Years ago, when Susan Mulholland was the Branch Manager for the Randstad office in Stoughton, I truly felt that the staff was interested in working hard to find me a rewarding job. They proactively reached out to me, to advise about potential placements, and offered jobs that would utilize and enhance my current skills.
This is NO LONGER the case!! Nearly a month after meeting with the "talent acquisition specialist," the only job offered was one assembling baseball cards for $11/hr. This is despite my B.A. and 20+ years office / customer service experience and reported desire to make a conservative $15/hr! And, when I emailed a response, with a question about it, I had to call to follow-up a week later, because she never got back to me! Then, I followed up with an email, providing a new email address, and requesting a call back at her earliest convenience. Guess What?! I'm STILL waiting for the call back!! That was over 2 weeks ago! But, to her credit, I received an email to my OLD address! A generic one suggesting I recommend Randstad to unemployed friends. Oh, yeah, that'll happen.
Finally, I called back again on 2/11, and Lauren advised that Carson would call me back in an hour. Need I tell you how that story ends? No call back, days later.
My final call was this morning. Eureka! Carson is available to speak. I asked if she received the message that I called on Tuesday, and she confirmed that she had, so re-sent a generic job posting to me, via email (psssst.....never happened). When I asked why she hadn't called me back, as I requested, she told me it was more convenient FOR HER to email me.
And there it is. Blatant contradiction to their claims "...we listen and we do everything we can to understand your skills and your work needs...and we'll work hard to put you to work and keep you working in jobs that meet your career goals...." The woman can't even spare a moment to make a phone call.
Your decision to join the Randstad team in Stoughton just might be the most colossal waste of your time ever. I cannot speak about the rest of the team; but, at least a couple of staff were exceedingly unprofessional and careless in their efforts. read more