LaSalle Network

**Update**
Good luck trying to get ahold of your recruiter. I felt like I was avoided like the plague for weeks I was given lots of excuses when I finally got in contact with someone. Left vocicemailes and emails no response! but as soon as I said I was going to quit
I received a call back within minutes!!! INCREDIBLE!!!
Lovely only when it’s convenient this place will reach out to you!
Most terrible experience I’ve ever had with a staffing agency! Unless your desperate for a job I suggest you try another agency!

Love the idea of an employment agency, if the organization is committed to helping you find employment. In their defense, I work in somewhat of a niche space within marketing so I understand positions for me might be few and far between. My issue, however, was in their lack of professionalism in following up to my A) thank you notes and B) check-​in note (done as requested by them).
Their suggestions for my job search were to «use linkedin.» Thank you… very helpful.

My experience with LaSalle network was a great experience overall. I reached out to LaSalle one year ago as I was passively looking for a new job, but wanted to be very discreet about it. I had success with them in the past, so I figured why not. I had an appointment with a few members of their recruiting team and we spoke about my experience, goals and salary expectations. I was told that when they receive opportunities that matched my experience I would be contacted. Fast forward one year later I received a call from
Colby L. I remembered him right away and he presented the role to me. I was on the fence but eventually decided to throw my hat in the ring. I felt no pressure from Colby to proceed. He allowed me to be in control with his support which I liked. From that point, I was offered a phone interview and a face to face interview. At each step of the process Colby was sure to check in with me before and after each interview for my feedback on my experience during the process. He helped me to strategize by sending me information on offers and counter offers, as well as urging me to research on my own. Needless to say I was offered and accepted a role with a firm. It’s been almost a month at my new firm, and things are going well. I know Colby was only doing his job, but he offered the support I needed to get thru this process which was difficult for me because I was stressed about whether I was making the right decision to leave my old job. He’s even followed up with me a few times since I started my new role.

Not a good or professional experience. I applied to a few of their positions and never heard back. I tried reaching out to a recruiter just to have them leave me a brief voicemail that I probably have not heard back because I may not qualified. The recruiter said she would follow up with me about other positions, but every time I call she never calls back.

This staffing firm did not offer the high quality placements I have experienced from other staffing firms, but I will say that they were good with following up and communicating once I was on assignment. That being said, my experience with them was definitely just a matter of them «filling a seat» rather than skills or qualifications matching. That became evident after I completed my assignment, went to work with two other firms, and started receiving much higher quality placements almost immediately. Not a good look to be herding educated minorities into call centers, but that isn’t new in the staffing industry, A decent place to start for those with a little less professional experience, though.

–Update II: Lasalle reached out by phone for feedback and to discuss my review below. This is much appreciated and was glad to converse with them. -
–Update: I am in contact with Lasalle. Hoping for resolution. Review will be updated, my thanks to Tom in reaching out–
Poor work in job placement and in their advertisements.
–initially interested because I saw an advert to work for them in recruiting. +2 years recruiting in Japan I was interested. Turned out the ad was incorrect and was just to bring people in. The woman who was interviewing me shared this with me and very rudely told me I can leave right now if I want or go through their process to find a career. Well, cut my losses, fine you can try to place me in a job. Shuffled more people through and shove you out the door.
–get an email a year later from them (forgot about this at this point) for a job that doesn’t match my skills/​college degree/​background at all. It appeared to be a mass email among other candidates. Extremely lazy measure on their part to just send out emails without actually reviewing profiles.
–If you are looking for a job recruiter I would strongly advise looking elsewhere. I’ve worked for better recruiters in Chicago and internationally.

So I find myself again using the LaSalle Network after being laid off from my job. I understand not everyone is going to have a 5-​star experience with them (hence all these negative reviews), but they have been consistently helpful every time I have needed work. For that alone, I always be grateful for their services and would recommend to anyone who is need of temp work.

This is the second time I received a call AT WORK from someone at the LaSalle Network. I have never reached out to anyone at LaSalle Network nor am I aware of applying for a job posting through them.
I am a creative, therefor I sit in a high traffic creative pit with many other creatives. Finding my information on LinkedIn and calling my office directly is a great way to get me FIRED. My Creative Director was at my desk for this conversation, thanks LaSalle Network. I doubt I will be using your services anytime soon since your staff has proven to be indiscrete.

Simply put: LaSalle Network helped me land the best job I have ever had.
I can’t speak highly enough of the folks at LaSalle, particularly Gage Nordlof. Gage took the time to understand me, and my career history, and then very thoughtfully matched me up with prospective roles. Gage called me prior to every interview and helped me prep; he called me after every interview to debrief, and he was always available to answer any questions I had and to address my concerns.
Perhaps best of all, Gage had the vision to match me to a role that was outside the industry in which I had the most experience– not a leap I would have been likely to make on my own– and coached me through the decision-​making process.
The result: I landed the best job I ever had, and could not be happier. I recommend LaSalle Network to everyone I know that is looking for that «perfect fit» role.
Thanks LaSalle!

I remember these guys spam so much of the same job ads on Craigslist last year.
Anyways, my experience with these guys are similar to the other negative reviewers.

Working with LaSalle was a great experience for me overall. I was initially contacted and screened by one of their recruiters after contacting them on a search for finding a new position in Chicago. After the initial screen I spoke over the phone with Macie Kriger, who was my main contact for the remainder of my search and eventual job placement.
Macie was great at providing detail on the role that I was applying for and guiding me through the process with helpful tips and clear information on the process and how to ensure that the role was a good fit for me and the company that I wound up working for. I’ve recommended LaSalle Network to several other friends interested in switching careers as well.
During my search, I definitely dealt with a ton of recruiters, many of whom were not totally honest or tried to downplay my experience and offer me roles that they had on hand versus ones that would truly be a good fit for me. LaSalle Network was one of the top firms that I worked with on my search and ultimately wound up placing me in a new job that I love. It seemed like they use a team approach versus the old school style of being a single recruiter operation, which I believe helps them find candidates the right spot.

It wasn’t until I experienced other agencies that I was definitely worried about Lasalle’s dealings and motives. They are not very truthful, they appear nice upfront but soon u discover its a distraction. Once you’ve committed to an assignment the party manners come off. I found out the truth about the assignment they put me on from other LaSalle temps. Ask pointed questions when dealing with this company. Also, insist that they have minimal people in communication with you. I was dizzy with all the different people they had contacting regarding the same project. The LaSalle point person they had on site at the assignment was the prime example of someone that was nice the first two days, then elusive and unapproachable afterward. This company is not genuine, they just want the statistics.

My experience working with Katie was great. Yes, it does take a while to hear back but that is because there is a huge pool of candidates and only so many jobs to fill. She negotiated all the «dirty work» like salary and all that for me and got me my dream job where I have been for almost 2 years now. In the future I will certainly work with them again!

Again, like before I still have yet to hear anything from this company. I keep applying to positions on there site and it’s the same old tune «the client is looking for someone with more experience».
Do even bother sending our resumes to the client, or do you just say we «you aren’t a match» so you won’t have to do anything? You can’t decide what the clients want without talking with them first.

This place is a joke. I met with a recruiter when I first moved to Chicago and was looking for an IT position (which I had a couple years’ experience with). They brought me in and asked the usual questions, then had me talk to someone in their Technology dept. briefly… then wanted me to fill out a big stack of paperwork concerning things like benefits etc. This despite not mentioning any positions which were or might soon become available. I questioned this and they agreed that I could hold off on all the paperwork until it became relevant.
At them time I was open to both temp and permamnent, and I encountered no trouble scoring interviews and positions through other agencies in town and direct hires. After that first meeting I heard nothing further, with the exception of bi-​weekly requests to update them on ‘the status of my job search’… why would I want to waste my time keeping you updated on my status when you’ve not shown me a single thing to suggest you may be useful in finding me a position?
It is now about 9 months later, and I’ve just received my very first email from LaSalle concerning an open position. A very sensitively worded email titled «Not working?» (Thankfully, I am). Position: Entry level accounting/​administrative. (???)

I can’t speak for the other departments within LaSalle Network, but I had the pleasure of working with their Technology recruiters. I had the pleasure of working with a recruiter Jim H. over the past 3 years with LaSalle Network in search of a Database Administrator position.
When Jim first contacted me, I expressed to him that I was passively on the job market and was not ready to start an active job search. Jim never pressured nor hassled me into leaving my old position. Instead, I sent him my information and he agreed to contact me at a later date that was convenient for me. Usually these dates were 3 – 4 months from our last call.
Jim faithfully followed up with me over time to check in on my job situation. As time progressed, Jim went above and beyond getting to know me. As a result we built a great rapport and trust between each other. When I was ready to actively hit the job market, I had no problems putting 100% faith in Jim because he was professional and a person of his word over the past years.
When Jim began attempting to place me with various companies, he did not try to place me in any position, if he knew it was something I would not like he did not try to match me. That is a very important trait in a recruiter, often you will find recruiters attempting to fill positions without regards to how you genuinely match up.
In the end Jim found me the perfect job. When he matched me with this position, he did an awesome job of researching the clients desire, the culture and prepping me for my interview. Above all else he was honest all along. I have an awesome job and the recruiting experience far exceeded my expectations.
This is a great reflection upon LaSalle Network, it’s an example showing they took time to hire quality recruiters. If needed, I would happily work with LaSalle Network again.

My experience is similar to the comments of Irene F. & Rosa R. LaSalle Network’s project managers Elle Linenberger and Gabrielle Feil have presented me with assignments to work for their clients. I informed them of my interest. After that, both of them would tell me they are going to call the client and get back to me. I never heard from them again regarding those assignments.
After a week and a half of no response from Gabrielle, I emailed her to understand what is going on with the assignment she presented to me. Gabrielle emailed me back stating that «I’ve attempted to get in contact with the hiring manager on multiple occasions and have been reaching out almost daily with no response». The situation with Elle — This past Friday (Mar. 27^th), I get a call from Elle informing me of an opportunity to work for an Association starting Monday (Mar. 30^th). I quickly informed her of my interest because it aligns with my education, past work experience and the position was to start today. Elle stated she was going to contact the hiring manager and then contact me. I never heard from Elle again.
It seems to me that the clients LaSalle works with do not follow through with ‘employing’ qualified candidates. I understand clients cancel positions or hire elsewhere all the time, but some following up and transparency on LaSalle’s end would be helpful. My colleagues have informed me of their difficult experience with LaSalle Network. I take ‘word-​of-​mouth’ advice/​comments very seriously but decided to give LaSalle a try and to experience the staffing agency myself. My experience aligns with my colleagues’.
I would advise people to seek out Smart Resources. That staffing agency has clients that follow through on employing qualified candidates. My experience with that staffing agency is very positive — they listen to the job tasks I do not want to deal with and they have sent me on long-​term assignments that matches my education and work experience.

I have been contacted by 4 different recruiters about different job assignments but when I call or email back, I don’t receive a response, not even a position filled response … Only to be contacted by another recruiter stating my name «surfaced» not sure what the deal is but it has been two months and still no job !
Another thing is I used this agency in the past and they had my old contact information on file, I asked them to change it when I was contacted it — the recruiter said she couldn’t reach me cause she didn’t look at the number on the resume or in the email !!! Like seriously ?
I used city staffing and I am going to send them my info because this agency has not helped me at all just a repetitive waste of time being contacted by unpromising leads.

Impressive location and modern office space filled with awards on the wall signifying that they are one of the top agencies in the city. When I logged onto Unilocal and looked up LaSalle Network I was slightly surprised that there were only two stars but then again I am logging on to review it and I did come away with a negative feeling about my overall experience.
LaSalle network recruited me. They found my resume and sought me out for a particular position. They told me to come in and interview with one of their project managers. When I got there I did not meet with the woman, Kate, who initially made contact with me, but I met with two different people. Neither of them mentioned the specific position that I was interested in, the one Kate led me to believe that I was coming in to interview for. They treated me as though I was voluntarily coming in just to sign up with the staffing agency to be put in a temp pool which is totally not what I wanted so it was a total waste of time.
The first woman who interviewed me was pretty professional and it went decent overall, some of her questions were a bit strategic, in a way to obviously weed people out quickly, yet — it’s a staffing agency in the city, I’m not surprised. No complaints towards her though, her name was Anne. The second woman Megan Hutton was extremely condescending, lacking finesse and tact. While she was interviewing me the thought did occur for me to just walk out, she was that bad. And she was lazy. Rushed through the interview and was not open to answering questions in detail. It’s unfortunate but that was my experience and I honestly am not looking forward to a call from them! Pass on LaSalle Network.

I received an email from technical recruiter Brandon Parezo asking if I’d be interested in a specific role. We set up a time (during the work day) to talk over the phone.
I never heard from him, no email apologizing, no nothing. I’m currently employed, so it’s not like it was the most disheartening thing in the world, but I missed out on an hour of pay waiting for the call. When a recruiter initiates and has you set aside time in your day, I do expect a follow up if the position has already been filled. There site doesn’t have any way to contact them either, so this is where I have to air my grievances, I guess.
If employers are looking for reliable recruitment, I’d reconsider LaSalle Network. I don’t foresee a future where I’ll be accepting offers from them again. Chicago’s tech industry is very competitive but also close knit. Wasting our time will only take you backwards.