How does a placement agency or a recruitment company work?

In my experience, I've never found a recruitment or placement agency that was worth the money they demanded. Some agencies offer little more than lists of companies and contact info, much of which can be outdated. Other agencies purport to offer services such as resume writing, private leads, meetings with inside contacts and support in job and salary negotiation.My experience with such an agency was dismal.

The "inside contacts" turned out to be other clients like myself who were also looking for work. And while these agencies can help you put together a good resume, it's nothing you couldn't learn and do on your own There may be some good agencies out there, but be very wary. If they worked like they say they do, all anyone would have to do is shell out a few bucks to find a dream job First you look at any job leads that the recruitment or placement agency placed on all the career boards to see if you are the right fit.

Then you will go to their website to register. Once the recruitement or placement agency received your resume through their website, someone who works there will give you a call to for an "interview". They will not ask you the regular interview questions like tell me something about yourself.

The recruiter will ask you what type of assignments will you like to fill. You can't say I will take anything. That is going a lit overboard.

For example let's say you visit one who specialize in admin and you can't tell them you will like to be an admin if you never had the experience to begin with. These people won't place you. They will place you according to your skill level.

After telling the recruiter what type of assignments you will like to fill, then you will take a couple of tests to see if your score is up to their standards. If it is, then they will find "work" for you. Mostly it is temp work and it is very rare that they will send you on a temp-to-hire because you will never be hired on a full time basis for that company.

They charge outrageous fees. These people are very good in finding work only if they really place people. There are some agencies who never place people at all So ask people you know which agency (ies) they recommend.

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