Aquent

«It has been an overall great experience working with everyone at Aquent. I appreciate the support and clear communication.»

Aquent’s been wonderful to me. My agent James Holder has been outstanding so far. He found me great work at the exact right time at a great place. He’s helped me throughout the uncertain contract process and taken actions to make my experience as good as possible. Aquent itself offers benefits which makes being a contract worker easier and they are really trying to grow

I’ve worked with Aquent for a spell. The first agent I was paired with was ok, good guy, answered all my questions and made me feel he was on my side. After he left, I was assigned a series of temporary agents while they could get someone permeant for me. That’s when things got weird.
My first temporary agent completely contradicted the business practices of the last agent. The previous agent told me nothing we show clients could have personal contact info or references to my last name. Not even my personal portfolio web site was to be used. This was not the case as it turns out. So I spent a year shopping myself using Aquents portfolio template when I could have shopped my own portfolio. Not the end of the world, but frustrating. The other agents I spoke with during this time seemed disinterested in me — being a temporary talent to them — and the jobs they attempted to place me in where not inline with my career or objectives.
Jump ahead several agents. I get a call from one asking how I would feel working at company X. I politely laughed and asked her if she’d seen my resume as I have not only worked for company X recently, but was placed there by Aquent.
*Insert uncomfortable silence*
The real kicker was that this agent happens to be calling from a number in Canada. So the dollars and cents were adding up throughout our correspondence. It wasn’t until receiving my cell bill that I realized this. By the time I was finally assigned a permanent agent, I was fed up with the whole process.
I like the ideal of temp agencies and as far as they go Ive have heard much better things about Aquent over PSG. Unfortunately my situation was littered by a series of disastrous events that judging from other talent using Aquent, appears to be unique and isolated.

The best place to get work as an independent professional. They have great benefits (like matching 401k, education and healthcare)… and the agents are great personalities. LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM! John Chuang is my angel!