Robert Half Legal stinks

I worked for the company for several years.

I could place top notch candidates very quickly and could keep them rolling on temp assignments back to back. Lesser quality candidates I could get work for more sporacically. If you are good, you will get work. If you are fair, you might get work,and average, well probably never. If you are entry level, RH is not a good resource. The drawback to this board is that we cant see somebody's qualifications.

If you want to find out how good you are - find out the name of an rep and send your resume directly to him or her. If you are a great candidate, you will get a call within 3 hours. If you get one within an hour you are the bomb. I would jump on qualtiy candidates right away because I did not want him or her getting a job at another service. If you send in your resume and dont get a response ever, then you are entry level, have dated skills, job hop or just not that good. I would try to respond to all applicants but things would get busy and I would never call unqualified candidates. All that said, RH does try to bring vast numbers of candidates because each rep has to interview a certain number of people each week or get in trouble with management. So reps will bring in folks they can never get work for just to hit that number. Not fair to candidates but RH is brutal to those who do not hit their numbers every day. So candidates would just become a number on board and that was it.

Uh, no. 1) very few reps even stay long enough to "roll" top notch candidates, 2) actual "top notch" candidates don't need a company like Robert Half, 3) when a resume gets passed on, in an evidently systemically haphazard manner, to some new rep with no notations about the candidate, the candidate's resume just sort of sits in a pile no matter how much they have produced for RHI.

In their hysterical zeal to hit their numbers, they'll toss anyone at any position if they think the candidate will stick, period.

Whether it's your particular circumstance, your interpretation of your circumstance or whatever else, you will note that your experience simply is not corroborated by anything else people are recounting here.

Witheld said: I worked for the company for several years.
I could place top notch candidates very quickly and could keep them rolling on temp assignments back to back. Lesser quality candidates I could get work for more sporacically. If you are good, you will get work. If you are fair, you might get work,and average, well probably never.

I've tried several headhunters and all of them have absolutely failed me. I have and undergraduate degree and postgraduate degree in International Business, however, I lack experience, then I wonder Why in the hell they would call me for an interview if they already know I'm no qualified..they stupid and lame excuse would be the typing test and the software test which is totally lame. RobertHalf as many other headhunters have made me waist my precious time. In return all I've gotten is an inmense frustration. Conclusion? Do the work your self and try to get the interview right from the company you are interested. It is hard, but at the end...is the only way.

Lori:

Perhaps you are targeting the wrong recruiters. I am currently going to school for my masters at a very reputable school and I know that all schools regardless of reputation provide job fairs, internships and other opportunities to help students find a position after graduation. You might want to contact them.

Additionally, you should never rely on 1 head hunter; if you look at statistics an excellent head hunter review on average 1500 resumes per week and only places 29% of candidates per year. There is a tremendous number of people competing for that 1 single opening at a company.

You might want to consider having your resume worked by a professional resume writer as they are very familiar with the recruiting process and know key words that can get your resume noticed and start networking, over 80% of jobs filled every year are filled by word of mouth not headhunters.

Good luck.

That is not fair if you guys don't have entry level. I am one of the Robert Half temps and I do only get this one client. However, my contact persons never told me that you guys don't call me and can't help me. So, how about 6 months of work experience. That is still entry level.

Margaret Fong said: That is not fair if you guys don't have entry level. I am one of the Robert Half temps and I do only get this one client.

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I was in the SF office and the recruiter was telling me about a position in Santa Rosa - and I live in Alameda!!!

Call [name removed] in SF and ask her about that job. Also check

www.craigslist.org

I saw a few jobs for legal support staff there.