Creative staffing agencies
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- kota
Other than Krop, what agencies have people had success with?
(I'm in SF, doesn't seem to be as much here as I'd expected)
- hektor9110
I've done creative circle before in Texas.
They are OK
- hektor9110
I've done creative circle before in Texas.
They are OK- Are you suuuuuree?fyoucher1
- jajajaja i guess theres is a reason i dont work with them anymore !
hektor911 - I have never got a response from CC. Every other recruiter ive gotten hooked into.VikingKingEleven
- Remixt0
Aquent has done well by me.
- kota0
I've been checking in with Aquent, but it's pretty slim pickings right now.
- kota0
Huh. QBN is not letting me post about the other agencies I was going to mention.
- kota0
Paladin
- kota0
C o r o f l o t
- doesnotexist0
i'm with 4, have been for 3/4 yrs now. i've gotten ONE 3 day job from one of them. not worth the effort really.
- 3-4 years or .75 years?timeless
- three to fourdoesnotexist
- bulletfactory0
Creative Circle got me a full time position in about 1 week... From my first interview with them (CC), telling them what I was looking for, to accepting an offer with my present company.
- bkw0
staff yourself. start with family and friends and open your own studio. it is ALOT more lucrative to do that these days.
- SoulFly0
Since when is Krop a staffing agency?
- pinkfloyd0
These recruiters are getting rich off of us.
- carianoff0
Creative Circle just mass spams you emails every day that you have to respond to. They rarely if ever work for you. Aquent is a bit different, you will get someone who will actually try and work with you to get you in to places. Although they have made a lot of corporate changes for the worse in the last few years that are making that personal approach next to impossible.
I also had some moderate success and the most personal attention with Syndicate Blue, but im not sure what markets they are in other than LA.
- syndicate blue is here in ny too, they like to blow steam up my ass.doesnotexist
- in l.a they blow smog up ya ass. lol.akrok
- VikingKingEleven0
hate to change the direction but...
Hektor911. Have you ever worked with:
http://www.freemanleonard.com/They have been really great.
- sorry I....VikingKingEleven
- no i haven't ill check them out!hektor911
- VikingKingEleven0
hate to change the direction but...
Hektor911. Have you ever worked with:
http://www.freemanleonard.com/They have been really great.
- kota0
What
- antagonista0
Staffing companies/recruiters etc are a nightmare.
- hektor9110
@viking
I haven't heard of that agency... what are your thoughts?
- Continuity0
This was posted in the notes section of Black Bag Recruiting's (Toronto) Facebook page:
'"I'm a recruiter, not a placement agency. I don't place people. Recruiters are hired by agencies to find people. They don't EVER work for the people to find them jobs. A lot of recruiters like to BS you and make it sound like they are your agent. Guess it makes them feel important. I think it creates false expectations. I think it ultimately ends up with the talent hating the recruiter - which most of them do. Because most of them don't tell you what I just told you.
If you're going to hate me, hate me now, while I'm telling you the truth and managing your expectations and not wasting your time, because you've put your career and your future in my hands thinking, "Well that's handled", when a) it shouldn't be in anyone's hands but your own, and b) that's not what I do.
If you want an agent who will manage your career understand this: Agents are paid by the talent. You don't pay recruiters, the agency does, therefore recruiters are scouts, not agents."'
In other words, do yourself a favour, and avoid headhunters. Ultimately, they care nothing about you or your career.