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Do employment agencies really help people find jobs? anyone here had past experiences ?
I have always heard of employment agencies, but the sound of "agency" got me thinking again of using them. Recently one of my clients referred me these places as a mean of finding contract-base work from other companies. Which, not to mention, got me excited about the possibility before I came across a forum like this one "http://tiny.cc/DeJP3" where the comments relentlessly bombard the uselessness of these employment agencies and how they use your personal information and sell to other companies, which marks as the end of your hope with these agencies.
So I was hoping that I could get some true insight on these employment agencies such as "Manpower, Adecco, Appleone, etc" from you, fellow SI members.
Update: My intentions for using these third parties are, as a mean of finding leads for freelance work, companies that need a freelancer for graphic design, website design, or 3D modeling projects. And I am not looking for full time work or clerical work, at least not through them.
Thank you very much for everyone for sharing their experiences so far. And I would appreciate if your insight from now on, could be more relevant towards finding freelance work through these employment agencies.
So I was hoping that I could get some true insight on these employment agencies such as "Manpower, Adecco, Appleone, etc" from you, fellow SI members.
Update: My intentions for using these third parties are, as a mean of finding leads for freelance work, companies that need a freelancer for graphic design, website design, or 3D modeling projects. And I am not looking for full time work or clerical work, at least not through them.
Thank you very much for everyone for sharing their experiences so far. And I would appreciate if your insight from now on, could be more relevant towards finding freelance work through these employment agencies.
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Permalink Reply by ashan jay on -
Bradley now I remember you. I looked at your website before. You got almost the same talents as I have in arts, painting 3D graphics...etc. I have my paintings posted in my site.
Thank you very much for sharing your past experiences with employment agencies. I actually have a friend who had an internship with Aquent and she referred me to them so I am planning to hit them and see what they can bring me.
And I would be more than happy to pass you any lead I get that are out of my league but might be something you are interested in. And I would love to have the opportunity to get a coffee or have a chat online with you sometime you can write me to ashanjp@gmail.com
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Samia thanks for sharing that information.
And I want to thank you all so far, for sharing such valuable information in this forum!! And like I mentioned in my replies, I would love to have the opportunity to converse with you all outside this forum and exchange information. I would write you first if I knew your email addresses to thank you all personally and to connect with you but since thats an impossibility without email addresses. I will greatly appreciate if you would kindly write me to ashanjp@gmail.com. Looking forward to hearing from you all!
BTW this does NOT mean this discussion has come to an end, if you have more great information that you would like to share with not only me but with the community here in SI please free to let your voice heard!
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