From the day that I spoke with Robbie Bassett I can say that he is very friendly, helpful and…read moresupportive. I am looking forward to working with you Mr RobbieBassett . I highly recommend Morgan Hunt to anyone who is looking forward to secure their career. A very big thank you Mr Robbie Bassett.

Sounded promising at first, brisk, bright recruiter, but abysmal service. If you are looking for…read morework, lower your expectations. I had contact with 3 different people about one role, and there was a lot of confusion about when (and if?!) I was coming in to do my registration documents, when I had clearly confirmed when I would do so. The recruiter didn't even bother to be at work for the meeting time she chose, and no-one knew I was coming. Had to give a random staff member a run down of my experience and what I was looking for (which I had already done). Main contact didn't bother to apologise or follow up, showing how little they care about their candidates, at the cattle market that is Morgan Hunt. Good luck ever getting a job description from them for a temp/contract role you are applying for either. What happened to the job? It was already filled, of course. Approach with caution, and only if you must.

After applying for what seemed to be a million jobs on-line once I got a call from a lady in Adecco…read morewho said she wanted me to come in and see here as she had a job for me. Now usually when recruitment agencies call you up they just want to get you on the books and a lot of the time you wont hear from them again. But Adecco were great, I literally went in did a quick computer test and they sent me on my way to my new temp job which i started the next day. The only think I found annoying was that you had to fax your time sheet instead of emailing it but maybe that has changed now. Highly recommended if you are looking for a job.

Yes I'll give them 5 stars as they found me my first temporary job in central London in those hot…read moresunny days of summer 1996 at a firm of Chartered Accountants in The City. The people were so nice to me at this firm and I buggered off when I didn't want to work in the print room which I felt considerable sadness over. Probably the best decision as I'd have ended up an alcoholic if I'd got the permanent job. Consultant at Secretaries Plus took 50p from my hourly rate at the start of this assignment and gave me some 'technical talk' about another agency taking their cut. They contacted me again last year to register with the wonderful Karen Dunkin. Phoned me to cancel but as I'm a smoker and get everywhere early for a cup of tea and a fag and don't have a mobile was able to register anyway just by turning up. They've found me good sporadic work at a firm I enjoy setting up meeting rooms and postroom assistance. They email payslips which I do not like but were very prompt with my end of year P60 which is much appreciated as this is handy for claiming a tax rebate.

They were not very helpful. I handed in my CV and it took them over 2 weeks to get back to me to…read moresay the didnt have any available jobs. Not that adecco is any better either though, I found both of them (adecco and reed) in hammersmith to be useless. Its better to go to employment agencies in different parts of London as Ive found those in Hammersmith to be useless.

People First does multi-lingual recruitment for a number of different industries, and they are…read moreworthwhile registering with if you speak more than one language. I went for an interview with them for a job in their office, which seemed like an OK kind of place, if you don't find the whole HR world a little soul destroying. They were professional and offered reasonable advice, but did send me for a number of interviews that were entirely inappropriate to my skill set, or simply horrific jobs, that they had failed to inform me of the fact that holidays all had to be taken in September, or some similar problem. From my experience, if you have a language skill they need, they will be fairly indiscriminate as to who they will send for interview. This is a criticism I have of language specialist recruitment agencies in general. Make sure you ask lots of questions about the job before committing to an interview, because the information they send can be incomplete and sometimes a little misleading. However of the places I have dealt with, People First was the best of a fairly average bunch.

Founded in 1993, Stopgap is the UK's largest independent marketing recruitment specialists…read more Whether you're looking for freelance agency roles or permanent marketing jobs, Stopgap has one of the most impressive client and candidate networks in the business. Stopgap focuses on a 'Positively Different' experience of marketing recruitment and believes in an ethical, people-centric approach to recruitment. Its 'Candidate Care Team' (CCT) is industry unique and ensures that every job applicant receives a personal, human response, whether they are suitable for a role or not. Stopgap embodies the fact that recruitment can be different. If you're a marketing professional who is looking for a new freelance challenge or an exciting career move, Stopgap is the marketing recruitment agency for you.

This was an interesting venture in doing the jobs that we are told the British are too lazy to do…read more Although I have to say it was mainly immigrants I was working with. I'm giving three stars because CTS did try for me and Lindsey at CTS took my side and was sympathetic. It also gave me the opportunity to process back quite a large tax refund. I think however it was a bit of a cheek of CTS to charge workers for their minibus services to/from hard to reach nursing homes. I don't know if they still do this as they did when I worked through them in 2008. This is about the only piece of employment I've had by consulting the Jobcentre which goes to prove how unpleasant they are. First assignment at CTS -one day of hospital cleaning at Central Middlesex was actually quite pleasant. Young black guy in charge who was reasonable and ensured we had adequate breaks. After a world cruise holiday from Australia CTS found me more work. I lasted three days at a hospital in south London for a job that was scheduled to last a month. I am quite a hardworking person who just gets on with a job but this was real slave labour from a European female manager - I wouldn't have lasted if it had been paying 25 Pounds an hour let alone 6 Pounds 50. This job was made worse by constant nagging from a young African woman on some sort of mission. Even by Lindsey's own admission the manager at this assignment was a slave driver. Nursing home cleaning in Essex and Hertfordshire followed by my having to tube it to Liverpool Street, train it to Waltham Cross and then have CTS' minibus fee deducted from my minimum wages. Some of the staff including one Polish manager were actually quite nice. However I found a general lack of patience by me being new to this type of work. Some of the old people in the homes were quite nice and the severely disabled in a ga ga vegetative state did not bother me. Mopping and lots of rooms need to be cleaned and hoovered before the minibus arrives to take you back to Waltham Cross and I did not get through my allotted number of rooms. The final, most unpleasant experience happened at a nursing home in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. A permanent, English employee (although not my superior or manager) harangued, complained bullied to me all during my assignment. Now, I have worked for some demanding, volatile eccentric people who run tight ships and actually in a way quite liked them. But imagine the most hideous, nagging bitch from hell from Eastenders and you had this woman. I noticed she did not do the same to the African temp I was working with because she probably thought she couldn't get away with it. Lindsey was sympathetic however and told me that other Domestics of hers had encountered this unpleasantness. CTS did try but these jobs at the NHS and NHS and private nursing homes were very often made unnecessarily unpleasant. My experiences through these assignments have not made me feel any warmer to the NHS (which I already mistrust for good reason) or the care/nursing industry.

Highly professional and efficient recruitment agency that prides itself on quality jobs and…read morecustomer service. From pharmacetucals to engineering, the range of jobs offered is great.