention suffer).

John Doe in Denver, Colorado said: Aerotek is one of the worst staffing agencies next to Manpower. They don't follow up with applicants and the recruiters are rude and unprofessional. I have been hiring and recruiting for a real company for ten years and I can't imagine why anyone would put their creers in Aeroteks hands.

i have the same problems with this agency, they are very rude especially in fortlauderdale and miami florida. they dont care about you. i came from atlanta to the miami office because they had a position open , i spoke to the recruiter before i came, when i got there , the receptionist told her i was there. she came out and said i dont know why this b---h come her without an appointment.tell her am out to lunch. i replied to her . one day you wont be able to go to lunch, because you are very rude. she was shocked,it was me standing at the desk.the clothes she wore was even rude, they all gather in one room talking crap and so loud.

Does anyone know what they charge their clients for there "services"? I’m under contract with them and I curious how bad I’m getting screwed.

If you convince them of terms different than they originally offered
GET IT in WRITING, otherwise the improved offer is worthless

John Smith of New Jersey in Hanover, Maryland said: They helped me get a job. They've always helped me, and my family. Maybe it's because you spell careers "creers" or are unprofessional yourself when speaking to them or can't hold a job for over a year. Stop complaining about these agencies. They may be annoying and call you all the time, but they can help sometimes. If you don't want to work with them, just tell them.

John, as an internal employee of Aerotek, I appreciate your effort to stand up for my company. I have been a recruiter for 7 weeks and I work long hours to help people like you. I wish you were in IL, so I could put you to work.

John Doe in Wheeling, Illinois said: John, as an internal employee of Aerotek, I appreciate your effort to stand up for my company. I have been a recruiter for 7 weeks and I work long hours to help people like you. I wish you were in IL, so I could put you to work.

Why? Because he might kiss your hieney a little bit? Recruiters dont make good money so get off of your high horse. Your job isnt great and niether are those in your line of work

Holy crap, you have been a recruiter for SEVEN WHOLE WEEKS!? That would mean that...what, you just graduated in May and they have you brainwashed with this false hope of being a professional?

John, you need to realize how the business you are in works-more bodies=more profit. They don't hire you based on any qualification-just that you are a person who is so desperate for money and a job after college (and not crazy) that you will be a body to do contacting/resume searching. That's it. I was offered a job with Aerotek in May as a "scientific recruiter" (yeah, right, like anyone there has any idea what HPLC or GC even stands for, or what you would use it for in a lab) when they wanted to place me with a company as a chemist (I have a chemistry degree), and this is how they get their business: by being the first one to contact you and get you started as quickly as possible before you realize what else is out there. I was actually in the interview and I used the full name "Gas Chromatography" in a sentence, and the scientific recruiter was like "well, you would be really good for this job, I didn't know that that even meant!" Bam, I had a job offer to work internally, just for knowing an acronym. This guy had been a "scientific recruiter" for almost FOUR YEARS!

Aerotek wants you to work long hours. The reason: any time you are not working, Aerotek is not making contacts with desperate college graduates who are still unemployed, because all of the good college graduates got jobs that actually require them to know something.

Aerotek lures you in with the hope of striking it rich in the staffing industry, but you need to realize: the company is an organized pyramid scheme. The only people getting rich are the few who are too dumb to quit a job they hate, and so they "move up" in the false heirarchial system that Aerotek has laid out, and all of the new minions (recent college graduate bodies filling spots) can now work to feed them fat salaries.

One of the most unprofessional things that demonstrates how much of a commodity the employees are to Aerotek: they won't even pay for you to come in for an interview. Why? They can't afford to, because they interview WAY too many people-remember, more bodies=more profits, which means you have to talk to EVERYBODY. The most you will EVER get out of them is paying for you to "lunch" with a client. That's right, they use the word "lunch" as a verb, just another tip-off of how poorly educated these people are. And the only reason they will do that: you guessed it, they could profit from it!!

And to reply to an earlier post, Aerotek is screwing you. I was first offered a position as a chemist paying $17/hour. The equivalent rate for that position in the chemical industry that Aerotek was billing Boston Scientific: $25/hour. You do the math. The company that Aerotek is working with sees you, the staffing hire, as a way to pay you $25/hour and skip paying you benefits, matching your 401(k), and relocating you. It's not bad for a first job, especially as a resume booster for a new graduate looking for experience in the chemical industry. But you could probably negotiate with the recruiter for a higher rate. If they refuse, threaten to sign with Kelly Scientific or another staffing company. You'll get a response soon enough.

Aerotek is the manifestation of an organized screening system. The end result: companies don't have to screen all the new college grads looking for work, and the college grads get paid less, since Aerotek is taking a cut of your salary, and giving you crap health care.
It's not the worst situation possible: if it were, companies wouldn't participate in the festivities of staffing. But don't for one minute think that an Aerotek recruiter is a professional. These people exist because of the fact that it is a way to get out of providing health care/benefits to new employees and not provide them with benefits until they can prove themselves hire-worthy, at which point, the staffed employee will be hired into the company and, consequently, leave Aerotek.

Recruiting is not a bad way to eek a living, if you don't mind being a scum low life in a suit. It happens, life is cruel.

In summation why dont you focus on the periodic table of the elements, protons, neutrons, and " gas chromatography" and leave the business world to us true professionals.

Professional Recruiter, Aerotek may say they pay for all of this. As a former Aerotek Employee who hit the Contest 3 out of 4 years and was paid very well.
The truth is That is what the bill rate is for, that is why you ask or don't ask if the company wants a BG check or DT. Because you add a burden of plus 1 to your overall burden. So you may say that you pay for it but that is why you bump up the bill rate so you can cover the cost and your spread is better.
I am not knocking on Aerotek because If it wasn't for the job (internally) there I wouldn't be in HR making a great salary now and I don't have to work the hours that I used to. But don't say Aerotek pays for 5 or 6 insurance companies. It is not true, and to let you know that I just left Aerotek, I was at the National Meeting in Orlando this year and I did walk the stage and shake Tom Thorntons hand and party with John Popper from the blues traveler. You can debate this all you want, Aerotek doesn't want 90 day contracts anymore they want a minimum of 180 days and If you are still with Aerotek go to your DBO and say I only want 90 day contract and he will smack you. Also, I don't know which division you are in but I did deal with people that made as much as a recruiter or Account Manager that avg. 7K in spread. Oh and my avg. spread 18273 for 3 years, and yes that was Avg. Including my first year, it was 16400, but the first 13 weeks don't count toward the year end contest.
Also get it right Aerotek is not the largest staffing company in the world. You are the Largest PRIVATE OWNED STAFFING COMPANY. NOT THE LARGEST OVERALL. IF YOU WERE IN ORLANDO YOU WOULD KNOW THAT. ALSO YOU ARE ADDING IN TEKSYSTEM WITH YOUR BILLIONS, ALLEGIS GROUP IS THE FASTEST GROWING, AEROTEK IS AN UMBRELLA OF ALLEGIS GROUP

I beg your pardon, but we are now the largest in the country. Period. I am not calling you a liar, you obviously did work for Aerotek and it seems you were successful. My main objective is not to put this company on a pedestal. My objective was simply to defend my profession and the company that pays me well. I am not scum of the earth. I am not completely driven by money. I enjoy helping people find work. I do feel that I am qualified to do alot of things in this world, including recruiting. I will not standby and let someone marginalize my profession. I work hard to be successful. And by insurances, I meant workers comp, unemployment, etc. We do pay those insurances and it does go into our bill rate. Oh yeah and I was in Orlando too.

Also I think you misunderstood my money comment. I was stating that I as a recruiter make more than alot of my friends from college are making in their respective professions. I too have found jobs for people who make more than me. And it was in response to the asanine comment about Aerotek being a pyramid scheme, made by the person earlier in the blog.

Professional Recruiter in Hanover, Maryland said: Also I think you misunderstood my money comment. I was stating that I as a recruiter make more than alot of my friends from college are making in their respective professions. I too have found jobs for people who make more than me. And it was in response to the asanine comment about Aerotek being a pyramid scheme, made by the person earlier in the blog.

If there are holes in your argument and you sit there trying to clear your name after you've been severely corrected, I think you should continue reading your company handbook. Maybe then you'll be just as successful as the person who just "tooled" on you. Until then, I'll keep re-learning the periodic table and laugh at you.

Professional Recruiter in Hanover, Maryland said: In summation why dont you focus on the periodic table of the elements, protons, neutrons, and " gas chromatography" and leave the business world to us true professionals.

In summation, you've got served! Maybe you should change your title to "almost a true professional" until you learn your facts and know how not to be rude.

Professional recruiter in Hanover, you are literally embarassing yourself on a public forum and proving my points at the same time, yet another testament to the "poorly educated" stereotype I introduced into the discussion.

You say that you are a professional because you "get up everyday, shave, shower, put on a suit and go to work". This, in your opinion, "sounds professional" to you. What you are failing to realize is that Aerotek has succeeded in selling you an idea-that by accomplishing those tasks, you are a professional. Congratulations, you have succeeded in waking up and dressing yourself for work-which is more than a lot of people can say, unfortunately, those people are called "drunks" and "coke addicts". What is your profession? What do you do at work?

You fill low-profile positions for companies who are looking to get out of paying benefits to entry level employees so that they can spend those savings on R&D, pension plans, and facility expansions. You have no valuable skill that can be regarded as a profession-that takes a long time to develop, sadly, not in the two years you have been in the industry. A professional does not simply possess a commodity skill-which is all you will be left with at the end of your tenure at Aerotek-the ability to search a database and talk to people without being rejected, something that any normal, good looking person can accomplish. It's a commodity skill which can be a line on a résumé, and hopefully teach you something so that you can spring into another career (as a previous post had suggested).

You also state that you enjoy helping people. That is good, there is hope left for you. That joy will disappear the longer you stay with the company. It just does-I noticed it from every higher-up I talked to in the "interview" process. Feel free to attempt to prove me wrong.

You need to understand that your job exists soley so that the driving force (companies loaded with professionals, making good products) are looking for ways to cut costs. There is a lot of money to be made there, if you don't mind being dependent on real companies. These companies are like "stallions", and Aerotek is like a "monkey with cymbols" in the business world. They are looked upon as tools to be used, not full people to be respected. And you have accepted that position simply because you can make money at it.

If it's the right thing for you, then by all means, be happy. But that entails you being on a lesser level of intelligence and self-respect than the normal people who aren't busting their asses for long hours and are actually spending time doing things outside of the place of business.

Remember this quote:
"There are two types of people in the world: workers and hustlers. Hustlers never work, and workers never hustle."

Which guy are you in this whole scheme?

My concern is you attacking my level of intelligence when you have never met me. That is a little too judgemental for my taste. I havent started a blog that says all chemists are virgins who live with their parents. How can you take your isolated incident with a recruiter, who very well may have been completely inept, and categorize an entire group of people as a group who is "less intelligent" and has "less self-respect". I work very hard to be good at my job. I dont work past 6. I work smart and I am sucessful. Do I have to apply theorums and formulas to succeed at my job? No, I dont. However I dont think that makes me dumber than anybody who does. As far as I am concerned you are coming off as very pompous. Try not to sound like you are sitting on your intellectual throne waving your wand at others.

It's always fun to see recruiters get pwned...even in the Marines we thought recruiters were the scum of the earth, the only Marines you could never trust. They're on the level of car salesmen, I think. Suit, clean shave, smile and cheery attitude. But you know they could care less about you or your future with your investment(employment)... Their just lining their pockets. It's all a farce.

Plus, who goes to college to be a recruiter? Last I checked, you don't need a degree to pretend you know anything about a job description. Aerotek gets a thumbs down from me... and for God's sake, take that goatteed jerk off your website, he's got that wholesome, "I love my job" look that just reeks of suspicion. You know something's up when the poster-boy looks THAT happy =).

Professional Recruiter in Hanover, Maryland said: My concern is you attacking my level of intelligence when you have never met me. That is a little too judgemental for my taste. I havent started a blog that says all chemists are virgins who live with their parents. How can you take your isolated incident with a recruiter, who very well may have been completely inept, and categorize an entire group of people as a group who is "less intelligent" and has "less self-respect". I work very hard to be good at my job. I dont work past 6. I work smart and I am sucessful. Do I have to apply theorums and formulas to succeed at my job? No, I dont. However I dont think that makes me dumber than anybody who does. As far as I am concerned you are coming off as very pompous. Try not to sound like you are sitting on your intellectual throne waving your wand at others.

You m_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s discriminate based on age. 'Nuff said !

Lauging at Losers in Freeland, Maryland said: Sounds like a bunch of unemployable whiners to me.

When you're face down in some parking lot, you might wish the fella standing over you had a job !

I've worked with several recruiters who were great and never once tried to get me to make a decision that wasn't in my best interest. I don't know a whole lot about Aerotek so I won't comment but anyone who categorizes all recruiters as "car salesmen and scum" are narrow minded and undereducated. That's like saying all people with brown hair are crooks (dumbest thing i've ever heard)

JLT in Houston, Texas said: I've worked with several recruiters who were great and never once tried to get me to make a decision that wasn't in my best interest. I don't know a whole lot about Aerotek so I won't comment but anyone who categorizes all recruiters as "car salesmen and scum" are narrow minded and undereducated. That's like saying all people with brown hair are crooks (dumbest thing i've ever heard)

I did not categorize, I generalized. For that matter, I don't think "car salesmen/scum" are categories, as much as they fall under categories...

Hmm...what would fall in the "scum" category? Shaving scum? Soap scum?

Look, I don't care who you're defending, but I have my opinion of recruiters and I'm damn well entitled to it. I think it is funny how they (and people who are loyal to them, only god knows why) feel like they have to be so defensive when their credibility is put in question. I mean, if I were a baker and someone accused me of being a butcher, I wouldn't instantly jump on board and talk about how wearing white and a funny looking hat make me a great baker. I would just keep making bread, laugh it off and keep my mouth shut, knowing the accuser didn't know what the hell he was talking about.

As for narrow-minded and undereducated, I think you have a problem when identifying these qualities. How about this: Someone who doesn't work in the field of recruiting, who resorts to name-calling rather than any solid argument.

Sound about right? I thought so. Hey, maybe since you're an expert on the subject you should be a recruiter for recruiters. Ya know, help us weed out the bad ones. Thanks for your reply.

Recruiters are a joke.

John Doe 2 in Tampa, Florida said: Unprofessional is
an understatement. $$ is the main factor with Aerotek. The more they can put in thier pockets the less someone qualified will have a chance. They prefer turnover type employees who will not stay on the job or who just do not cut the mustard. That gives them a everending pool of workers that will never be hired on for a permanent long lasting position with benefits. The new Aerotek commitment to excellence!

Amen to that brother. I went to aerotek about a month ago and they have done pretty much everything but helped me. I called them, went to the office everything and they dont do jack. Im a fully certified welder with many years of experience and for some odd reason i cant get a job down here in texas, i just relocated from PA. This blows.

You guys are ridiculous, I work for a staffing company, and it is true we make money off of the people we put to work. So when we find a candidate who has great work history and get 2 good references, we always put them to work. The people who are complaining are clearly not employable for a number of reasons. Chances are they have jumped from job to job every couple of months, and when they did leave a long term job, it was probably on terrible terms, hence them getting a terrible reference. If you can not get a job, I would have to say that 8 out 10 times, it is your own fault. Quit trying to blame everyone else for your own problems. We don't just hand out jobs to anyone, so that they can quit a week into it.

a guy in Baltimore, Maryland said: You guys are ridiculous, I work for a staffing company, and it is true we make money off of the people we put to work. So when we find a candidate who has great work history and get 2 good references, we always put them to work. The people who are complaining are clearly not employable for a number of reasons. Chances are they have jumped from job to job every couple of months, and when they did leave a long term job, it was probably on terrible terms, hence them getting a terrible reference. If you can not get a job, I would have to say that 8 out 10 times, it is your own fault. Quit trying to blame everyone else for your own problems. We don't just hand out jobs to anyone, so that they can quit a week into it.

Nice. It's good to see that you aren't making any assumptions here. It's possible that some people here are probably lashing out due to thier own failure but can you honestly think that staffing places aren't lame? What area do you recruit for? Are you like most of these otherwise unemployable losers that wear some cheap threads behind a desk pretending to be qualified to recruit people for something you know nothing about?

Holy crap, another recruiter that it is hopeless to explain how their business works. You just don't get it, do you.

The jobs you fill are CRAP! I realized this when I was approached by a large chemical company for a 10x better position. If you are in a technical field, and are actually smart in your field, the only job that a staffing company like Aerotek can get for you is the lowest paid, lowest job in the field. The company will do its own recruiting for the people it actually wants.

The only staffing companies worth talking to are the small ones that have very long standing contracts with the chemical company you are working for-again, the staffing company is simply the middle man, lining his pockets and offering the real company a way to escape paying benefits, while also offering the company some disposable labor (canceling a contract is much easier than firing an employee).

Instead, recruiters are taught to say that people who complain are "unemployable"-because that is what a recruiter is: an unemployable (usually) business major. If they were smart, they would be using their mind in a real job, actually applying their knowledge. Instead, a recruiter is doomed to a job of faceless telephoning, mindless resume database searching, and nurturing a hope of sticking it out longer than their competition (their fellow employees) and getting promoted to an account manager or regional manager. What most of these people fail to realize is that there are people who don't have to put up with that crap.

It's not all bad, the money is pretty good. But most of these staffing people need to realize what the real power is here: real companies of scientists and engineers making good products who need to cut costs in the hiring process.

Aerotek is as bad as if not worse than Manpower. I have sent resumes via CareerBuilder.com with a "please call me" as part of cover letter. No one in the office has bothered to even recognize me. To everyone out there: try Express Personnel; at least they will return your call.

layla in Highland, Indiana said: I almost went with Aerotek until I read some of these postings. Can anyone please tell who a good staffing agency would be? Thanks

Kelly Services

I registered with Aerotek almost two years ago, and have not been contacted for even one assignment. I've called and asked for worked numerous times and got nothing but insulted or hung-up on. I think they use your information to hire illegals to work for almost nothing.

I have been scheduled for an interview for Aerotek today. Based on these posts and the information I have just read about this company, it is unlikely that I would accept a position. However, these comments are burdened with informal accusations, slang, and grammatical errors from not just the employees or people familiar with this company, but from some of the recruiters themselves. That, to me, is not the utmost reliable source. Either way, businesses of this sort are far too mercenary to trust with stability. Approaching any widespread business requires a significant level of skepticism.

John Doe in Wheeling, Illinois said: As an internal employee of Aerotek, these comments are exaggerated. The recruiters put in long hours to help people like you look for work. We advise that people conduct there own searches. We would love to place everyone, but it is nearly impossible.

I would say a bunch of crap. You guys tricked me into telling you the name of the people I worked with after I singed up with you. Then you can go directly to them without paying referral bonus. You are a bunch crooks. You still have not come through with any jobs because I refussed to work as contract. You could not even line up an interview.
This is a warning to candidates who are thinking of working for "Aerocrook".

I worked at Aerotek corporate HQ right out of college about nine years ago. From the comments here, it seems little has changed. To anyone considering a corporate job there, let me tell you about my experience (this may or may not have changed since the late 90's). First, they hire a lot of fresh college graduates into a position called "Business Operations Associate" or something vague like that. They hire many non-business majors, which should've been a warning sign. At orientation, you will learn that they also have a fair number of non-college graduates doing the same job you will be doing, another warning sign. You will eventually learn that your "business operations" job is just a fancy way of saying you will be a payroll clerk and a corporate A/R collector. The pay is crap, but you will be told that you are getting paid lower than industry average because you are part of the team and they will dangle the possibility of stock incentives out there at some indeterminate time in the future (this was nearly ten years ago and the company is still privately held). You will be told of the bonuses you can earn, but you will bust your hump and earn only about 50% of what was supposedly possible. In the meantime, while you are being told how all the money you are not seeing in your check is being reinvested in the company, you will see the company's owner, Steve Bisciotti, driving his Ferrari around, paying $800M cash to buy the Baltimore Ravens, and landing on Forbes' Richest Americans list. I only lasted nine months before I couldn't take it anymore, leaving for a job that paid 50% more. In those months I saw a steady stream of anyone with any talent leaving for greener pastures, and I imagine the exodus continued after I left. To replace the ones who wise up, they just go out every May and hire a ton of naive newbies. Do yourself a favor and don't be one of them.

John Doe in Denver, Colorado said: Aerotek is one of the worst staffing agencies next to Manpower. They don't follow up with applicants and the recruiters are rude and unprofessional. I have been hiring and recruiting for a real company for ten years and I can't imagine why anyone would put their creers in Aeroteks hands.

My recent experience is cancelling an interview because I found out from an inside source that the purchasing manager was rude and abusive towards his employess and that the business in general was a tough environment to work in and the Aerotek rep told me she could not help find me work any more because I cancelled the interview with hours of notification.

Dear Chemist in Sanford, Texas:

Wow, it seems obvious to me that you have nothing better to do with your time than belittle people who are in the Recruiting field, and ridicule recent college grads who choose to begin their careers in Recruiting as well. I graduated from college a year ago, and I recently accepted a position as a Recruiter for a large staffing company that is mentioned numerous times in this forum, and I am looking forward to placing people in the best possible jobs I can. My salary and benefits with this position are much better than I could have with many other companies, and I didn't accept this position out of desperation or because I was in dire financial straits. I accepted it, however, because I am truly interested in the position, and because I know that as a Recruiter I can empower others to provide for their families and lead fulfilling lives. As far as my professionalism goes, what makes you say that recruiting isn't a career outlet to be a working professional? I'd like to see what your career prospects are. It is unfair and childish to categorize a whole set of people based on one incidence you have encountered. I feel sorry for negative people like you who allow one poor experience with an organization or individual to influence their entire outlook on everything else associated with it. If you go to one bad Chinese restaurant are you going to thereby conclude that all Chinese restaurants are going to be just as bad? Of course not. Life is too short to be negative and discourage others. Let it also be said that I in no way feel hurt or belittled by your asinine opinions, but instead I am going to use the your comments and those of others here as an inspiration to be accountable to my clients in my work. I wish you luck in your future endeavors, especially if you are faced with dealing with recruiters again, and I can only hope that as a Recruiter I can prove people like you wrong.

Abby in Trenton, Ohio said: No to Aerotek. O.K. What companies do you give high marks to for one who wants to work in the sales/recruiting industry?

I have worked for Aerotek in California. The Sacramento office. Brenden Dineen is a great guy.There are other staffing agencies, such as Remedy.The only thing I don't like about the Aerotek in Cleveland, if you are applying for another job, don't tell them. They will call the prospective employer.

aerotek and all other employee services are frauds.I worked for aerotek at lockheed and martin and after 90 days they replace you or offer .50 more for another job so you stay on their payroll.I'm a certified CNC Machinist and make 21.00 hr and at aerotek they payed me 14.00 so due the math and figure how much they make on you.Also they get their leads from careerbuilder and other job sites.PS dont let them get your resume or they will send it to potenial employers and flood the market with it and youll have a hard time getting interviews

Never a return call, no reply, no sign of life. Seems to me to be very unprofessional.