A recent negative review for a staffing agency in Boston got me reminiscing about my experience…read moreseveral years ago with Lab Pros. So maybe this review is a little outdated, but I'm ok with that. I'd like to think my review is still valid, that they haven't changed much and still employ hardworking people who seem genuinely interested in connecting with their clients to find them a position they're a good fit for and don't just look at them with dollar signs in their eyes as potential commission. Anyways, a couple weeks from college graduation with no real plans to speak of, I was awake at 3 am and for whatever reason posted a resume to Monster.com. The next day I received a phone call from Lab Pros who said they had seen my resume and asked if I wanted to come in for an interview with them. I hadn't thought of going the headhunter route to find a job, but hey, what the heck, right? So I went for the interview and met with a very likable headhunter. I know that her job was to find me a job, but I was treated with such courtesy and professionalism that I felt she was personally invested in me and any commission or bonus for finding me a job was secondary to my needs. (We all know that's probably not true, but the important thing was I was treated as such). She did indeed find me a temp job working in a lab, which I'm happy to say turned permanent five months later and I am still there today. My only critique of this place is that the resumes they send to potential employers aren't very impressive looking. When I showed up for my interview, I saw a resume on LabPros letterhead that I didn't create--it looked very condensed compared to what I had originally posted on Monster and nothing like my own personally crafted resume. I handed my interviewers copies of my own resume and more than once heard the remark that the one I created did much more to sell them on me than the one from the employment agency. Still, you've got to figure that employers who use agencies like this are accustomed to seeing their company resume formats and shouldn't hold it against interviewing candidates. So, I knocked off one star the resume I saw, but that's the only negative critique I have for this agency. If the need arose (and God willing it won't), I would not hesitate to contact Lab Pros again for job seeking assistance.

From the owner: Lab Pros, a division of Pro Source Inc., is a premier specialized staffing firm that provides…read morecontract and direct placement services to support the life science industry. We find highly qualified professionals to quickly meet our clients' needs. Lab Pros understands the vital role each person plays in new product development, from initial concept to quality and compliance, and every stage in between. Our objective is to help our clients get products to market and complete projects on time. Celebrating 30 years of staffing experience, Lab Pros provides scientific (laboratory/R&D), quality assurance, clinical research and regulatory affairs staff resources "as needed" (consulting/contract) and on a "full-time" staff hiring basis to help our clients accelerate their business initiatives.

Stay away from this one!! I sent them a resume and emails and had worked with their RI office and…read morehad a great experience. This office is a joke. They do not follow up or call or even have courtesy to respond!! Do not waste your time!

I have worked with Willmott and Associates both as a job searcher and a client hiring others. Both…read moretimes, they were very professional and responsive. I currently have a Temp through them.

Yes indeed I'd liked to have my say on here as well. When regarding this so called temp agency. I…read moredealt with two agents there who got me a call center job which required training of 2wks in total in order for you to understand there computer system. Apparently within day 3 of the training bit I was let go because as the trainer put it? I wasn't navigating their computer systems well enough? That lady mind you had it in for me. Since day one I could sense she disliked me anyways. When it was suppose to take 2wks of training to fully grasps the whole thing. I have more than enough computer skills, call center and customer service along with alot more other skills to back me up here. They total clerical at Boston Ma offices, said the company dealings of the way they handled the situation was very unprofessional. And mind you it was very unprofessional of commonwealth healthcare and total clerical services boston, ma too. They Total clerical services promised me another job at a goverment housing development office of which I was ready to start per them within 2wks of my first assignment ending the way that it did. It never happened? I called and called Hillary and Kim the agents I dealt with at Total clerical services Boston Ma office none of them bother to even respond back to my msgs nor emails. I went there personally to find out what happened to job I was supposedly to start. They said oh its been filled already. But keep calling us we should have other leads turn up within a short time. No thanks, Really thanks for all your non-help and unprofessialism. Folks do yourself a favor! Don't even waste your precious time with this agency Boston Ma offices. Very unprofessional and useless. You will have wasted your time for nothing.

After a very lengthy job search about 2 years ago, I decided to go through a staffing agency…read morebecause I wasn't getting any callbacks. I contacted Venturi Staffing Partners after hearing good things by word of mouth. I made an appointment for an "interview". They told me to set aside about 3 hours for the "interview" because there are some tests you have to take before you actually sit and talk to one of their recruiters. I showed up 20 minutes early for my 10:30 appointment. They didn't buzz me in until 11:15. This didn't sit well with me, but I thought maybe it was because they were busy. But after surveying the waiting area, I was the only one there, and there was no one in the interview cubicles. They shuffle me off to one of the computer rooms to take the Word, Excel, and Typing tests. They tell me those should take me roughly 90 minutes to finish. I was done in 55 minutes. They still left me there for the full 90 minutes. They tell me to wait in the waiting room for a recruiter to come and get me. I waited another 30 minutes when a guy comes out all "I'm so sorry... blah blah blah... I was just on the phone with a potential employer for you... blah blah blah". We sit there and have our "interview" for another hour. And it was silliness. He tells me I aced the computerized tests (duh!), and then he tells me my employment background, although heavy in the retail department, looks promising. He then tells me that he had 5 or 6 companies he would like me to interview with. One of which he is pushing on me... I mean REALLY pushing. So I cave and say fine, I will interview with them. I get all the information, and I leave. About 3 days later, I received a phone call from someone at Venturi to have a mock interview via the telephone with possible questions before my actual interview with said company. That lasted another 2 hours. I had the interview with said company, didn't get the job. But that was also the last I heard from Venturi Staffing Partners. I called them about a dozen times, was told they had a pile of jobs that looked promising. I gave them my availability for the interviews, they told me they would call me back. They never did. I tried calling them back for an update, and just got the run around. Never again will I go through a staffing agency. I gave them 2 stars because, although they weren't good about contacting me, they were very thorough with their mock interviews. They had me right down my answers for the questions so I was prepared, and they took the time to go over the questions with me. I actually still use those questions to this day to prepare for interviews.

I actually dealt with the Venturi in Boston MA…read more They were good for awhile. When I signed up with them 3 years ago I got an assignment right away. It only lasted a month but I was almost immediately hired for another part time assignment that lasted just over a year. After that assignment ended I called Venturi and they said that my rep no longer worked there and I was assigned someone new. I called her a few times to see if there was anything she could give me but she kept telling me the same thing "when something comes up, I'll call you".....that was 2 years ago now, I've yet to hear from them. Needless to say I'm not working for them again.

If I could give them no stars, I would. Was recruited for a full-time position. I wanted to take…read morethe job, but wanted to wait a week before giving my notice. The recruiter was adamant that I tell my boss ASAP. I realize that this was so he could recognize revenue ASAP as well. Because I didn't wait to give my notice, I would up costing myself a 10K bonus from my company. I tried to get the recruiters to postpone the start date and they told me that this was not possible. They pretty much bullied me into submission. It turns out that my new boss said that he would have waited a few days for me to be able to collect the bonus. Bowdoin also lied to my new boss, saying that I had another deal in the pipeline. At that time,I did not. Very controlling. Very clueless. Avoid at all costs.

The Bowdoin Group is a great place to work and a great company to work with as a client. You can…read moretell they value their employees and clients and make sure the best interests of their candidates, clients, and employees are in mind. It's unusual to find a recruiting agency that operates likes that. Usually recruiting agencies only operate on their own agendas but The Bowdoin Group knows the importance of providing quality service. I went to one of their networking events and thought it was great, they talk to everyone, see what jobs they can refer them too, nice people. Free food and drinks doesn't hurt either.

These people are such LIARS!!! STAY AWAY!!!! I know many people who have complained about this so…read morecalled staffing Agency... not sure how they're even in business still??? The pay you min wage and jack up their bill rate to their clients who must be on drugs dealing with them. I have been told they don't pay at times when you are contracting with them. They also tell their contractors we will only give you unemployment if you give us leads and if you don't they will call unemployment canceling it on you! Do yourself a favor and call one of the other 500 staffing firms in the area!!!!!!