I was unfortunately in a position where my company made cuts and I was in the position looking for…read morea new job. I met with a number of staffing agencies, as well as, searching on my own.
I met with Kelsey at AppleOne. She was super friendly and I enjoyed working with her. I really appreciated her weekly check-ins to see how my search was going on my own. She would also call on occasion with potential job fits. Unfortunately, nothing just came from AppleOne. It is all about timing with these staffing agencies and when positions will pop up.
Some notes with AppleOne:
-There were only two staffing agencies that did testing, AppleOne is one of them. I get that some of their clients want to know that you can use certain applications, but I hated the testing and I actually had issues with it working properly. I know my knowledge is better than what my actual scores were, but the computer is wanting a specific answer. For example, if it says "save this word document". Well there are multiple ways to save, but the computer is only wanting one of those, so if you do it one way and the computer wanted it the other way, it is scored incorrectly, even though you actually saved the document as well.
-They don't necessarily search for you like other firms do, they send you daily e-mails of positions and you respond back if you are interested in a position. Sometimes you might receive a call from a recruiter, hey we just got this job and it might be a good fit, but this is definitely a little different handling than the other agencies.
-They want a lot of documentation upfront compared to other agencies. Sure get the work done ahead of time so that you can jump into a job, but I am not going to give my I-9 documents and bank account information to every agency I am working with. They were fine with my refusal to give upfront and waiting to see if I got a job placement through them.
Overall, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend AppleOne, but they do seem to be a little bit more work on your end and more involvement than others, which can be a pro and a con.