Just another piece of crap recruiting company.

Doug Plucker said:
I wish Indeed.com had some kind of filter that could be turned on to knock out ads by these clowns.

There is a filter! Just put -aerotek in the 'what' field and no more ads by these clowns will show up in your search!

Doug Plucker said: Just another piece of crap recruiting company.
You can apply for a position with this company for which you are extraordinarily
well-qualified, and you will NEVER hear back from the company.
You will, however, continue to see the same position advertised
by them, week after week, month after month, for a year or more after
you have applied.
I wish Indeed.com had some kind of filter that could be turned on to knock out ads by these clowns.

I Think all these guyz are after are leads for themselves from your resume they call your old jobs to see if they can get clients

THIS COMPANY IS TO BE DESIRED.CALLED ME IN FOR A INTERVIEW TWICE. SHOWED UP SHOWED ALL MY REFERENCES AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO NO AVAIL.WASTED MY TIME AND MY GAS TWICE,315 A GALLION IS NO JOKE.

I agree its a waste of time to apply for a job posted by this compamy. I have applied to approx 15 job listings with this agency. The few times that they did call, I was treated like a 5.00 an hour flunky. Come on corporations, do your own hiring and give good qualified people a chanc. PS, I have 25 yrs in the tool and die trade, so dont tell me im an idiot.

Mike in Asheboro said: I agree its a waste of time to apply for a job posted by this compamy. I have applied to approx 15 job listings with this agency. The few times that they did call, I was treated like a 5.00 an hour flunky. Come on corporations, do your own hiring and give good qualified people a chanc. PS, I have 25 yrs in the tool and die trade, so dont tell me im an idiot.

I have had the same experience as you--I don't know what the heck is going on in the job hiring world today. I have applied several times for jobs listed with a non-profit agency. My background and experience do meet the requirements. However, everytime I email my resume to them for a particular position, I immediately receive a post card from the corporate headquarters stating the usual "although your qualifications are impressive..." They railroad you with phone calls, so you can't follow up and they also use "don't reply to this email..." Having over 25 years experience under my belt, you would think someone would be courteous and talk with me...my assumptions have shattered! Well, this is only one example. I have many scenarios like that...no return call, no email, no nothing!!!! Boy, sure wish it were like the good old days of yesteryear, when a candidate was treated professionally.

I absolutely agree with you they are an utter waste of time

You can Doug, there is a filter in advanced options at the top of the page.

Did you know that Aerotek has a policy that if you are currently working for ANY contract agency, they will not lift a finger to help you get that permanent job! They claim that they have this (unwritten) agreement to not steal any candidate from another agency. They claim that they will do their best to find you a position (little do they say that it will only be a contract position) because that is why they are so stinking greedy. Because of some major screwups they made, their manager promised that he would personally see to it that all of his agents were made aware of my immediate availability and they would call me whenever a new position came along. Guess what, just another line of BS. In six months I have received not one phone call. They really do care about you. It is very obvious that they need to be taken to court on their lack of filling the individual's needs, let alone the lack of respect to an individual's right to request a submission for a permanent job position. As far as it goes, no person should be denied the right to apply for a job, no matter what their current job or lack of job status is. These people take extreme pleasure in denying people their right to choose a job. They told me directly that they have already been taken to court over not submitting people for jobs and that they won. Makes me wonder if they are perpetual liars and really don't give a damn about what they are doing to people. Maybe you are right to say that all they are concerned with is the bottom line and their own pocketbooks. It is obvious that they will keep screwing around with people and only deal with those who are stupid enough to allow this to continue.

And why not?

My recruiter placed me in a new position more money, etc. It makes sense that they get contacts so that they can place the next guy that sits down in front of them with one of these contact leads.
If they took your leads and didn't place you, it probably means that you were not placeable at there client.
Its not there fault.

STEVE4all in Farmersburg, Indiana said: Did you know that Aerotek has a policy that if you are currently working for ANY contract agency, they will not lift a finger to help you get that permanent job! They claim that they have this (unwritten) agreement to not steal any candidate from another agency. They claim that they will do their best to find you a position (little do they say that it will only be a contract position) because that is why they are so stinking greedy. Because of some major screwups they made, their manager promised that he would personally see to it that all of his agents were made aware of my immediate availability and they would call me whenever a new position came along. Guess what, just another line of BS. In six months I have received not one phone call. They really do care about you. It is very obvious that they need to be taken to court on their lack of filling the individual's needs, let alone the lack of respect to an individual's right to request a submission for a permanent job position. As far as it goes, no person should be denied the right to apply for a job, no matter what their current job or lack of job status is. These people take extreme pleasure in denying people their right to choose a job. They told me directly that they have already been taken to court over not submitting people for jobs and that they won. Makes me wonder if they are perpetual liars and really don't give a damn about what they are doing to people. Maybe you are right to say that all they are concerned with is the bottom line and their own pocketbooks. It is obvious that they will keep screwing around with people and only deal with those who are stupid enough to allow this to continue.

This policy is not true. I used to work for them. They DO have a policy of not pulling candidates from current clients of Aerotek. That would be bad business. When I recruited, I loved pulling people who were on contract out of their job into new opps.

Is there a website out there listing all the crappy recruiters w/comments so people don't waste their time?

Hi Doug, I understand exactly what you are saying. This is one of the reasons why I started searching only on quiboo.com, a little monster, and a few local sites. Quiboo is the only site that I have seen that has tons of jobs where they only allow you to link to the actual company with the job, no recruiters or stuff like that.

you guys are correct...this company is just terrible to deal with. For 2 years I have been sending in resumes for the exact jobs they want filled, that I am well qualified for. I am not working for another temp agency but permanent somewhere else and I still have never been called for an interview. I don't waste my time with staffing firms anymore. They want you to come in and spend 2-3 hours testing!!! Spelling, grammar, math....it's like high school and then take personality tests for another hour. Then you are not sent on any interviews. I have a bachelor's degree from 1969 and have worked for 30 years..if you take time off from your current job to fill out forms and take their useless tests you are just loosing more money! I do all my job searches myself. Any big company that worth it's reputation with do their own hiring.. good luck to all...

Ed from out skirts of union city,calif. in Oakdale, California said: I Think all these guyz are after are leads for themselves from your resume they call your old jobs to see if they can get clients

Aerotek are bottom feeding scum. The positions that they list are generally already filled. The primary reason that they list these is to get you to "bite" on their hook and get you in their "process" Their "process" involves 1)submitting resume (so they can milk it for potential clients) 2)getting you in for a "face to face" (so they can see if you do have potential and can actually be considered for one of their real listings) and MOST IMPORTANTLY 3)SO THEY CAN GET THE NAMES OF YOUR REFERENCES! NOTE: REFERENCES SHOULD NEVER BE GIVEN TO ANYONE EXCEPT A HIRING MANAGER ON REQUEST. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU, THEY ONLY WANT YOUR BOSS'NAME, ESPECIALLY IF HE/SHE IS IN A POSITION OF POWER.

My advice: if you are seriously looking for work, get networking and avoid Aerotek like the plague!

Wow there are some hilarious and misguided comments on this page. If you are so talented and qualified why are you needing the help of a recruiting firm? The simple fact is that companies pay a premium for a service that these recruiting firms supply and they can and will be picky with who they interview/hire. So many people think that they are qualified for every job under their respective title, but this is not the case with an ever changing job market and technological advancement. Just because you were a QC Inspector 13 years ago doesn't mean you qualify now.

Let me ask you a question. If you were going to hire or interview someone would you do this without checking a reference? I didn't think so....so stop complaining about the recruiters asking for references. Find a job on your own if you don't need a recruiters help.

STEVE4all in Farmersburg, Indiana said: Did you know that Aerotek has a policy that if you are currently working for ANY contract agency, they will not lift a finger to help you get that permanent job! They claim that they have this (unwritten) agreement to not steal any candidate from another agency. They claim that they will do their best to find you a position (little do they say that it will only be a contract position) because that is why they are so stinking greedy. Because of some major screwups they made, their manager promised that he would personally see to it that all of his agents were made aware of my immediate availability and they would call me whenever a new position came along......"

That is the most ridiculous claim I have ever heard. I would say more than 50% of the contractors Aerotek places come directly from assignments with other agencies. There is, however a policy that recruiters cannot and will not pull candidates from other Aerotek clients. I will not even acknowledge the topics discussed in the rest of your idiotic tirade because clearly you have not done enough substantial research to back up anything you have written about.

Hmm...obviously written by someone who has no clue and has obviously never had dealings with Aerotek.

I agree with some of what you have written. I have and do work with very reputable recruiters who are hired on a contingency basis to locate and prescreen suitable applicants. I honor and respect them as they are typically paid up to 1 year of my salary if they place me. With these recruiters I sit and go over every nuance of every position that you have held, what you are looking for, etc. It is a great way to prepare for the interviews that these recruiters will be sure to get you now that they know and appreciate your talents.

Aerotek is not one of these recruiters. They post postions that do not exist. They do not submit your resume to the hiring managers. These people will cut off any discussion with you UNLESS YOU SHARE YOUR REFERENCES.

All these people want you for is to get the names of your former boses. Why? Bosses = hiring managers = possible future placeements = $ for Aerotek.

Do not for one minute think that they are working for you.

So, Mr. Ha_ha_1, go to your local Aerotek office. Fill out their insulting application and get your 5 minutes with a "Technical Recruiter, Aerotek CE" who will be a 22 year old w/o a clue as to what you do. But they will ask for your references so that they can relentlessly pursue they nice guy who was your former boss in the hopes that he will give them a listing.

So what do you think a recruiter does all day??? I mean really what would the benefit be to post jobs to receive 300 unqulified resumes for most likely falsified information??? What would be the benfit of spending day after day speaking to the same unhireable person? You're unemployed for a reason - poor attitude and unmarketable. The employment agency's goal is to fill the job with the best canidate. You're not getting called back because you're NOT that candidate.

Thanks for being such an idiot, GWAJ. Think about it for a second. The reason that nobody has said anything good about Aerotek is because there is nothing positive to say about them. I too, like you, am an employed taxpayer. But I, unlike you, have had dealings with this scumbag company. Also, unlike you, I am a highly paid, well educated person and can back up all of my comments with documentation. Again, unlike you, I do not shoot my mouth off and get involved in areas and subjects with which I have absolutely no knowledge of.

Now, I hear your boss calling you back to your french fry station, you better get going.

smalldog in Boston in Hingham, Massachusetts said: Thanks for being such an idiot, GWAJ. Think about it for a second. The reason that nobody has said anything good about Aerotek is because there is nothing positive to say about them. I too, like you, am an employed taxpayer. But I, unlike you, have had dealings with this scumbag company. Also, unlike you, I am a highly paid, well educated person and can back up all of my comments with documentation. Again, unlike you, I do not shoot my mouth off and get involved in areas and subjects with which I have absolutely no knowledge of.

Now, I hear your boss calling you back to your french fry station, you better get going.

Smalldog probably sums you up perfectly. I am actually the Senior VP of HR at a 3 billion dollar a year power tool company. I also make a healthy 200 figure salary, and have been in the business for over 25 years. I too have documentation. Unlike you, my company has a contract with Aerotek and we use them frequently for our contract engineers. I have zero complaints on the quality workers that they send our way. Aeroteks in-depth screening process saves me a lot of time from having to weed through people like you. I since from your sorry attitude the reasons that someone like you would not make the cut. Then again you have probably been dealing with rejection most of your adult life, due to your poor work ethic and attitude. Good Luck to you Smalldog. It has truly been a pleasure.

GWAJ please tell me what company you are at with a 200K salary with HR. I too am in HR and I make a good living but 200K. Now that may be a little far fetched. If you said you were making in the 100K range OK. Plus it is not a 200 figure salary. It's called a 6 figure salary in the 200K range. Most people making that knows the lingo.
Also I worked for Aerotek for 3 1/2 years and left on good terms. In fact if it wasn't for the job there I would n't be in HR now. With that said, it is true Aerotek does a lot of what these people say. Post jobs to get leads, call people to get leads and act like they have an open position. This is taught to the recruiters so the sales people can cold call. Now is that good business yes and no. Is Aerotek a 2.5 billion dollar company yes. Do they practice good ethics no. But take it from a former employee, It is a good company to work for internal but not as a contractor.

Mike in Asheboro in Asheboro, North Carolina said: I agree its a waste of time to apply for a job posted by this compamy. I have applied to approx 15 job listings with this agency. The few times that they did call, I was treated like a 5.00 an hour flunky. Come on corporations, do your own hiring and give good qualified people a chanc. PS, I have 25 yrs in the tool and die trade, so dont tell me im an idiot.

Most good recreuiters work for smaller firms.They work harder for you, more direct attention to your search and if its a temp job they will usually pay more because the overhead is less.
I hope this helps you.
Good luck in your search.

Agree with most of the comments regarding Aerotek. I have talked to people who have worked for Aerotek and they are saying that this is the worst job shop to work for. Aerotek uses Allegis for their benefits package and this is the worst in terms of out-of-pocket co-pay expenses. When I interviewed at Aerotek, the recruiter made it sound like I was well qualified for the positon. After that, you don't hear from them for weeks. They make the excuse that it takes several weeks just to get an interview with their client. They also have a policy that if you are already currently employed then they are not able to talk to you. They are not allowed to steal you away from your current employer. But if you are not happy with your current job, then that is more reason to search for a new one. Don't waste your time with these characters.

I actually worked for the parent company (Allegis Group) and I can tell you that they're all a bunch of sh*t (Aerotek, TekSystems,Stephen James& Associates). Actually I am quite surprised that they are still in operation considering all of the illegal activity that I witnessed while employed there. I can't say it enough...STEER CLEAR of this entire scam of companies.

Aerotek is the worst! I just recently worked for the Aerotek King of Prussia, PA office. I had a work related injury and it took almost two weeks to see a doctor. I went out on workers comp for a short period of time after finaly seeing a doctor, got released back to work but have no job now. Never offered me another position just left me hanging. I only took the position with Aerotek because it was a contract to hire and was the only way I could apply for the job with the company I was working for.

i had the opportunity to interview with aerotek and I did land the job for the particular company. My whole perception of working for a mail order pharmacy is what i expected, but what i did not know is that there were seperate divisions for this company. I am a certified pharmacy technician and I was placed in a call center doing what customer service representatives should be doing. How did I end up in a call center as opposed to the actual pharmacy wharehouse doing pharmacy work. I just feel like the recruiter should have been more knowledgeable about the divisions of the company and specified which division I was being interviewed for. If I would have known it was for a call center I wouldnt have accepted the position and I would not have waisted my time or theirs!

s1ark5 in Tampa, Florida said: waaaaaa, waaa waaaa, the reason you guys dont receive a call back is because you do not fit the position, stop crying and find a job

Have you found a job?

Well said - I agree

What a ho-hokum company this is! I've dealt with this company for years and have yet to get even one damn interview. While I may not be the worlds best job candidate, how in hell can it be possible that not one single interview has taken place through Aeroshmuck! It defies all mathematical probabilities!

I have heard nothing but negative things about Aerotek. Why ????????

I have been there and done that! Why is it that Aerotek operate that way?

ha ha_1 in Hanover, Maryland said:

Let me ask you a question. If you were going to hire or interview someone would you do this without checking a reference? I didn't think so....so stop complaining about the recruiters asking for references. Find a job on your own if you don't need a recruiters help.

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It's a proven fact the only reason Aerotek collects references is to build a client sales data base. Aerotek asks for three no matter if they are going to submit you or not. But bet your last dollar Aerotek sales will call on the listed names in your references for sales leads.

Yes I do agree with all the comments about Aerotek. No matter what state you are in - the story is the same. I dealt with this agency back in 2001 while I was living in Cali and I have said the same words about them - low class reps, do nothings and poorly managed agency. This agency gives the " better " temp agencies a bad rap.
They advertise jobs that do not exist to get you into the door. Once you are in their door they play the game. They do not return your calls. When you try to get in touch with them - they are always out of the office or gone home @ 10:30 am?? Learned my lesson and hopefully people who read these comments will heed the advice to steer clear of Aerotek. Comments from those of you who have never dealt with this agency are useless. Speak from what you know!

Its a shame you have all had such bad experiences with Aerotek. In Minneapolis, I have had good luck with them. I got a good job back in 2006 and was hired on as a perm after 3 months. Then the company had cut backs and laid off 20% of the workforce recently.
I went back to Aerotek and they placed me in another good job in only a week.
Keep in mind that this temp agency is a franchise, so each branch or group of branches in a given area may be run differently. But, again in Minneapolis they have a good reputation.
Good Luck

Aerotek is crap. Plain and simple. CRAP. Don't ever bother with this crappy company. They will register your name with the phone number that you called, kind of like caller I.D, so they can choose to not answer your call or know that you're calling and not answer.

They play gimmicks with you like a kid. All the negative responses that you have read about Aerotek are true. THEY SUCKS! or will SUCKS you dry.

Do not give them your resume or your reference list unless they prove to you that they really have a job. Mostly, my experience with AeroSuck is that they COLLECT RESUMES to meet a weekly quota. Then, they use the companies on your resume and your references to find out if those companies need contractors. STAY away from this company.

I dont know what everyone's problem is?!?!?! I used Aerotek as of last week and things have been extremly smooth. They called me for a position that i posted for, two days later i had an interview. The building was extremly clean and professional. The recruiter and myself were in our own conference room. I ended up getting the job, my recruiter keeps in touch with me and assures me that she/or he will not leave me in the dark and they were able to get me even more $$$... I start in a week and i cannot wait. Sorry to everyone else who had bad expierience but mine was perfect!

CONGRATULATIONS to YOU! I guess it all depends where you are located.

I truly think it does!Location is key and I think being near Philadelphia helps as well. Good luck to ya

You are all correct! Aerotek does suck big time on most but not all. They got a "FEW" places that are okay. I had an aircraft maintenance job with them in SC few years ago. Just a phone interview, they sent my resume to the client, called me back in two days and gave me my start date. But watch out coz most of these rude scum as' aerotek recruiters will treat you like sh*t and will play you even though you've worked through them in the past! They will keep bugging you for jobs that sometimes really don't exist or filled up just so, I think, get you to submit an updated resume so they can fill their quota. And whenever you are ready to take the job they'll say "you are not qualified for the job"! Happens every time. This greedy as' firm also offers the "LOWEST" per diem scale possible. I just ignore them now unless it was the recruiter that got me the job before coz she never screwed me up before.

Tom in Grand Rapids, Michigan said: This policy is not true. I used to work for them. They DO have a policy of not pulling candidates from current clients of Aerotek. That would be bad business. When I recruited, I loved pulling people who were on contract out of their job into new opps.

Is that some kind of new double talk. First you say it does not happen then you admit to doing it yourself. I guess money makes people do crazy things. Sounds like you learned all the right things in college. LMAO

cdaawg in Wilmington, Delaware said: I dont know what everyone's problem is?!?!?! I used Aerotek as of last week and things have been extremly smooth. They called me for a position that i posted for, two days later i had an interview. The building was extremly clean and professional. The recruiter and myself were in our own conference room. I ended up getting the job, my recruiter keeps in touch with me and assures me that she/or he will not leave me in the dark and they were able to get me even more $$$... I start in a week and i cannot wait. Sorry to everyone else who had bad expierience but mine was perfect!

You said that you would start in a weeks time--WELL DID YOU GET THE JOB???