I wish I could give this agency five stars. It's pretty obvious though, that only someone who actually got the job through LOG could give them five stars. However, I can certainly acknowledge what worked and what didn't work in my interaction with the staff at this company. After all was said and done, and not said nor done, I was left with a foul after taste. Here is what happened.
One of the agents of Legal Option Group found me after I had applied for a job, which had been posted on craigslist. This recruiting agent called me, less than 3 hours after I had applied and was communicating to me that they were really impressed by my resume, experience, and skills. So they asked me to go in for an interview, assuring me that I was a great fit for the position I had applied for.
Legal Option Group has a beautiful office in Century City, overlooking our City of Angels. The two agents I met plus the owner were all very nice, polite, apparently refined. One gold star for them! Yaaay! In hindsight, I now think that was all a charade. Their polite and uplifting demeanor tricked me into believing that they were the real deal!
After my interview with them I waited, they told me to wait. They said they'd get back to me as soon as they knew more about the position I had gone for. Two weeks later, still no word from my recruiting agent. After a follow-up email and a phone call to them, my agent finally called me back to tell me that they had not yet heard back from the client but that they were probably going to go with a different candidate. I was somewhat disappointed, given that I had not even had a chance to interview with the company. Oh well, I'll let it go, I thought.
After the "bad" news, my recruiting agent informed me of a new job, that, once again, she said, I was the PERFECT candidate for. Great, I said. Let's go for it. After reading the job description I too thought I would be perfect for the job and vice versa. The agent and her supervisor called me the day before the interview to prep me, which I considered very thoughtful and professional. Second gold star for them! Yaaay!
My agent said I was just what the company (the client) was looking for. I had the skills, the experience, the education, the "pedigree"! In other words, I was the real deal! I got really excited and was looking forward to my interview, which, the next day, went very well.(in my experience). The following Tuesday they reviewed by email my follow up thank you letter to my interviewer. They scored a third gold star from me there. Yaaay!
Here is why I give Legal Option Group only one star. To this day, it's been a month now, I did NOT hear back from either the person I interviewed with, or from my recruiting agent. No response, complete silence. Not even a courtesy call or a courtesy email. I sent a follow up email and left a voicemail. No word back after that either. To me, that cancels out all the gold stars earned before, and every good treatment and professionalism shown when they first met me, and prior to my interview. Not cool! What this behavior translates into for me is that they have no interest in maintaining a good relationship with the candidate. At this point, I am questioning the authenticity of their choice of words and praise in their communication with me. It seems like they treat candidates as if they are disposable; why bother and call the candidate back? I doubt they treat their paying customers the same way. Reality is that they lost more than just a great candidate in me. read more