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30th July 2009, 11:37am
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#1 | | Al Queda Pish
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Muppet Lab
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| Recruitment Firms?
Which are the best? Tell me stories or nightmares of recruitment agencies in Glasgow.
I've tried both Rise and Hays and had differing levels of success.
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30th July 2009, 11:43am
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#2 | | 啼米
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| Re: Recruitment Firms?
What ya wanna do? HEY!
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30th July 2009, 11:55am
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#3 | | ShakingTheDisease SuperMod
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| Re: Recruitment Firms?
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30th July 2009, 11:56am
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#4 | | went to the loo
Join Date: May 2001 Location: Near a beach
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| Re: Recruitment Firms?
I think it's less which are the best, and more a case of if they have vacancies, apply! I dont take too kindly to Kelly services, but that's for purely biased, personal reasons.
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30th July 2009, 12:06pm
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#5 | | Blessed And Arrogant
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I was with the resource group now Im full time at the place they started me | |
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30th July 2009, 12:08pm
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#6 | | went to the loo
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Now that i think about it, the best i went through were Hudson, they seemed to be really professional and quick about putting you forward to jobs.
What really irritated me was when you apply for an advertised job via an agency, and they either say 'oh, that position has been filled' or 'we found something more suitable' - meh!
Anyways, good luck Pete!
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30th July 2009, 12:10pm
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#7 | | Al Queda Pish
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| Re: Recruitment Firms?
Ideally after some call centre work in the city centre, getting dire now 
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30th July 2009, 12:11pm
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#8 | | went to the loo
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| Re: Recruitment Firms?
Im thinking if there isnt much going in the city centre, might be an idea to look into something on the outskirts, like Clydebank or East Kilbride?
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30th July 2009, 12:11pm
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#9 | | ......
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Search, Office Angels and Joslin Rowe have got me work in the past.
ASA Recruitment, Adecco, HR Consultancy and Allstaff have all been really keen to sign me up in the past and you walk out the door feeling like you'll have a job from them tomorrow and then never hear from them again. However, they must do something right if they're still going. Tis just a case of applying to most of them and seeing what you get. | |
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30th July 2009, 12:11pm
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#10 | | Go Away!
Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Earth
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Think I went through Adecco for the o2 job. They really did step up to the plate.
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30th July 2009, 12:19pm
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#11 | | The man from Del Monte
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Plantation
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| Re: Recruitment Firms?
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and Allstaff have all been really keen to sign me up
| Least professional firm I ever dealt with. Wouldn't return phonecalls, fucked me about big time; a job was on then off then on again then finally off; would 'lose' my timesheet and they were very reluctant to pay me my holiday accrual.
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30th July 2009, 12:21pm
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#12 | | went to the loo
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Allstaff, they based opposite all bar one?
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30th July 2009, 12:32pm
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#13 | | The man from Del Monte
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Originally Posted by Tacky Allstaff, they based opposite all bar one? | yup. they have a bit of a problem telling the difference between admin and construction into the bargain. they sent me to some building site who were looking for a labourer and I thought I was there to process invoices or something like that. You'd be better off at Mamba marketing than Allstaff.
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30th July 2009, 1:12pm
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#14 | | went to the loo
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Hmm, maybe they got the jobs confused?!?!? The reason being, i worked at Network Rail doing admin - really wasnt the best place to work because it has no space at all, and its just a bunch of porta-cabins that were chucked together hap-hazardly....anyways!
I found them ok. See, i think it really all depends. Best you can do Pete is pimp yourself to the hilt and see what happens.
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30th July 2009, 1:20pm
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#15 | | we hope that you choke
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I got my job through Hudson, and they were really good. I also used to temp through HR Consultancy and thought they were great, always paid us on time, no hassle at all.
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