Recruiters and Staffing Firms=3 Day Work Week! (job hunting, employee, interviews)
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I've been unemployed for awhile now and have lowered my standards to seeking work with staffing agencies and finally responding to calls from recruiters.
What I have noticed is that on Fridays they never seem to be able to line up anything and always tell you to "wait till Monday". But, when Monday rolls around, I never hear anything and if I contact them, I get something like "we'll know more tomorrow"!!!
How do these firms actually stay afloat nowadays????
My first question is why are you waiting so long to talk to recruiters if you've been unemployed for awhile? Many companies will work with recruiters for hiring so I would definitely talk to them if you are looking for a job.
As for your question, I've experienced both so it might depend on the recruiter your working with. Recruiters are supposed to act as middle person responsible for finding the right candidate and doing an inital screening, but the decision of who to bring it is still up to the company HR and hiring managers. So there are a few layers that your resume goes through before you get a response. Mondays are generally busy days for people coming back from the weekend and the start of the week. Fridays are slower days and people might tend to leave early or just do not want to be bothered with reviewing a resume if they want to start their weekend. I have had calls/interviews on Mondays and Fridays as well so I guess it just varies depending on the recruiter and the company they are working with.
They stay afloat by paying the temps, who do the actual WORK, a much lower cut of what they get from their customer, the employer. In NYC it used to be 60% temp / 40% agency. Now the agencies are doing whatever they can to take more than 50%.
My first question is why are you waiting so long to talk to recruiters if you've been unemployed for awhile? Many companies will work with recruiters for hiring so I would definitely talk to them if you are looking for a job.
As for your question, I've experienced both so it might depend on the recruiter your working with. Recruiters are supposed to act as middle person responsible for finding the right candidate and doing an inital screening, but the decision of who to bring it is still up to the company HR and hiring managers. So there are a few layers that your resume goes through before you get a response. Mondays are generally busy days for people coming back from the weekend and the start of the week. Fridays are slower days and people might tend to leave early or just do not want to be bothered with reviewing a resume if they want to start their weekend. I have had calls/interviews on Mondays and Fridays as well so I guess it just varies depending on the recruiter and the company they are working with.
Well I just don't feel that recruiters and staffing firms are looking out for the potential employee at all. They are working for the client (EMPLOYER). In some areas they are like a racket and have the monopoly on whether or not you get a job. Like where I am at in the Durham/Raleigh area. Staffing firms and recruiters are a way of life when it comes to getting a job in any technical field around here. I have an old-school attitude about job hunting and I feel that middle man or, in the case of staffing firms, indentured servitude is NOT the way to go.
Well I just don't feel that recruiters and staffing firms are looking out for the potential employee at all. They are working for the client (EMPLOYER). In some areas they are like a racket and have the monopoly on whether or not you get a job. Like where I am at in the Durham/Raleigh area. Staffing firms and recruiters are a way of life when it comes to getting a job in any technical field around here. I have an old-school attitude about job hunting and I feel that middle man or, in the case of staffing firms, indentured servitude is NOT the way to go.
I don't think that is entirely the recruiters fault. These days, it is in a companies best interest to hire new people through an agency. Then they can see how you work out, and if they don't like you it is a simple call to the agency, hey we don't need this person anymore, please find us another qualified applicant.
The company gets a trial run with you, without the hassle of benefits and the red tape to hire/fire someone. I have worked for a few companies that did this.
The company gets a trial run with you, without the hassle of benefits and the red tape to hire/fire someone.
In other words the new hire has no rights....hmmmm....Now i get it!
This is why I generally steer clear of staffing firms and recruiters...
Temp-to-hire and contract-to-hire is becoming all too common and I personally think it stinks. I understand why companies are doing it, and why anti-labor states like NC are using them more and more, but that doesn't mean I have to like it or agree with it.
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