Great company. Quick friendly and professional to deal with…read more Had a great experience with them and always found them exceeding expectations.

From the owner: Employment agency in Glasgow, Scotland. Recruitment specialists in catering and hospitality for…read moreover 10 years covering the UK.

A consistently reliable team who bring not only professionalism but also enthusiasm and a genuine…read moredesire to help. Carole, Amy and the wider OA team never fail to deliver. Open communication, regular updates, an understanding of what's required are all delivered as standard - where they go beyond is by anticipating challenges and identifying solutions before you've realised you needed them!

I don't have a positive history with employment agencies. In fact, apart from Office Angels, I…read moredon't think a single one has responded to my cv. Not only did Office Angels get back to me, they also managed to secure me work for several months. Not bad, bang in the middle of the recession. I would advise anyone looking for employment to hand their cv in to the office in person rather than just e mailing it as the agents receive loads of e mails every day.

I would say that the problem with Change is that they are so enormous that any interaction with…read morethem is ultimately rushed and perfunctory. They cover a wide swath of the UK with many, many employment opportunities in several fields. This is a definite plus. But presumably because they are so big and seeing so many resumes, they tend to dismiss and/or pigeonhole jobseekers rather quickly. I applied for several jobs with them, but could never get the time of day unless it was specifically travel related, even though I met all the criteria for whatever job I was applying for. I also never received any feedback about why my CV wasn't considered, even after I explicitly outlined how I was a good candidate for that particular role. No matter what, I would get shunted over to the travel recruiters, who weren't offering anything I couldn't find myself. So, meh. They do have a myriad of employment options across the country, but they are very rigid and impersonal, and often do not get back to you.

Manpower was a pretty good recruitment company. My recruiter seriously hustled for me on this one…read moreparticular job and I sincerely believe it was his enthusiastic endorsement of me that got me the interview, because while it was a job I could do, it wasn't something I had direct experience in. He had me come in for a pre-interview where he critiqued my answers, which has been helpful in every interview I've had since. The only thing is, when I didn't get that job, my recruiter fell off the face of the earth. He never came back to me with other opportunities, and the jobs they have tend to either be very highly skilled or grimly entry-level, with not much in between. However...when they do have a job that they think you'll be right for, they will bust their butts to get you the interview, big you up and make sure you are well prepared and confident. It can't hurt to throw your hat in their ring if you're looking for a job.

I had used Search agency while between jobs a while ago, There was often communication difficulties…read morebetween the agency and the temp staff where you where not told the full story and would get two guys going to one job that was meant for one guy. I have since been told that they have sorted most of their issues and moved on from their own bad experiences.

From the owner: At Search we recruit across a variety of professional industries. Our expert team of recruitment…read morespecialists have strong links with each of our professional specialist industries below, ensuring that we match great candidates to the correct role. If you're a professional working in any of these areas, and you're in the market for a new opportunity, start your new job search on our online database of jobs today.

As the work l do is unpredictable, l decided to pass the time by doing a little agency work…read more I came to Bright works to find out more about them and maybe join as a casual employee. l was met by a recruiter who came out with a A4 pad and asked a few questions most where irrelevant to the work that l would be carrying out. She asked if l had a particular qualification l had to say no as they abolished that qualification in 1992 on the pad she wrote that l had no qualifications. Little did she know that l had a degree in food management and a accountancy qualification. I was told if anything came up that they would call. There was no word of checking a c.v to match skills to a particular job or a reference.

I never been to this one in Glasgow but I been to that one in Edinburgh it was the worse experience…read moreever in my life the people works there are really rude and mean also after I was waiting for a long time to talk to them and it was about a serious thing looking to find a job as soon asap they just play around with me and wasted my time sent me home saying that they could not do anything for me for their opinion they are just ridiculous and I mean it. I mean they should not wast people time who is really need a help finding a job! Ridiculous people and agency worse experience ever I'm not recommend to no body else after what they did to me and all the time an the papers includes cv that I wasted with them for nothing .......:((((

After finishing uni the first time round, I popped in here to enquire about any graduate-level…read moreroles they could find for me. After being told they'd have something for me "within the week", I left happy and confident that I'd soon be on the way to a high flying career. Several months later, I got a call asking me to apply for a job as one of Santa's helpers in the St Enoch Centre. I kid you not. As much as i relished the prospect of spending a few weeks in elf costume, stood next to a boozy old chancer with a cotton wool beard, I politely declined. The second star is solely for the comedy value of it all.