Advanced Employment Services

As a local business owner getting good help is extremely important to me. However, in the current economic climate, every time we post an opening we get an absolute deluge of applicants. That’s fine but it takes some time to go through the avalanche and that’s where we have found AES to be so valuable. On many occasions we have used temps from AES to cover our short term staffing needs and they have been well beyond satisfactory. In fact the service from the office has been exemplary — often responding to very last minute requests with qualified personnel available right away. We’ve been using AES for the past couple of years and we will absolutely continue to — it’s a relief to me to know that qualified help is just a phone call or email away.

I found AES to be completely professional, reliable, honest, and accommodating. The owner was very pleasant to deal with, responded to my questions immediately, was very responsible and followed up on her placement to make sure everything went well. The process was extremely efficient, handled with graciousness and concern for my needs.
Dr. Mike Hack

These days with the huge pool of applicants it is even more important to save your time and let AES do your prescreening. You’ll see some whiney applicant reviews here but be assured as an employer I can vouch for the quality and professionalism of AES. I’m thinking those applicants are ones you would not want to hire…

To demonstrate how UNPROFESSIONAL the owner (who I was polite enough to NOT name initially… as you can see here, I’m not too concerned about it at this point) is, here is a letter to ME that she posted on AES’s page (are owners supposed to be posting to their business’ page? hmmm…); she couldn’t bother simply putting it into email form & sending it to me like most PROFESSIONALS would do. Mind you, this was left over a year ago & TODAY is my 1^st time seeing it (cuz it DEFINITELY would’ve been addressed beforehand!)…bravo Isabella — POINT PROVEN.
Dear Amourafina,
Our website includes 20 testimonials and of course you know at least two people as we had placed you there on a temp-​to-​hire assignment. Unfortunately, things did not work out in your favor.
I do not recall seeing you at the front office of some of the businesses I visited. However, the times I’m out on the field trying to drum up business for our job seekers/​applicants, I’m always very happy to see that someone who either applied with us or worked for us found full-​time employment, as this is what we wish for every job seeker.
As far as you running the front office … CONGRATULATIONS! I’m sincerely very happy for you! All the best to you!
and my response to this dribble?!
Dearest Isabella,
I find it HILARIOUS that you’re rating your own business with 5 stars… is that even allowed (which is EXACTLY why I, amongst others, believe that you’re so-​called testimonials are as fake as you being blonde! lol)?! Please note that TODAY is the 1^st time that I saw your response; that ought to let you know just how important you or your opinion are to me. Reading your «reviews» nearly always elicits a giggle; thanks for that (maybe they’d be a lil more believable if you were to scan/​post the «actual» letters… just a thought); actually, I know 4 of the so-​called writers (and please note that I’m NOT the only one that’s questioning your honesty with these so-​called ratings… here’s another thought — rather than you trying to put me on blast, have them post HERE… then again, we all know that the likelihood of that happening is slim-​to-​none so I really don’t blame you or your lame efforts!). With regard to «things not working out in your favor», hmmm… if your employees tells you that there’s an issue (in this case, a flagrant racist whom everyone chose to ignore because of her company seniority, in addition to being buddy-​buddy with Lydia… and I wasn’t the only one that told you. Interesting that the other person ALSO had issues in the long run), then YOU need to address it & not just try & sweep it under the rug, or put your employees in the position to have to defend themselves… maybe you’ve learned that by now though.
As far as my running the front office, seeing that you greeted me by name, I find it a smidge difficult to believe that you didn’t recognize me; however, that falls right in line with everything else that you & your wonderful «agency» stand for. If you’re going to put the business out there, you might want to tell it like it actually happened; say it with me (for lack of a better term) — YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIE TO KICK IT. Thank you for your warm wishes, & do not EVER AGAIN IN LIFE refer to me by anything other than the name that you see me posting with (further example of your lack of attention to detail?).
Regards,
Amoura Burton

Advanced Empoyment Services placed me in a position in January of 2007 which I stayed with a year. I would have stayed there with the place that they found for me, but my husband relocated. The transactions with the employment staff (very friendly) and utilizing their forms of correspondence such as time cards was the easiest I have come across in working with temporary placement agencies. They found me a great position at a non-​profit, which ended up taking 1^st place in my work history level of enjoyment.

Please note that they are now openly padding their own reviews.
SHAMELESS.

My experience with Isabella and her staff at AES was extremely pleasant. I work on a 1099 basis and Isabella was very knowledgeable and efficient at setting up our business relationship. She really worked on my behalf to ensure I got paid in a timely manner. She did a great job checking in with the client and myself to make sure we were both happy. I enjoyed working with AES greatly, would recommend it to others and would use them again without hesitation!

Yet another agency that wasted about three hours of my time with antiquated Microsoft Office tests. To me, advertising that you are «female owned» is a hackneyed implication that they will treat you more fairly than another agency. It is about as meaningful as when financial institutions advertise that they are an «equal opportunity lender». There are good agencies in SF that will actually make an effort to place you in jobs that match your skills, regardless of who you may be, but I had no luck with them despite their promises. Their office accounting must be very sloppy too since they mailed my W2 form for the four hours of work which I got through them for the year to an address that I NEVER lived at, despite them adamantly saying that they were using the address on my employment application. It may not be a big deal to them if somebody else’s name and social security number gets mailed to the wrong address, but it is to me!
Update April 8, 2009: As an addition to my previous review, the owner of this company made an attempt to boost her review status by posting a five star «review» in the form of a reply letter to somebody else who posted a negative review. In the owner’s defence, however, I would say do not expect any miracles from any staffing agencies in this economy. I have had better luck being my own personal «employment agency» by going on Craigslist.