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kutulu · 05-08-2006, 01:16 PM

I got my current job through a recruiting agency and there is no way I would have gotten the job without them. I was attempting to change career fields and this job was basically doing the same thing I was already doing.

The recruiting agency set everything up for me, they called and asked if I was interested in the job (I hadn't heard of it) and took care of all of the communications between myself and the company. The process took about a month from contact to offer, starting with me just going to lunch with someone from my company. I didn't get a good impression of the guy I met, I wasn't excited about what he told me about the work, and the office was ugly. If I was on my own I really wouldn't have done much to keep it going but the agency kept pushing things so I figured I'd show up for the interviews, etc. just for good experience in interviewing and such. When offer time came around, I asked for 35% more than I was making at the time. I figured, what the hell, I don't care if I get the job...

I ended up getting 26% more instead of the 35%, but it still kicked ass. Once I started working I found out that although the work was pretty similar to what I was doing, I was much more involved in the work, making it more interesting overall, and a month after starting we moved into a MUCH nicer office.

The situation with the agency was great. I worked as a contract employee for 7 months. During that time I was paid on an hourly basis so if I worked more than 40 hours I got overtime (I usually put in about 2 extra hours). On top of that, the agency paid for all my health insurance premiums and was given 5 vacation days and paid for all of the major holidays during that period.

I strongly recommend going through recruiters when possible.

05-08-2006, 01:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
kutulu Junkie	I got my current job through a recruiting agency and there is no way I would have gotten the job without them. I was attempting to change career fields and this job was basically doing the same thing I was already doing. The recruiting agency set everything up for me, they called and asked if I was interested in the job (I hadn't heard of it) and took care of all of the communications between myself and the company. The process took about a month from contact to offer, starting with me just going to lunch with someone from my company. I didn't get a good impression of the guy I met, I wasn't excited about what he told me about the work, and the office was ugly. If I was on my own I really wouldn't have done much to keep it going but the agency kept pushing things so I figured I'd show up for the interviews, etc. just for good experience in interviewing and such. When offer time came around, I asked for 35% more than I was making at the time. I figured, what the hell, I don't care if I get the job... I ended up getting 26% more instead of the 35%, but it still kicked ass. Once I started working I found out that although the work was pretty similar to what I was doing, I was much more involved in the work, making it more interesting overall, and a month after starting we moved into a MUCH nicer office. The situation with the agency was great. I worked as a contract employee for 7 months. During that time I was paid on an hourly basis so if I worked more than 40 hours I got overtime (I usually put in about 2 extra hours). On top of that, the agency paid for all my health insurance premiums and was given 5 vacation days and paid for all of the major holidays during that period. I strongly recommend going through recruiters when possible.