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Has anyone had any experience with Robert Half Technology? They have a ton
of ads out for good paying stuff on the job boards, but is it one of those
deals where they say that to get you in the door and then pay peanuts? I
have an interview with one of their recruiting managers in two weeks and
just want to know if I'm wasting my time with them.

Thanks

Brian M.

IMHO...recruiters are a waste of time these days. They're just collecting
resumes'.
I'd still go to the interview however. You never know, maybe you'll get
lucky.

"Brian M." <> wrote in message
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> Has anyone had any experience with Robert Half Technology? They have a ton
> of ads out for good paying stuff on the job boards, but is it one of those
> deals where they say that to get you in the door and then pay peanuts? I
> have an interview with one of their recruiting managers in two weeks and
> just want to know if I'm wasting my time with them.
>
> Thanks
>
> Brian M.
>
>

Thanks your your input Barry. I get the feeling that the only way to get in
to a job that pays more than $10 an hour anymore is to use one of these
agencies that pre-screen candidates. I just don't like being pimped so I'm a
bit reluctant.

Brian M.

"Barry Watzman" <> wrote in message
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> They are a personnel firm, one of the oldest and largest in the
> business. They do everything from hourly to CEOs. My only advice to
> you would be to only work with them on positions where their fee is paid
> by the employer. If they want you to pay for ANYTHING, I'd reject it.
> But as long as someone else is paying their fee (which is the norm for
> higher-end positions), you have nothing to lose.
>
> Be VERY careful, if they ask you to sign anything, to read it and
> understand it first. Generally, you shouldn't have to sign anything at
all.
>
>
>
> Brian M. wrote:
>
> > Has anyone had any experience with Robert Half Technology? They have a
ton
> > of ads out for good paying stuff on the job boards, but is it one of
those
> > deals where they say that to get you in the door and then pay peanuts? I
> > have an interview with one of their recruiting managers in two weeks and
> > just want to know if I'm wasting my time with them.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Brian M.
> >
> >

"SuperTech" <> wrote in message
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> "Brian M." <> wrote in
> news:7vqdnW0nLP5zSq7cRVn-:
>
> > Has anyone had any experience with Robert Half Technology? They
> > have a ton of ads out for good paying stuff on the job boards, but
> > is it one of those deals where they say that to get you in the
> > door and then pay peanuts? I have an interview with one of their
> > recruiting managers in two weeks and just want to know if I'm
> > wasting my time with them.
>
> I think it is a waste of time. I tried them and all they did is jack
> me around. They wanted me to work for $14/hour and make me pay $5 in
> parking per day down town. If at all possible, stay away from
> contracting companies!
>
Most of the people that come in here would be happy to make $14 an
hour...
$5 to park.. sheesh... I suppose you had to by your own lunch too...
Robert Half is a temp firm, that as far as temp firms go is pretty good.
They generally have contracts with the bigger Corporations, which you would
have a snowballs chance in hell of getting into if you didn't work as a temp
first..
What I keep seeing in this NG are a bunch of people with no experience
wanting to get
some cream puff job because you passed a test...
I doesn't work like that.. anywhere... pay some dues...suck it up.. get
recognized...
RHI does have a good track record of temp hires getting permanent positions,
usually with competitive salary...


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"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." Albert Einstein

They "collect" to justify what they do and to sell their services. I went on
an interview to a staffing firm this summer.
As it turned out, all they were interested in was selling services to my
contacts. My contacts told me this themselves.
When I asked the recruiter the following day what the status of the
opportunity was, I was told "there is no
opportunity".

"Barry Watzman" <> wrote in message
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> Re: "IMHO...recruiters are a waste of time these days. They're just
> collecting resumes'."
>
> Ok, now ask yourself this: WHY are they collecting resumes?
>
> Oh, right, it's their hobby.
>
> Sure, they spend 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week collecting resumes
> because it's their hobby. They probably even have inter-office contests
> to see who has the best resume collection.
>
>
>
> cc0275012 wrote:
>
> > IMHO...recruiters are a waste of time these days. They're just
collecting
> > resumes'.
> > I'd still go to the interview however. You never know, maybe you'll get
> > lucky.
> >
> > "Brian M." <> wrote in message
> > news:7vqdnW0nLP5zSq7cRVn-...
> >
> >>Has anyone had any experience with Robert Half Technology? They have a
ton
> >>of ads out for good paying stuff on the job boards, but is it one of
those
> >>deals where they say that to get you in the door and then pay peanuts? I
> >>have an interview with one of their recruiting managers in two weeks and
> >>just want to know if I'm wasting my time with them.
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >>Brian M.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >

"«bonehead" <> wrote in message
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> RHI does have a good track record of temp hires getting permanent
positions,
> usually with competitive salary...

That's true. Robert Half is a reputable temp firm and I went through them
in Richardson, TX. I wanted a job and got one after a couple weeks of
interviewing with them.

Carol

"SuperTech" <> wrote in message
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> "«bonehead;\)" <> wrote in
> news:gpcZc.4565$K% :
>
> >>
> > Most of the people that come in here would be happy to make $14
> > an
> > hour...
> > $5 to park.. sheesh... I suppose you had to by your own lunch
> > too... Robert Half is a temp firm, that as far as temp firms go is
> > pretty good. They generally have contracts with the bigger
> > Corporations, which you would have a snowballs chance in hell of
> > getting into if you didn't work as a temp first..
> > What I keep seeing in this NG are a bunch of people with no
> > experience
> > wanting to get
> > some cream puff job because you passed a test...
> > I doesn't work like that.. anywhere... pay some dues...suck it
> > up.. get
> > recognized...
> > RHI does have a good track record of temp hires getting permanent
> > positions, usually with competitive salary...
>
> Contracting companies are nothing but trouble. They wanted me to
work
> for $14/hour, pay $5 a day in parking and I get no health or dental

awwwww... buy your own insurance, ya cheap socialist prick!

> insurance, PTO or anything like that. By the time I pay for all
those
> things, I probably would make $10/hour. And of course, this position
is

sitting on your ass for ten bucks an hour and little or no effort to
get there? you should be so lucky!

> only for 3 months or until the company they contract you out to uses
> you like a punching bag. I can just see them saying: "take those
stack
> of 50 PCs and move them 10 feet to the left, thanks!".

that's what they're paying you for, isn't it?

> I also tried TekSystems and Volt. Get this: I go to Volt and
clearly
> state I am looking for a Desktop Support position on my resume and
that
> I only had a couple years of experience. They send me into an
> interview at Rockwell Automation for a lead person doing a Windows
NT
> 4.0 to Windows 2003 migration for a branch office! I wanted to
shrink

wait a minute, you want to troubleshoot idiots over the phone and you
can't even do a simple goddamn migration?!

> away in my seat to non-existence when they started to tell me what
the
> job was. It was a total waste of their time and mine.
>
> Same deal with TekSystems. You get treated like cattle and if you
> don't like the terms, there is the door.

exactly. its their money, not yours. were you in their shoes, you'd
understand.
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hey what did you think?
temp job is like being a corporate hooker
basically theyu tell you " go over here and make me some money " cuz for
your wage they get a cut
but ive been there and done that and i was able to get in to a good place
because of temping ( not that im there now ) so be a good little ho and and
stop whining and make you ( and them ) some money .....
"Solomon Kozanski" <> wrote in message
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>
> "SuperTech" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> "«bonehead;\)" <> wrote in
>> news:gpcZc.4565$K% :
>>
>> >>
>> > Most of the people that come in here would be happy to make $14
>> > an
>> > hour...
>> > $5 to park.. sheesh... I suppose you had to by your own lunch
>> > too... Robert Half is a temp firm, that as far as temp firms go is
>> > pretty good. They generally have contracts with the bigger
>> > Corporations, which you would have a snowballs chance in hell of
>> > getting into if you didn't work as a temp first..
>> > What I keep seeing in this NG are a bunch of people with no
>> > experience
>> > wanting to get
>> > some cream puff job because you passed a test...
>> > I doesn't work like that.. anywhere... pay some dues...suck it
>> > up.. get
>> > recognized...
>> > RHI does have a good track record of temp hires getting permanent
>> > positions, usually with competitive salary...
>>
>> Contracting companies are nothing but trouble. They wanted me to
> work
>> for $14/hour, pay $5 a day in parking and I get no health or dental
>
> awwwww... buy your own insurance, ya cheap socialist prick!
>
>> insurance, PTO or anything like that. By the time I pay for all
> those
>> things, I probably would make $10/hour. And of course, this position
> is
>
> sitting on your ass for ten bucks an hour and little or no effort to
> get there? you should be so lucky!
>
>> only for 3 months or until the company they contract you out to uses
>> you like a punching bag. I can just see them saying: "take those
> stack
>> of 50 PCs and move them 10 feet to the left, thanks!".
>
> that's what they're paying you for, isn't it?
>
>> I also tried TekSystems and Volt. Get this: I go to Volt and
> clearly
>> state I am looking for a Desktop Support position on my resume and
> that
>> I only had a couple years of experience. They send me into an
>> interview at Rockwell Automation for a lead person doing a Windows
> NT
>> 4.0 to Windows 2003 migration for a branch office! I wanted to
> shrink
>
> wait a minute, you want to troubleshoot idiots over the phone and you
> can't even do a simple goddamn migration?!
>
>> away in my seat to non-existence when they started to tell me what
> the
>> job was. It was a total waste of their time and mine.
>>
>> Same deal with TekSystems. You get treated like cattle and if you
>> don't like the terms, there is the door.
>
> exactly. its their money, not yours. were you in their shoes, you'd
> understand.
> --
> Brought to you courtesy of Kozanski's Morgue & Grill
>

"robert downey" <> wrote in message
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> hey what did you think?
> temp job is like being a corporate hooker
> basically theyu tell you " go over here and make me some money " cuz for
> your wage they get a cut
> but ive been there and done that and i was able to get in to a good place
> because of temping ( not that im there now ) so be a good little ho and
and
> stop whining and make you ( and them ) some money .....

If being a whore is the only game in town, you got to just bend over and
take it...