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by aaron.lindsey 1 view

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I read a couple of posts lately ripping staffing firms and just thought I'd voice the other side for a second. Most people that are chatting on this board have probably worked with a firm once and been screwed and then it's all over. I am a sales peron for a small IT Staffing company in CHICAGO. We're privately held (very important!!) and have a very simple moto: treat your consultants and clients as your friends and the rest takes care of itself. I know - this sounds like bs. The lesson here is when you need help finding a job, make sure to "interview" your firm at the same time they are interviewing you. Ask to speak with a senior consultant with that firm (they'll give you the skinny), DON'T TRUST ANYONE! Make that firm earn your trust. Once you work with a company once, if your experience is good, keep it up. The majority of companies in the IT Consultant Space don't care about their consultants and it's evident in your first experience with them. They don't call you back, BlackList 'em., They don't give you client information, BlackList 'em, They don't meet you face to face BEFORE submitting you to the client, BlackList 'em. The point here is that you need to be aware that your career is your responsibility and to take the time and effort to get to know your firm.......if they don't recipricate the effort...BLACKLIST EM.

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by oz_media

But in the field of IT, if you can't find a job by yourself, find a new line of work.

Do you need to call mom when you are looking for a new apartment? of course not.

Why have someone tell you you CAN find work, and how to find work. If you don't know by now, throw in the towl and call the welfare office. I wouldn't even consider hiring someone who needed help LOOKING for work. It doesn't say too much about a persons initiative. If I want to find work, I just look around until I find someone who I think I can help and then call and tell them so, whether they are looking for someone or not. Once you get in the door for an interview, the rest is easy, if it isn't easy presenting your idea and showing initiative, go flip burgers you don't have to think and can just do as your told then.

I used to be a motivational speaker for a youth's job placement agency, drop out kids etc. ALL of these kids found work, EVERY last one of them, unless they decided to opt for government programs and get back into school, but overall success was well intyo the 85-90% area. I didn't find them a single interview or job myself, I just showed them good job hunting skills, where to hunt (away from the newspaper and ads) and HOW to hunt. Cold calling and presenting yoruself properly, they dug through the yellow pages and called, arranged interviews and found thier own jobs, usually in much better positions than they had started aiming for. This was all fine and dandy but they were children 15-18, not fully grown and capable adults.

Sorry, but i just don't buy the need to have someone else place you, when you can choose your own career for free.

by thechas

It's not just IT staffing firms. Any staffing firm can be good or bad.

Like all things related to a successful career hunt, you need to do your homework.

The "core" problem right now in the US is that the supply of IT professionals exceeds the demand for their talent.

Staffing firms are not making the money they were in the 90's and are trying as hard as you are to make a buck.

If your contact has been in staffing for less then 10 years, they are learning how to deal with a buyers market.

Chas

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