Beacon Hill Staffing Group

I worked with Alicia! She is an amazing recruiter, she is always on the ball and staying in constant communication. I found this wonderful job with PharmaLogics, and tried something that I didn’t even know I would like. I am so glad that I took the plunge and have a blast with this company, and I have Alicia to thank! I would recommend her to anyone who is looking for a new position!
Thank you!

I have been meaning to review Beacon Hill for months, but things have been so busy since I got my job…:)
I had a great experience with Beacon Hill, and I’ve recommended them to a few friends who are out of school and looking for jobs. When I was first introduced to this staffing group I’d been out of school for about two months, and was having no luck finding a job in the city. Thought it would be easy with a Master’s, but it turned out that wasn’t the case at all! A family friend told me to look into staffing groups, and noted that she’s had a good experience with Beacon Hill. I checked them out, and was matched with Claire.
I had no idea how staffing groups worked when I first stopped into the office for a meeting with Claire. But we met, went over my resume, and within a week or so I was getting some «hits.» The first few positions I interviewed for were not really my style, but I gave it 100% anyway because «you never know.» Compared to the other staffing agencies I worked with, Beacon Hill was about at the middle of the road when it comes to the constant phone calls and notifications that there has been interest in your resume. I had a few calls a week, usually, but definitely wasn’t getting calls every day. If you’d prefer a call every day, this agency might not be for you.
When I did have an interview, Claire made sure to prep me beforehand, send me all the necessary info, and make sure I knew what I was heading in for. I called her after the interview was over and reported back about my experience. Pretty standard stuff.
Don’t expect these agencies to get you a job instantly. It took almost 3 months of weekly interviews (telephone as well as in-​person) before I finally got hired at my current job — through Beacon Hill. But you do need to put in a lot of your own effort… they don’t do ALL the work for you.
Beacon Hill helped me find a job I love, and took out the «middle» work. I feel really lucky to have found them when I did. As someone who didn’t have a whole lot of professional connections in the city, this was super essential! I would definitely recommend them, but am only giving 4 stars because there were times I think I could have used some extra direction… and a few of the jobs I was sent on interviews for were very clearly not what I had expressed interest in. Other than that, Claire was personable and easy to connect with, and she put in a lot of effort to find me a great job. Thanks!!!

I really like Beacon Hill and what they have been able to do for me so far. Among countless other staffing agencies, Beacon Hill definitely has been transparent, friendly and very communicative about the openings. I have enjoyed the assignment I received through the agencies so far, and looking forward to future opportunities. I definitely recommend Beacon Hill over other staffing agencies, there are no smokes and mirror at Beacon Hill. Good luck!

Definitely not what I was expecting from a professional staffing agency. Did not follow up with me at all, not even a courtesy to say that open positions did not match what I was looking for or qualified for (I have a B.A. and over 10 years in administrative work). I guess I am more disappointed than anything, I traveled to Boston from the RI line, had a great chat with a recruiter and then radio silence…

Don’t bother if you’re «older» — the rep who was very eager to talk to me when she saw my resume and told me how they had SO MANY openings they were trying to fill and how sure she was that my resume was a great fit for the specific job I was going in to talk to her about, hasn’t bothered to contact me at all since we met.
At that meeting, she made a point of asking me what year I graduated high school. When I balked, she made sure to tell me it was just for her records. Asking a person’s age is illegal, so this, I imagine, was her way of getting around that. Is this company policy? I have no idea, but I certainly don’t trust them now and would never go back to them.

Submitted my resume as directed by the person that answers the phone at Beacon Hill Staffing. Two weeks went by and there was no follow from them. I called and asked what the hold up was. They stated the Christmas season was busy for them and maybe my resume got lost in the shuffle. I re-​submitted my resume. It’s been 3 months and I have yet received any contact from them.
I have 14 + years Supply Chain Management experience with great references.
Beacon Hill Staffing Group no not accredited with the BBB, sketchy!
From all the mediocre reviews I read about them on-​line, they best serve as a temp agency for basic office work and certainly not a «professional staffing agency

I’m circling back on this because I reached out to Maggie Ciarcia again last year when I was in-​between jobs and not sure what direction to take next.
Maggie was super helpful and kind; and she placed me in a few temp positions that gave me the opportunity to try out different work environments before making a the move to temp-​to-​perm. Throughout the process, she was ever interested in helping me meet my goals, and it was clear to me that she wanted to help me find the right fit for me.
I ended up landing my current job at the end of that interaction and I’ve been there for a year as of next month. It’s been a great experience so far, and I’m still really grateful for her help in finding this fit.

I am writing to confidently discourage any self-​respecting candidate from working this company out of respect for their own time and worth. I reached out to Beacon Hill Staffing because I heard good things from a reference when I first moved to Boston. Like others I was invited in to review my CV and answer some questions.
I was greeted with pompous attitudes at the door and a wait, then redundant paperwork. Eventually I met with Phyllis A, who seemed enthusiastic and willing to assist me in my search for the best fit. Phyllis threw a few initial opportunities at me that sounded like the same stuff I could find on any standard job search site, which proved right away that she hadn’t listened to a word I said about what I wanted… which I can only deduct was about the quantity over quality that other reviews allude to (read: TRUST THESE POOR REVIEWS).
I never received a single phone or email response from Phyllis after my initial few jobs labeled «opportunities». I ended up hooking up with what I believe to now be my lifelong career thanks to the work of a different firm in Boston (one of MULTIPLE solid options that are NOT this one).
Whomever was hired to respond to these posts and try to improve opinions shared here, I suggest the company refocuses on efforts internally to improve folks’ experiences as things move forward so the trend of poor ratings won’t continue to flow in.

Terrible experience. The recruiter did not listen to what I wanted or my salary requirements whatsoever. After trying to send me on several jobs that were completely opposite of what I wanted, she just stopped contacting me. Which was fine with me because I then went to Amanda at Kennison & Associates and found an amazing opportunity. Don’t go here, they are just trying to fill their subpar positions with anyone who walks in the door.

First off I want to say that working with Matt Glazier and Ali Kornfeld was one of the best choices I could make in my job search. I was called after sending in my resume to a craigslist post, and soon enough I was in for an interview with Matt that week. He started with talking about my background and experience, then we discussed what kind of work I was really interested in. I was so glad to see how he was really listening to what I was looking for, and I only received calls from him about jobs that actually did seem interesting to me. Ali was just as wonderfully helpful to the process as well. They both heard what I seemed to like and what I was less interested in, and then would only call about jobs that seemed to fit my wants! They all do an amazing job there and they are truly caring nice people. They helped me reorganize my resume and prepped me before interviews and checked in after to make sure everything went okay, what I thought about the company, and anything else. I really think that they also opened me up to some extremely valuable connections and set me up with job interviews that I never would have been able to get without their help and coaching.
Then lastly, I want to set the record straight for anyone who is reading some of these other reviews that say one or two stars. If you are hard working, professional, kind, friendly, and motivated to grow, they will absolutely help you succeed to where you want to be. If you are lazy and think that just going through them is going to get you what you want and that they are going to do all the work, then you are wrong and you probably in for a few more rejections to come. They will not waste their time if you do not prove yourself to be a promising candidate. They are extremely busy filling great people for great jobs, so if you want one of those great jobs you need to prove yourself to be a great candidate. Don’t expect things to be done for you. Hard work is important and if your not willing to work for what you want, you should probably look elsewhere because Beacon Hill Staffing doesn’t waste their time. But if you prove yourself to be a motivated and excited individual you will not be disappointed!

I had an excellent experience working with Beacon Hill Staffing, and I recommend them to everyone I know.
I was leaving a position at a non-​profit after three years, and I definitely didn’t want to rest on my laurels while looking for something new. I’d submitted thirty job applications and inquiries in under three weeks – little did I know that one of those inquiries was actually a planted ad by BSG! I got a call from an associate at BSG and was brought in to meet with several agents. I was immediately impressed by the drive and energy they all showed, not to mention the clear interest they showed in me and my work experience. We’ve all gone into interviews that seem like no one read your resume’ before you walked in – this was certainly not the case at BSG.
Within a week, I’d been set up with multiple interviews for temp-​to-​perm positions at my professional level (I didn’t want to do any short-​term temp work). Soon thereafter, I was offered and accepted a permanent position at one of the companies BSG set me up with. Throughout my first three months there (when I was technically still a temp), Jamie Tobin and the rest of the BSG staff were my advocates and a wonderful support system any time I needed help with something.
When I officially became permanent at the job, I continued to use BSG for our office’s temporary staffing needs. Everyone I worked with was professional and capable, and my colleagues were impressed as well.
I stayed at that company for two years, and although I am now working somewhere else, BSG still keeps in touch and updates my information in their system, and I happily still send people their way. 5 stars!

I worked with Alicia from Beacon Hill for about 3 weeks before I got a job offer for a great job! She is young but knows what she’s doing and was very helpful every day of the process. Anything from resume help to sending me job descriptions daily and eventually landing me many interviews that lead to a job. It was a great experience.

I received a call from one of the recruiters. He had a position to talk about and set up a phone interview.
He asked for people I could refer and was very assertive about following up for their contact information.
Not only did he not call them but he told me he did.
If I hear back from anyone from this company again it will be hard to trust that they are telling the truth.

Awful. After receiving a call from a recruiter from a post i replied to on Craigslist, she invited me into the office to go over my resume. Going in on a Tuesday morning, after being greeted by their sassy receptionist i was directed to fill out some paperwork and sat in the waiting room. While waiting, i observed recruiters hearding people in and out of the office, which quickly became really clear that this office is all about quantity and not quality of the candidates they take on to help. After meeting with my recruiter and briefly speaking to her about my job search, she seemed very eager to help me and I was excited to be working with her, despite my initial impression.
Weeks have passed and I have yet to receive one phone or email response from her. Being a job seeker, meeting with multiple recruiters is very time consuming. There are far better recruiting firms in Boston than Beacon Hill. Dont waste your time, because they really couldnt care less about wasting yours.

I would give «0» stars if I could.
I was given David Tyburski’s card from a coworker. She and I had been trying to leave our current positions and helping each other anyway possible. She decided not to work with this agency because they only have jobs in Boston and she was sick of commuting on top of everything else.
I called him and got a meeting very quickly and it seemed very promising. During our meeting he gave me pointers for my resume and one of his coworkers came in to speak with me about medical administrative work which I have experience in. It all seemed to go very well. I updated my resume and sent it to him and that is the last I’ve spoken to him.
I have called, email, left multiple messages and nothing. He actually never picks up his phone. Every time I have called about any openings that I could interview for I get no response but when I was on my way to meet him the first time and called saying my train was delayed, he called back within a minute of my call.
It’s very disappointing that a place claiming to help so many get jobs and create happy careers could be so two-​faced. After a month, I gave up. I left him one more voice mail asking him to please call or email me and got no response. Apparently he just wants to collect resumes and then do nothing for these people who actually do need help.

Would love an option here to give «0» stars, as ZERO is what I got out of all the time and effort I put into registering with this agency and the emails, phone calls, etc.
Today one of their recruiters from the Beacon Hill Technologies branch emailed me trying to get me in the door. Thank you! Thank you for reminding me to submit this review.
From Nov 2011 to Nov 2012 these people were unresponsive.
Don’t bother with them– go to Hollister instead.

I went for my initial interview and my adviser was 20 minutes late.
I told them about myself and my questions were answered robotically.
I followed-​up repeatedly in the following months and was continuously told that the positions I was asking about were only in the financial world and they wanted someone with finance experience. Even the positions that were listed in other industries.
I went on the site and found lots of different openings, emailed about them and were told the same thing, repeatedly.
Every phone call I made went unreturned.
This is not a business anyone with a quality resume or skill set should waste time on.

I worked with Beacon Hill Staffing group from February to April of 2013. I submitted my resume, and a few days later, Jamie contacted me. I loved working with her, and she was always very friendly, warm, and helpful! They placed me with several Boston-​area companies, and were able to find the exact schedule that I wanted, accommodating a million doctor’s appointments I had in those few months. The best placement by far was actually getting to work at Beacon Hill Staffing Group’s main office as a receptionist! Everybody there was so nice, made me feel very welcomed, and like I was part of the team. I even started to wish I did work there. Useful fact I learned while working there, though, was that if you haven’t heard back from anybody about five business days after you’ve submitted your resume, you should consider resubmitting it. This was definitely news to me!
I would highly recommend BHSG to anybody looking for temporary employment! I’m so lucky to have had Jamie’s help during this otherwise difficult transitional time in my life.

They’ll find you a job maybe, but it’ll probably be just the same pay or even less than you had before. They’re not looking out for you as an employee, they’re trying to get the employers good people. Try talking to one of their specialists and you’ll see. They will down play all your experience and education, saying it’ll be hard for them to find jobs for what you’re seeking.
If you just got laid off, then go for it! Particularly if you need the money. But if you want someone rooting for you and really selling you, then do it yourself or try another staffing group. I had two conversations — a phone call and a meeting with a specialist and he acted completely confused and alarmed simply because I stated I would like more responsibilities from the current position I held at the time. Most people want to move ahead, but he acted like that was the most absurd thing you could say.
It’s fine. I was told I would be referred to several employers and I never heard back. I sought jobs on my own and got that new position I was seeking. Just beware of those vague Craigslist and other job board listings — they’re likely recruiters. If the advertisement doesn’t offer many specifics, then it’s probably just a staffing agency try to mine your resume.

This company should be looked into by the Attorneys General’s office for outright lying to the public.
I went through the entire interview process with two counselors & in addition to paying 30 bucks for parking and a ½ day of my time.
They had an open position that needed help. I met with two girls that looked like they just finished cheerleading practice (no credibility). I have, «The skill set that the employer needs». They also said, «The employer has a history of retracting the job at the last minute». This raised a red flag.
A few days later, no phone calls, no e-​mails. I contracted them to see if the position was still open, «Oh, the employer retracted the position». Oh, what a surprise…
Two weeks later I noticed the exact see the same job posting! I guess the position must have magically opened up again… No phones call from them.
This is the old fashioned «Bait and Switch» routine. They get bodies in the door and boost their data base, this way they can boast to employers that they have a LOT of talented individuals to choose from. There are too many placement agencies around, avoid these people!