My experience with PrideStaff was a less than optimal one. I saw a job posting on a job board and was really excited to apply for the position. I had all the qualifications and experience for the position yet since I had not yet filled this exact role in my work history it would be a chance to learn and grow my portfolio. I of course applied for the job. I received a call from PrideStaff about my interest in the position, the employer was using a staffing service to fill the role. Shawn Jones was the representative (not sure if the name is real) attempting to recruit me for the role and said that he was "impressed with my qualifications....and would like to set up a time to interview me in person". He asked for more in depth information about my qualifications for the job and after hanging up I was pretty excited for the upcoming interview.
This is where everything changed.
I arrived for my interview on time, but waited 15 minutes for Shawn to see me. When we sat down in the conference room he seemed confused and disorganized. He had taken hand written notes of our mini phone interview on my printed out resume and had lost them. For some reason he was unable to recall a simple 5-7 minute phone conversation we had had the previous day and proceeded to ask me all the same questions again that he had before. Difference was that half the time he thought he knew the answers to the questions and just stated completely incorrect facts about what I was looking for, my work history, and pay requirements. I had to correct him each time and say "No that wasn't me." You would think after the second or third failed attempt he would just formulate questions and get the correct answers, but he did not. Halfway through the interview, somehow he valiantly inserted with a puffed up chest how he used to live in LA and how many movie stars he would see when he went bar hopping. He could not seem to stop talking about how cool it was that he had bought a beer for Adam Sandler. At no point did I ever figure out how the conversation went this direction or how I needed to spend my valuable time puffing up his ego about it. I wanted the job so I tolerated him blathering on about it. Finally we got to the point and he said he would talk to the employer and set up an on site interview. Keep in mind its this guys job to know what the client wants, needs, and to find candidates that adequately fit the mold of what they are looking for.
I completed a drug test and additional paperwork and left the office. The interview took two and a half hours plus two hours of drive time so about four hours of my time.
About 10 days later I get a call from Shawn stating the client was looking for someone with more "airport experience" more "freight experience" and that they decided to go in another direction. Airport experience is not a real thing, and freight experience is defined as moving boxes around. For no direct reason I was just black listed from the position.
A week later I applied for this exact same job with a different staffing agency and was told that I was exactly what they were looking for in a candidate. I specifically asked the second staffing agency if the client needed someone with "Airport Experience or Freight Experience" and they immediately responded with "No, you are exactly who the employer is looking to hire, although we will have to set up an interview for you to meet with them."
I apologize for the long winded review but I feel its important to include all the details for this one. Shawn Jones and PrideStaff are very unprofessional, disorganized, and do not operate their business in an ethical manner. If you are looking for work, temporary or otherwise I would highly recommend steering clear of this firm. If nothing else but to avoid wasting four hours of your time only to be disappointed in the end.
Better yet you wont have to listen to 30 minutes of Shawn blather and drool on about his glorious paparazzi days in Los Angeles. What a joke. read more