Aerotek

In May I was contacted by a recruiter named Adebola. He explained that he found my resume on monster and found a position that I would be a fit for. After about a 10 minute phone interview he explained that I would be a perfect candidate and that he would send the client my resume. Since then I never heard from him or the client who had the job I was supposedly «fit for». Staffing agencies are just trying to meet their daily quota of reaching out and interviewing job seekers. They only care for themselves and couldn’t care less about you. Avoid!

You would expect the atmosphere to be a bit more professional given the nature of the business. I came into this office 2 weeks ago to fill out some paperwork and the receptionist was on a personal call, smacking on pizza and just overall TOO RELAXED. I stayed to fill out my work, but felt very uneasy leaving it with a «professional» that seemed like she had other things going on.
I would not return to this location at all. I’ve been to other staffing agencies where confidentiality was a top priority. This spot was unorganized, rude and very unwelcoming. Save your gas money and find another agency.

I initially signed up for a position I saw online, I receive a call from a woman named Peggy, telling me how interested she was in my resume/​application and she wanted to set up a time to meet and fill out paper work. She told me of a job at Bay Alarm that she thought I would be perfect for. This was all good for me because I was seeking a better paying position and wanted to leave the place I was at the time. She told me she wanted me to just come in for a «face to face» then she would forward my application and resume to Bay Alarm to set up an interview. I’m thinking, it’s that easy? I was obviously beyond excited.
, I was told my appointment would start at 1:30, but to please come 15 minutes early to fill out some papers. I’m waiting, the receptionist (who was amazing) keeps assuring me that they will be out of their meeting soon, 40 minutes pass, thankfully the receptionist interrupts the «meeting» to let the staff know there is a room full of people waiting to meet with their assigned staffing agent. As we’re waiting, a guy asked me what type of job I was interviewing for., I was discreet and didn’t tell him to much, however he did tell me he was applying for a job with Bay Alarm and he was coming in to fill out paperwork, in my head I’m like oh, ok they are hiring a whole bunch of people for this call center, so we talked a little more then finally, they start calling people into offices to get the interviews going.
I was greeted by Peggy, who was nice. HOWEVER once she saw I was pregnant (6 ½ months) she kinda rushed through the interview and no longer had that perk in her voice when speaking to me. She then proceeds to tell me they are no longer hiring for the position that she had mentioned on the phone (which I might add, was only a week prior to our interview) and if anything comes up she’ll let me know. I left the interview upset, 1. because I knew they WERE hiring for the job but would not proceed further because I was pregnant. Isn’t this some form of discrimination? 2. Because she pretty much wasted my time on an «interview» for a job they were no longer hiring for? What?!
I had my son prematurely, once I was discharged and feeling better from the birth, I contacted Peggy and let her know I had my son two weeks prior and was ready to go back to work, ALL OF A SUDDEN, they are hiring for the Bay Alarm position again. I ended up emailing Peggy at 4am the day of my interview to let her know I had to take my son to the ER And I would have to reschedule if possible. She got a pissy attitude with me when she called after receiving the email, telling me they were unable to help me seek employment because I made them «look bad» by not coming to the interview.
Peggy, you make YOURSELF look bad by discriminating against a pregnant woman seeking employment and also, by being a terrible liar and lying to my face about not hiring anymore when about 12 other people in the room with me were all trying to get hired for the same call center. Isn’t there something ETHICALLY WRONG WITH THE SITUATIION? I meet with you almost 7 months pregnant, I let you know I am trying to seek a better paying position (to support my kids!) I call you TWO weeks after giving birth to inform you I am ready to hit the ground running and work, as a «staffing agent» do you not see the determination there?
I’m currently in contact with a lawyer to try and resolve the matter,
I think AeroTek is misleading, unprofessional, and worse of all discriminating
Oh yeah, and I also applied for a medical records clerk position through The Oakland office, I heard they were hiring for this position through some old coworkers I worked with through the county hospital, the guy I spoke with sounded interested, however he had to contact my staffing agent in San Ramon to make sure it was «okay» for him to work with me… Never heard back from him. Thanks for that, Peggy.

Only reason I gave one star was because Unilocal won’t let you leave it blank! This office is RUDE!!! They don’t call you back, even after you left three thousand messages, they claim they never have jobs availible? How is that? Caitlin Haley is Predjudice, and Carly Schaffer will not ever return your calls.

They love to make you promises on the amount of jobs they get in but once you send in your resume you find out they have a very specific short term memory and all those jobs turn into ‘very few if any’.
Ironically while this branch loves to promise potential applicants the world they hold a strict militant attitude if applicants do not communicate promptly with them.
Because of a series of stressfull situations I caused my friend they could not meet an interview made by this agency and instead of being understanding they decided a fair response was to blacklist them from any jobs through this office.
It’s sad for a company that makes a profit by placing people for jobs can be so insensitive they turn away people for situations that they had no control over.
This branch belongs with other ‘wonderful’ agencies…
Like Apple One, Addeco, the local drug dealers on the street…
No matter their promises this office loves to play favorites as long as they get your resume into the system to pad the folder.

I’m signed up with many staffing agencies. But none of them are able to follow up expectations with an actual assignment like Aerotek. Carly Schaeffer has been diligent in finding me work. The first assignment didn’t work out… I suck at telemarketing. But she was able to find me an adequate gig with decent pay. The receptionist was also very accommodating and personable when I went there to fill out paperwork. I’m only giving it 4 stars because its in San Ramon. Try commuting there from Berkeley by bus!

He handed me a pile of papers, and the reality of my situation materialized. My desperate hope of this being an asinine work prank or something I could haggle my way out of, instantly died.
«I’m sorry,» he reiterated, as I blankly scanned my severance agreement. I was stunned. He tried softening the blow… he could help me type up a stellar recommendation. Gee, thanks — I thought.
A victim of downsizing so like everyone else, I updated, revised and revamped my resume and uploaded it into all the job boards I could find. I started networking and created an LI account. I sent my resume like a message in a bottle and hoped someone out there would like me back.
Fast forward two weeks and I get a call from «K» at Aerotek. He found my resume «impressive and felt that I would be a great fit for one of their clients.» Woohoo! An appointment was made for the following day. Armed with my shiny new resume, honorable list of professional references and glowing letter of recommendation, I was raring to meet «K.» For some reason or another, I was shuffled over to see J.M. Hmm, we’re off to a wonderful start.
J.M.: «Unfortunately, the position has been filled.» I thought– okay that was fast, where do we go from here?
J.M. seemed obliging and considerate at first. She says to keep her in the loop with my availability, that they do have other jobs in my field, and that she will contact her associates and will definitely give me a call before the end of the business day. 5:00 rolls around and no phone call. What a flake!
I made an attempt to call her in the morning. No shocker, I get her voice mail. Over the next several weeks I sent emails and left numerous messages but not one was returned. I have to say very weak follow through, clearly, the recruiter had no concept of the word communication. She was busy planning her dive into the cold San Francisco Bay. Are you kidding me?! What complete and utter lack of professionalism. It’s like Aerotek went fishing and I took the bait.
Luckily, I found a position on my own that I’m happy with. :D