Beacon Resources

Won’t spend much time reviewing the unprofessional crew at Beacon. I can only agree with previous comments of their trolling activities for resumes, and insistence on meeting face-​to-​face. The group makes up clients from web listed positions, and will never return a call.
The least Beacon can do after wasting people’s time, is be professional and inform someone that there is no job fit, or something of the likes.
Their blog posting «One man’s trash, is another man’s treasure,» makes me chuckle. The blog proves how their client positions, are so measly that candidates reject them once they find out the name of the hiring company. Yet in the blog, the recruiter sobs about how he doesn’t understand why someone would not want to leave a good job for a dismal career opportunity.
Definitely pass on these guys.

Great Company and people to work with in your search for a great job in the accounting and finance fields at all skill levels. They really listen to what type of job you are looking for and assist you in obtaining that goal. Highly recommend!!!

I have worked with Beacon to provide strong accounting resources to fill mt departments needs and found the individuals to be well-​qualified and thoroughly vetted. Whenever I have a hiring or project need on the horizon, Beacon gets a call. I may not always hire their candidates but I know I will get good candidates to choose from. Beacon have also done a great job at presenting great external opportunities to me when I have been interested in moving on. They have also been a great resource in understanding trends in the job market, talent pool and compensation.

I have been using Beacon Resources for over 15 years and have to say they have always been extremely professional and responsive to any questions that I had and always followed through on their commitments. I have used them to find candidates as well being placed by them so I know how they work.
As a candidate, they have always found positions that would be of high interest to me and they have never oversold the position to get me to try to leave for the wrong reason. They listened to what I was looking for and only presented positions that fit those parameters. Even during the interview process, they kept me fully updated as to what was going on and where I stood in line. I received specific feedback that was shared with them by their client. No false promises and no bait and switch!
As a client, they actually listened to what I wanted and then help me craft a proper job description. They gave me good ideas and defined a profile for an ideal candidate. These positions were management level positions. Once the profile was created, they resourced a select number of candidates to present. I would say about 90% of the candidates they presented would’ve been acceptable for the position but obviously it came down to the right fit amongst the 90%. Not to say they are perfect, but I found this % to be more accurate than other agencies I have used in the past.
I plan on using them again for my next open position. I highly recommend their services as a client and a candidate.

These people jerk you around and send e-​mails on attractive job openings, and then when you try to respond, good luck trying to get a real, live person to speak with. I’ve left countless voicemails and e-​mails and no response or reply. Very unprofessional. There are more reputable agencies out there. Don’t waste your time with Beacon Resources.
Update: I should’ve held off on my review. Someone from Beacon did contact me to apologize and explained why I wasn’t contacted, which I appreciate. I used to work with the recruiting manager when he was with another agency. He was very helpful and did help me find employment, and he’s a very nice guy. He assured me that his agency does want to help me with my new job search. My advice is to go ahead and give them a chance. You may not hear from them immediately, but they will return your inquiry. You’ll just have exercise some patience.

I met Colleen from Beacon at a business networking function last year. I had emailed her previously with no reply so I was hoping the function would be a good opportunity to connect with her. She was polite enough during our discussion. Afterwards, I emailed her to see if she could help me with my job search. The face to face made no difference. She ignored my email like before. Surprising that such an individual is in a peoples-​oriented profession. I have spoken to Mike over the phone and he was professional and courteous. But I would not recommend this firm.

These folks are Linkedin trolls. They have little to no ability to network with established companies and will instead data mine Linkedin to find any live body to fill the job orders they receive from their relatively crappy clients. The reason I am giving them 1 star, and I wish I could give them zero stars, is:
1. The recruiter I was working with pitched me on what I found out to be a fictitious job order to keep me from exploring other opportunities to keep me in her bank of candidates. I found out because I knew someone at the Company who confirmed they never had the position open which leads me to believe the recruiter made it up so I would respond to her LinkedIn message.
2. When I found jobs worthwhile they had no helpful contacts/​insight into the company.
3. They want to meet their candidates face-​to-​face once, and then never see you again.
4. The relative quality of the positions they recruit for are low-​paying, low quality of life type companies.