Reviews of Robert Half Technology
Address: 33 Whitehall, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10004
Phone: 212.480.0248
Fax: 212.509.9374
Website:
http://www.roberthalftechnology.com/
Review by
Al
I worked with RHT's agent Arj Ugarov from the midtown office during my winter 2008 job hunt. My area is open source IT, Unix some quant stuff. Before I went for an "face-to-face" i did some research and didn't have a definitive opinion of what to expect. Since the company is one of the biggest in the recruiting field, the web is filled with contradicting opinions. My experience, however, was nothing but positive. Skipping ahead, the job I landed was not through them. The place, this may matter to some who've been to some of the dumps, is nice, I would even say trendy. Judging by the number of people all dressed up sitting in the reception, the applicant pool wasn't short (but then again, this is winter of 2008 - who wasn't* looking for a job then?).
To cut the long story short - the guy was professional and knew what he was talking about. There were no technical questions, we just went through my resume and experiences. He had some cards up his sleeve - a couple of insider positions that weren't advertised on monster, dice, etc. Made an account for me on their internal database. The good thing is that since you start working with one of the agents, you can let him know the positions you find online and he will work with the outside companies on getting you an interview. One of the major turn on's with RHT was that I got a feeling that the agent's goal was not to "short sell" you, like some do, but rather to develop a working long term relationship. We keep in touch and Arj is one of the first guys I will talk to once I am on the job market again. Thumbs up!
Review by
Pat
Seemed to be good at the beginning. Started out very professionally and not at all like other horror stories I have read about agencies. Actually got me a job very quickly, with what seemed to be some long term perm potential. However, as soon as things started to change at the company where I was working (they had a big loss and are laying off 20% of their work force), things with my RH recruiter changed.
Instead of being sympathetic to my story and talking about how he would start to look around for me, he went on this rant about how important it is for him to be kept in the loop as there will likely be “lots of people looking for job placement help”.
I mean, REALLY? I am going to tell you inside information so you can get more work for yourself – before you tell me how you are going to help me?
Not the brightest bulb on the tree – and I soon left my position for a full time job that I found on my own.
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