Just another piece of crap recruiting company.

Doug, Just use the advanced indeed feature to exclude adds with their name aka Spherion

Yes, they are just another piece of crap recruiting company. They contacted me but I never found a job thru them and they were a big waste of my time, which I find most recruiters are anyhow. I wish all recruiting companies would just disappear, the world would be much better.

Once again, I am so sorry that you have such bad luck with recruiting companies. Obiviously, you have nothing better to do but to post nasty comments about a company that obviously saw through your nasty attitude. I received a wonderful job with better pay and benefits than my previous job, and I owe it all to Spherion!!!! Maybe you need to check yourself before going on another interview!!!

Here's the deal with recruiting companies. Experiences vary. Even with the same company and different locations. I'm sure that Michelle in Ft. Lauderdale got a great job through them. On the other hand, the fact that people in other areas did not is not an indication of poor attitudes. I have a great attitude and resume. I also had a bad experience with Spherion.

I called the local Spherion office to enquire about their relationship with a local company. I wanted to get in the door at this firm. I received one phone call. I responded to that phone call and didn't receive a reply. Yes, I followed with a second phone call. It was very unprofessional.

I suggest taking a look at the reviews for the offices in your area. A better suggestion would be to go through your local yellow pages and speak to at least five agencies in your area. Play the numbers game. The more agencies with your resume; the higher the likelihood of getting a suitable position.

Suzanne Scott said: Here's the deal with recruiting companies. Experiences vary. Even with the same company and different locations. I'm sure that Michelle in Ft. Lauderdale got a great job through them. On the other hand, the fact that people in other areas did not is not an indication of poor attitudes. I have a great attitude and resume. I also had a bad experience with Spherion.
I called the local Spherion office to enquire about their relationship with a local company. I wanted to get in the door at this firm. I received one phone call. I responded to that phone call and didn't receive a reply. Yes, I followed with a second phone call. It was very unprofessional.
I suggest taking a look at the reviews for the offices in your area. A better suggestion would be to go through your local yellow pages and speak to at least five agencies in your area. Play the numbers game. The more agencies with your resume; the higher the likelihood of getting a suitable position.

Yes, you are right with your assessment of temp agencies and recruiters. It also depends on the experience of the recruiter the relationships that they have built and how long they have been a recruiter. Sometimes in my field attorneys take this position just to look for jobs themselves and do nothing for the clients

Doug plucker said: Just another piece of crap recruiting company. I wish Indeed.com had some kind of filter that could be turned on to knock out ads by these clowns.

You can filter these clowns out of your searches on Indeed by placing
-Spherion in the 'what' field and no more ads by these clowns will show up in your search!

Never got a job with them yet and I have been emailing my contact person. Oh well, by the time it is June and I still didn't hear anything, then I am saying goodbye.

I have worked with recruiters before, but these folks take the cake. Extremely UNPROFESSIONAL. I got a call pimping a job that I was actually interested in, so I took the bait.

Went to two (count 'em TWO) interviews with the company I was a candidate for-on busy workdays no less!

My "recruiter" at Spherion was always "Yeah, yeah, you wowed them...I'll just get back to you." Had all my ducks lined up (referees, job history, etc.) And then...SILENCE. Nothing. No telephone calls returned, no email answered...nothing.

I've worked with recruiters in the past who would call up with questions about work history, etc., etc., to work out. They always did. Now these jokers have re-posted the job WITH ANOTHER recruiter as contact. What the heck???

If you have a problem with a candidate or if the company that you're being groomed for has an issue, CONTACT THE CANDIDATE. Don't leave us in a lurch. Very very unprofessional.

Well do you expect the recruiter to TELL you the hiring company doesn't want to PAY for your experience? After all, if they can get someone with half your experience, they only have to pay them half what you want.

As far as remaining in contact with the candidates, they don't work for you. They are only the extended HR department and will do anything to avoid talking to you unnecessarily.

I worked for Spherion they suck!!!

Jan said:
FOR ALL YOU THAT THINK STAFFING AGENCIES ARE A WASTE OF TIME...yada yada yadad
I AM SICK OF ALL OF YOU THAT THINK STAFFING AGENCIES ARE A WASTE OF TIME. COMPANIES HIRE US TO FILTER YOU OUT!!! YOU DO NOT PAY US TO LOOK FOR A JOB FOR YOU SO ..

Folks - looks like this original posting was deleted. Hmm. This excerpt was from a response.

Hey Jan, if that's your real name, you are a prime example fo what we're talking about. Also, forums are for venting ..

Hey - by the way, great show of professionalism. You prove the point !

What you are seeing above from JAN is what a lot of recruiters are REALLY thinking when you get through the practiced sales routine or challenge enough of their lies. They despise the idea that people can trade experiences on the internet and armor themselves against the crap many of them spew. Quick-buck sales types always hate the knowledgeable player, so they call people who are here trading bad experiences "losers" because a person so informed is less likely to buy into the crap and play the game the recruiter's way. Use them, yes because you MAY get lucky with them, but know how to play them and don't get played BY them. That's what's got her and that [Edited by Host] <inappropriate language deleted>
in Pleasanton so upset.

A lot of the big recruiters (Half, Spherion) are mostly in the temp business now. Spherion also has contracts to do initial screening of resumes sent to websites for certain hiring companies, such as MetLife (not selling agents, I mean for their corporate offices).

My experience has been that the bigger companies tend to have their own websites or use a job board. If you want a job with a big company, go directly to their website.

You are more likely to get better treatment from smaller, local agencies who deal with medium to smaller companies, ones that don't want to do the whole search process themselves. Those agencies realize that the guy they place today may be looking to hire someone next year and may have the discretion to work with the recruiter of his choice. Bigger agencies lucky enough to have national contracts from Fortune 500 firms know they are locked in for future hires and the local guy doesn't really have much choice in whom to use (hell, the HR rep will probably do the intial contact) so burning bridges really isn't as critical for them.

Semi Bob said: What you are seeing above from JAN is what a lot of recruiters are REALLY thinking when you get through the practiced sales routine or challenge enough of their lies...

Bob, Thanks for the input. VERY well said.

I agree that most, not all, recruiters and their allies ("Jan") hate anyone with any intelligence. However, sometimes you have to use agencies because there are so many large companies to choose from, you just don't have the time to review each. Plus, not all jobs are posted.

As for Jan - I am getting more chuckles lately because others are finding this person out. In fact, if you look at some of the other postings, they all seem to link that "Jan" and Pleasanton are the same person. No wonder this person is so angry. He/she is being called out for what they are. Just a bitter person for whatever reason. There's also bigdog (har) and about 5 other names. Also, this person is first an employee, then a recruiter, and one of the latest postings, someone who USES RHI for their IT placements. Now, who's the loser?

Russ in Madison said: Jan said:
FOR ALL ... I AM SICK ...

Oh Jan,
I can tell you're still pounding the pizza, beer, Twinkies, working for Spherion!

Russ, a little rough. Hmm - I haven't seen Jan, or bigdog from Pleasanton, or from any other places this person pops up from.

Russ, was this posting from "Jan" recent? If it was in this forum, looks like the original was deleted. Also, his/her postings are usually in RHI or OfficeTeam. I just haven't seen her/him pop up in other forums lately.

Maybe he/she's is finally taking a breather? Let's hope so.

Russ, not knocking you, but are you searching Forum for a job? Spherion forum doesn't have much info from others, but, there are some places I could suggest where "Indeed Posters" people are supportive have good ideas.

Doug plucker said: Just another piece of crap recruiting company. I wish Indeed.com had some kind of filter that could be turned on to knock out ads by these clowns.

I also agree. Spherion posted a position and I applied for it the same day. I received a call the next day for an interview. They never called back to confirm this so I called them back and was told the position was already filled. I was told I'd have to go through at least 2 or 3 interviews and it wasn't even two days and was told this. Very misleading getting someones expectations up and nothing happens. I would never recommend Spherion to my colleagues.

Maybe you are just one of the lucky ones. My disposition and skills are fabulous. The company needs a more professional staff.

Michelle said: Once again, I am so sorry that you have such bad luck with recruiting companies. Obiviously, you have nothing better to do but to post nasty comments about a company that obviously saw through your nasty attitude. I received a wonderful job with better pay and benefits than my previous job, and I owe it all to Spherion!!!! Maybe you need to check yourself before going on another interview!!!

Sandra said: Maybe you are just one of the lucky ones. My disposition and skills are fabulous. The company needs a more professional staff.

Sandra,

Mayber you can use Spherion to get info on resume, highlight your skills, etc. The Spherion office I worked with 3 yrs ago (uncaring) is not the one I worked with this time. The two recruiters I worked with helped me with resume and interview questions. HOWEVER, I was the one that asked them to give me feedback. I've seen in some forums where job-seerks didn't want feedback, and/or recruiters hesitated because the job seeker wasn't willing to hear.

Even if you aren't comfortable with recruiter, ask their help. Is it my resume? Should I expand/reduce resume size? Do you have tutorials I can use? Can I retest? Etc. No, I didn't like redoing my resume 5 times, testing 8 times to register with recruiters, etc. However, the practice helped me increase my scores (I'm MS proficient already) and developed resume that started getting me calls.
ONE THING ON RESUME: When you list a task, included what machine, software, etc. you use with it. This is one thing you don't see on resume tips/tricks.
Also: Monster has a "100 Interview Questions" that is great. Have a friend be an interviewer, answer the ones you think apply, etc.
Bottom Line: The more you try, the more confident you can become.

As for the Michelles and Jans of the world, ignore them. They get their jollies by visiting the boards to demoralize people. Ever notice how many of their posts seem to "disappear"? It's because of their language and offensiveness in general. Learn from their mistakes.

Good luck.

Yep, I agree. This consulting company is stupid.. they do not bother to communicate/feedback and return our calls,its a waste of time talking to these. I strongly suggest not to go ahead with this company.. all the best.

OK. I had applied to a job with the State Of MD through Spherion, at least I thought. Here I come to find that they were trying to circumvent the process. They are not even included as an approved recruiting firm with MD. They had the audacity to make refereneces to what the State of MD would expect in the way of exact salary req's etc... I turned them into the State of MD. As you can suppose, I haven't heard from them since.
But I have dealt with some good ones who I beleive are really trying to place me. The two are Open Systems and Strategic Staffing Services. Of about the 25 or so I have had dealings with these are the only two I trust. I am sure that everyone who is reading this can tell a good recruiting firm from a bad recruiting firm. My advice is to try them out, figure which ones you like, work with them, they can help you. The other ones, well just flush them down the toilet where they belong.

Dean said: OK. I had applied to a job with the State Of MD through Spherion, at least I thought. Here I come to find that they were trying to circumvent the process. They are not even included as an approved recruiting firm with MD. They had the audacity to make refereneces to what the State of MD would expect in the way of exact salary req's etc... I turned them into the State of MD. As you can suppose, I haven't heard from them since.
But I have dealt with some good ones who I beleive are really trying to place me. ..My advice is to try them out, figure which ones you like, work with them, they can help you. The other ones, well just flush them down the toilet where they belong.

Good info and well said. Thanks !! Good luck Dean.

Doug plucker in East Elmhurst, New York said: Just another piece of crap recruiting company. I wish Indeed.com had some kind of filter that could be turned on to knock out ads by these clowns.

There's a lot of these in Chicago, using all the major webboards. If you go in and talk to them, they can put your resume in their database to look good to potential clients (they like that)...however, they will BS you that they are 100 times better than any real job...when they don't give a crap if you get lucky using them and find a job. These places are pretty much outright BS and fraud, and the govt. does nothing about them. Cost me a lot of time out of college until I figured out all this BS.

Recruiter's can only present you to the clients we can not make them hire you!

Doug plucker in East Elmhurst, New York said: Just another piece of crap recruiting company. I wish Indeed.com had some kind of filter that could be turned on to knock out ads by these clowns.

I agree they will never find you a job... The one in Cleveland has new recruiters everyother day and they are rude as well. All these temp services are all the same. I do not know how they stay in business...

How much are you paying for this service? Nada!! They stay in business because they give the clients several candidates and it is not the Staffing Services fault if your not the one they choose! Fraud? No temp service owes you a job! I have never moaned about someone else not getting me a job I can get one on my own!! Why can't you?

Michelle in Fort Lauderdale, Florida said: Once again, I am so sorry that you have such bad luck with recruiting companies. Obiviously, you have nothing better to do but to post nasty comments about a company that obviously saw through your nasty attitude. I received a wonderful job with better pay and benefits than my previous job, and I owe it all to Spherion!!!! Maybe you need to check yourself before going on another interview!!!

Obviously Michelle you have your nose stuck up someones ass at spherion. I agree recuirters are a waist of good time.

LMP in Bloomingdale, Illinois said: How much are you paying for this service? Nada!! They stay in business because they give the clients several candidates and it is not the Staffing Services fault if your not the one they choose! Fraud? No temp service owes you a job! I have never moaned about someone else not getting me a job I can get one on my own!! Why can't you?

And as for your sorry ass, Ignorance is bliss isnt in LMP

Isn't in? HMMMM Is that how your resume reads? Who is the sorry ASS?

John you can not spell! Maybe the recruiters (notice how to spell)were tired of rewriting your resume! Waist hehehe
WASTE OF TIME!

LMP in Bloomingdale, Illinois said: Recruiter's can only present you to the clients we can not make them hire you!

The word is recruiters, not recruiter's and a period goes after clients or use a connecting word. Please tell me you are not a recruiter!

LMP in Bloomingdale, Illinois said: John you can not spell! Maybe the recruiters (notice how to spell)were tired of rewriting your resume! Waist hehehe
WASTE OF TIME!

Neither can you! The word is cannot. You need to stop throwing stones because from the content of your postings you are no better. Your punctuation is not great, either.

Please..... Who is stone throwing?

Alright you win! Have the last word.
I'm bored with you people....

Leslie in Houston, Texas said: Yes, they are just another piece of crap recruiting company. They contacted me but I never found a job thru them and they were a big waste of my time, which I find most recruiters are anyhow. I wish all recruiting companies would just disappear, the world would be much better.

I completely agree as I got screwed by this company

The biggest problem that I see with staffing companies is that they will pull jobs off of an employers site and post it as though they have been contracted to conduct the search. They will even tell you as a perspective candidate that they have been contracted by XYZ company to recruit for ABC position. When they get qualified applicants they contact the employer and try to use the resumes as a bargaining tactic to get the business. In most cases the employer is not interested in going through the expense of hiring through a staffing company so they turn them down, and subsequently your resume will never make it in front of the employer.

I am a hiring manager at MGM Mirage in Las Vegas and I can tell you that RHT did this all the time. Right now there are 4 jobs posted by RHT and I can tell you that they are NOT contracted to staff these positins.

MYOpinion in Las Vegas, Nevada said: The biggest problem that I see with staffing companies is that they will pull jobs off of an employers site and post it as though they have been contracted to conduct the search. They will even tell you as a perspective candidate that they have been contracted by XYZ company to recruit for ABC position.

Oh, you are so correct and that pisses me off to no end.

I've even seen the Hiring Company post the job on Career Builder and right above and below it the same job (worded a tad differently) by CyberCoders, Stink Resources and Judge Group. Aerotek & Manpower aren't a big website thief as those two.

And what really irks me is the sentence they include; "My client" or "We have partnered".

I even had a recruiter call me, we talked for 10 minutes (I never sent him my MS Word Resume') and then copy/pasted my resume off the Internet, mixed my paragraphs with sections of their job description and send it to them. Needless to say I had a long talk with the HR Manager of that company.

Michelle in Fort Lauderdale, Florida said: Once again, I am so sorry that you have such bad luck with recruiting companies. Obiviously, you have nothing better to do but to post nasty comments about a company that obviously saw through your nasty attitude. I received a wonderful job with better pay and benefits than my previous job, and I owe it all to Spherion!!!! Maybe you need to check yourself before going on another interview!!!

And perhaps you've been lucky, or are more qualified. Over the past 20 years I've watched the overall qulaity of headhunters disintegrate. In generall, they are BS artists. But there are good recruiters at every firm. I'd watch the Indians closely...they lie alot.

I have used Spherion for 10 Years and they have gotten me the best jobs in the area. So say what you want but I wouldn't use anyone but them

Respect MY AUTHORITI SPHERION ROCKS

Leslie in Houston, Texas said: Yes, they are just another piece of crap recruiting company. They contacted me but I never found a job thru them and they were a big waste of my time, which I find most recruiters are anyhow. I wish all recruiting companies would just disappear, the world would be much better.

Maybe the Reason Recruitng Companies exist is because people like you who think you have the skills don't and are not qualified for these companies that want the best people. Mc Donald's is hiring friendly smiles.

Eric Cartmen in Fort Lauderdale, Florida said: Respect MY AUTHORITI SPHERION ROCKS

Respect your what? My answer to you - Authority is with a "Why" - authority.

BTW - Don't knock McDonald's, they are a great company to work with. Of course, everyone wants the best people, but, unfortunately - it is a numbers thing - if you get in the running as applicant 101 and they only look at 100, you're out.

Don't get dismayed by negative responses. Just keeping trying and moving forward.

All the person attacks are a waste of time. We still arent solving any problems. Yes some recruiter are terrible. Lots are dishonest. I have been both sides so i know. But not all are bad, some are very honest and proficient at their job.But like salesman when commission is involved the snakes are going to show up. I suggest really ask the recruiter a lot questions when you are having that first conversation, get a feel for them while they are gathering info about your background. But just the same way some people wont trust or use recruiters because of lack of professionalism, etc. Recruiters deal with the same from candidates. Both sides need to be more professional and honest.
It wouldnt hurt for the industry to be regulated.

Good article on telling a good recruiter from a bad one.
groups.google.com/group/jobs-for-recent-grads/browse_thread/thread/ad35d1e865a5b6da

Professionally Speaking in Fuquay Varina, North Carolina said: Respect your what? My answer to you - Authority is with a "Why" - authority.

BTW - Don't knock McDonald's, they are a great company to work with. Of course, everyone wants the best people, but, unfortunately - it is a numbers thing - if you get in the running as applicant 101 and they only look at 100, you're out.

Don't get dismayed by negative responses. Just keeping trying and moving forward.

Up in South Park people respect my AUTHORITI so should you and it is "Y" not WHY WHY What, if they are a great compnay to work for then go work for them but they screw up my order everyday and it is not that hard to make a burger MMMKAY

Authority is spelled with a Y at the end not I.

Everyday is not a word. It is every day.

What is MMMKAY?

If you speak like you write, you should take the blame for the incorrect order.

Have you ever seen SOUTHPARK, then maybe you would have a sense of humor

Professionally Speaking in Fuquay Varina, North Carolina said: Authority is spelled with a Y at the end not I.

Everyday is not a word. It is every day.

What is MMMKAY?

If you speak like you write, you should take the blame for the incorrect order.

Professionally Speaking in Fuquay Varina, North Carolina said: Authority is spelled with a Y at the end not I.

Everyday is not a word. It is every day.

What is MMMKAY?

If you speak like you write, you should take the blame for the incorrect order.

You obviously don't watch South Park. Eric Cartman says "you will respect my authoriti (actually I would say it sounds more like authoritah) but oh well.

Mr Hand in Garner, North Carolina said: You obviously don't watch South Park. Eric Cartman says "you will respect my authoriti (actually I would say it sounds more like authoritah) but oh well.

No - I have better things to do than watch that obnoxious, juvenile, and low class cartoon. If that's someone's intellectual level, they aren't worth my time.
This forum is to help each other, not be so childish and classless.

Why has this gotten so personal? Agree to disagree. Some people may have great experiences with recruiters and some not so great.I have gone through recruiters previously, it is all about professionalism, how serious they are about their job and how they were trained. I can tell who is really trying to help me and who is looking at me with a $$$$$ sign in their eyes. How much can I make from this one!?
If you all hate recruiters so much why do you use them? Obviously you need them for something...So just like you research a company before you decide to work for them..DO YOUR RESEARCH with recruiting firms..That is why I am reading this forum. Now I know who and who not to use to REPRSENT ME.

Just a FYI - not all agency locations are the same - so take some of these comments for what they may be - a place to vent.

I have found Spherion to be pretty up front on what they can/cannot do. Unfortunately, their client base is over 20 miles from my home, so the job selection is usually pretty slim. However, they were great in critiquing my resume and interview style.

Hang in there. Not everyone is the same.

Um let's see.. Spherion is based in Ft. Lauderdale and all of the praises for them are all in Ft. Lauderdale...

Michelle in Fort Lauderdale, Florida said: Once again, I am so sorry that you have such bad luck with recruiting companies. Obiviously, you have nothing better to do but to post nasty comments about a company that obviously saw through your nasty attitude. I received a wonderful job with better pay and benefits than my previous job, and I owe it all to Spherion!!!! Maybe you need to check yourself before going on another interview!!!

You are the exception rather than the rule. If you are so thrilled with the job Spherion placed you in, why are you still looking at Indeed jobs?