Caspian Solutions

Shiva and caspian solutions have worked hard and efficiently for me in the past and the positions referred to me were exactly as she described them. The company practices loyalty and dedication and I would refer anyone to them.

I gave Caspian Solutions 5 stars because I have used their service and I have found Shiva (the owner) someone passionate for helping people in anyway she can. She goes out of her way as a recruiter to provide assistance to job seekers and candidates ranging from giving resume critics or meeting with candidates during or after hours and weekends to advise them on their presentation both professionally (e.g. dress code, job skills) and personally (e.g. enthusiasm for the job, etc.) for their interviews. I have worked with many recruiters and until now I have not seen any one of them treating all their candidates so well and count their candidates’ success as their own.

Shiva has been very responsive and helpful in finding open technical positions around the Bay Area. She has a very positive attitude and provides great advice and guidance on preparing for interviews and applications. We discuss each opportunity in detail to decide whether it’s a good fit for both parties.
Shiva is a great asset in further progressing my career and I highly recommend her to anyone looking to move forward in their job search.

Caspian Solutions helped me find a job about a year ago. They found me a great position as a Sales Manager in a small company. I was very happy in my position, and agents from Caspian Solutions called me many times to make sure that I am happy and satisfied in my job. They kept a very good business relationship with me. Recently, the company that I worked for went out of business due to this bad economy and the rise of competition. So I called Caspian Solutions, and within 3 weeks, they found me my new and better job as a Regional Sales Manager with a large company that have offices nationwide. Not only they find me a new position to add to my Sales career, they also matched me with a stable company. Thank you Caspian Solutions!

So I get an email from this person on LinkedIn who lists her name as «Shiva Sales Recruiter 408-​XXX-​XXXX» (digits elided to deprive her of unearned free advertising) with this incredibly professional solicitation:
«…I came across your linkedin account. I am looking for a Python developer for a very promissing start up in silicon valley. do you happen to know of anyone? You can refer them to me and we will send you a gift card of your choice.»
Wow! «A gift card of [my] choice»: that’s a pretty tall order, given that if I actually took such a thing seriously, I’d insist on a «gift card» for dinner for two at Per Se in Manhattan. Or better yet: cash. Of course, even if I were to entertain the idea of whoring out my friends for the price of a Safeway card, I wouldn’t sell out to a 3^rd-​rater whose LinkedIn summary comprises the following:
«…At Caspian Solutions we are hiring Phyton Developer for a major start up in Palo Alto — Our client is promissing a luxury life style in Palo Alto. They are giving out a full gym membership, laundry service, message and many more + great salary + full benefits and equity… It is a new buzz in Palo Alto. if interested contact your number 1 recruiter… we match our candidates 110% to your company opening! We have a special format which we seat down with decision makers and evaluate their recruiting needs. After that, we go to our pull of candidates and database and we find the right match. We do screen these candidates 2 – 3 times…»
I have not sunk so low in my self-​esteem to consider speaking to such a non-​professional. I’d rather play piano in a whorehouse. Come to think of it… anyone know of a whorehouse which might be hiring?

Looking for a job is tough. Don’t let Caspian Solutions make it tougher for you.
Seriously, if you are in the process of looking for a job and are recruited by Shiva or Gwen of Caspian Solutions via email, then do not even bother responding to either one of them. They give headhunters, recruiters, and staffing agencies a bad name. They are a bigger waste of time than the recently released «Twilight: Eclipse» movie.
Earlier this year, I responded to a sales job ad on Craigslist and I believe that is how this joke of a staffing agency received my contact information. From there, Gwen contacted me via email and wanted to set up 15 minutes to chat about my sales and business development background. I am always open to new opportunities, so I agreed to a phone meeting.
In our chat, I was direct with her and said I was not interested in any sales positions that feature super small companies (less than 5 employees), door to door outside sales, or that have low base high commission salary structures. Gwen thanked me for my time and said she would be in touch if anything came up that fit my specific needs and background. A week later, Gwen wants to set up a face to face meeting with their «senior recruiter,» Shiva, in their San Jose location.
(Please note that according to Unilocal,their location used to be in Fremont. My (personal) experience took place in San Jose. They are now in Sunnyvale. I am not exactly sure where they are now, but it is startling to see how much the move. How is this even possible? Oh, that is because they rent one tiny room and shares the small space with two employees. I understand this helps cut costs, but do they really need to move around 3 times in the past year? What are they running from?)
Anyway, this meeting went terribly. Shiva lacks organization as she accidentally booked three people at the same time. So all three of us guys looked at each other in the waiting room and tried to figure out who was going to go first with her. It was an awkward moment. I felt like an adult film star that was going to be an orgy scene with other guys and each one of us guys is trying to figure out who was going to first with the female star.
Since one guy was in the waiting room before, I elected to go second, so I had to wait 20 minutes longer to speak with Shiva. In our meeting, every position she discusses with me is of no interest to me. By the way, these positions are sales positions and not sex positions. That random porn analogy joke was in the last paragraph. Please get your mind out of the gutter.
Joking aside, all the (sales) positions she reviews with me are at super small companies, involve door to door outside sales, and/​or have a low base and high commission salary structure. She essentially described jobs that I did not want. I told her I wasn’t interested and that I had been direct with Gwen about not wanting to hear about or interview for positions like that. She ignored me and continued to try to sell one particular position that involved a small company that does door to door selling of wire parts, and pays offers a low base, but pay out huge commissions. In the end, I thanked her for her time and told her to avoid wasting my time in the future.
The worst part of this entire experience was that 2 weeks later, Shiva called me wanting to discuss a new exciting position with me. I called her back and she starts to «sell» me on a position that «just opened up» involving a small company, that sells wire products door to door, and pays out huge commissions. She completely forgot she wasted my time before and here she was wasting it again.
Basura!
The best part of this experience was La Novia liked my suit, shirt, and tie combination I wore that day and discussed other «positions» that I might qualified be for. And these weren’t sales positions.
Bow-​Wow-​Chicka-​Bow-​Wow!