James Moore & Associates

Not sure what the hate is about here… I mean, I can understand how excessive email can be annoying (believe me) but I’ve had a decent experience with these guys. Sure, their web site is seriously hokey, and there’s not much info to go on about them beyond their own sell, but I’ve worked with both Greg and Les over the past several years and found them to be experienced and knowledgable. I was in an unusual situation, but Greg worked hard for me, and, after several years of on-​and-​off contact with their firm and like a dozen recent-​er interviews through various recruiters and a couple offers, I finally took a perm job through them this past year. Yay!
JMA does permanent placement almost exclusively, but they’ll help you if you’re a consultant looking for a perm job. I’ve noticed they seem to serve startups mainly, which is typical of tech headhunters in the valley, but they have a ton of, shall we say, unusual and «interesting» leads to explore that you don’t find other places. (Take this for what it’s worth, because I know the smaller places freak some people out, but for me looking in to them was worth it. JMA’s recruiters are pretty straightforward about disclosing any risks and benefits, IMO. I went with a more established startup.)
Greg in particular is a level-​headed guy — I found Les quirky, but I am quirky myself, so no worries. Les told me he’s been in the business for a zillion years so maybe it’s gotten to him. ;) I guess they must be stable, been in business like 30 years, Les since the founding and I think Greg said over twenty years for him. So, whatever they’re doing, they know what they’re doing, and knowing that they’ll find your resume anyway on the web and that it’s no cost to the candidate, it’s worth it to give them a shot. I may be biased because I got the job, but there’s really no consequences to working with them besides too much email. I’m pretty sure if you ask them nicely or not so nicely they’ll stop sending. I noticed they put an unsubscribe link on their marketing emails that wasn’t there several years ago, so that’s a human touch. ;)
Work through Ann (Anne?) Mitchell if you can, she’ll route you to the senior guys pretty efficiently. Not sure about Barbara, she’s newer there, maybe someone else has a comment.
TL;DR — I can see how their marketing can potentially be annoying, but with persistence you may land a job through them. Definitely worth a shot, no negative financial/​other consequences to the jobseeker, and possible high payoff in the end.

I received a private message from the owner of this company three weeks ago stating they do not send unsolicited resumes and that they will stop sending me resumes. On top of that he sent a proof of our CEO asking to send me the resumes after Jane (their recruiter) asked if we are still looking for a software engineer. Of course our CEO is going to ask that, he is being solicited initially! That is what you call an unsolicited email! And the owner even sent me the proof of their initial solicitation.
The point is, we did not go to this company to request their help nor did I reply to them confirming that they should send me resumes — I did not want to reply to Jane because they have been sending me unsolicited resumes/​jobs for a decade. They came to us after seeing a job posted on stackoverflow or our website, then they send to all of the possible emails addresses that they can find on our site or on the web — even to our CEO! From JM owner: «As for your receiving emails from us over the years, we do use job boards to discover people looking for work, but I can’t find any reply or response from you asking us to stop/​modify sending job announcements.» You won’t because everyone knows you do not reply to SPAM. I never asked you for help in the first place!
Up to this day 9÷15÷2015, almost a month after my initial review, I am still getting unsolicited resumes even though they told me that they would stop. «On that note, I have removed you from our system and the [company] requirement. We are a small business in The Valley and have lasted 30 years not by angering people, but by providing a needed service to those who appreciate it. It’s a very long list, I promise.» Really? If its a long list dont you think that your Unilocal page would have one or two good reviews, instead of 3 one star reviews? Like Van W’s review says, «They are a bunch of liars.»
RESPONSE TO THE OWNER’S REPLY BELOW…
When someone from your company initiates an inquiry, asking if they can send resumes and they say «forward it to this person», it is not the same as us requesting your services. It simply entertaining a cold call. So that everyone who reads this can determine for themselves, here is the email you said you sent me — in context. After this thread, there were no more emails from me, all emails are resumes from you:
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7÷24÷2014
Thanks, John! Hi, Patrick — we will be happy to forward any suitable resumes. I’m also copying my manager, Greg, for your reference.
Best
Jane
At 4:25 PM –0400 7÷24÷14, John wrote:
Jane, please send resumes to Patrick (on CC).
Thanks!
John
On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Jane
wrote:
Hi John,
Have you filled your Python Django Engineer opening yet? If not, would you be in a position to accept the resumes of a few candidates who are well-​matched to the requirements?
Regards,
Jane
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This email from John does not give you the green light to spam me for more than a year. A legitimate agency will discuss the positions first before sending resumes, and will be in constant communication with their client. Your attempt at twisting the truth and giving a poor excuse — a coincidental database recovery gone awry, really? — is proof of what other reviewers have stated,
Besides this, for more than a decade you have been sending me phishing job ads that I never requested to be sent nor fit me. You simply saw my resume online copied my info and began sending me spam as you admitted.
Just to be clear as to what I want, I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU OR YOUR COMPANY IN ANY FORM OR FASHION ANYMORE. EVEN ON Unilocal!

They are a bunch of liars. They would steal your personal info and spam u for life. Stay away

James Moore and associates will spam you with job offers even if they do not fit your skill set.
They do not offer an unsubscribe link in their emails.
When you reply calling them spammers so you can be removed from their mailing lists, they send condescending replies back.